EGLE'S GREBLIAUSKAITE'S ARTISTIC PRACTICE SERVES AS A PRACTICAL EXPLORATION OF DEMOCRACY THROUGH ART. HER DIVERSE ARTISTIC FORMS OF EXPRESSION ENCOMPASS INSTALLATIONS, VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, PERFORMANCES, PAINTING, AS WELL AS THE USE OF BOTH MATERIAL AND INTANGIBLE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL READY-MADES. TO ENGAGE WITH HER AUDIENCE GREBLIAUSKAITE EMPLOYS UNCONVENTIONAL MEANS, INTUITIVE, THEORETICAL, AND PHYSICAL STRATEGIES.

THE WORK FREQUENTLY UNFOLDS IN PUBLIC SPACES, FOCUS ON THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY, TACKLES THE NOTIONS OF SELLOUT OF IDEALS AND PRINCIPLES AND THE VULNERABILITY OF HUMAN CONDITION AND OTHER CRUCIAL ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. THIS INCLUDES CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VALUATION, GENESIS OF CONFLICTS, EMPLOYS THE LENS OF INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE.

EGLĖ GRĖBLIAUSKAITĖ IS A SOCIALLY ENGAGED INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND SCHOLAR BASED IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW AND LECTURER AT INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (SINCE 2022), ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES OF VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (VILNIUS TECH) (SINCE 2021), DOCTOR OF ARTS (2022), MASTER OF PAINTING (2015) AND LECTURER (SINCE 2016) AT VILNIUS ACADEMY OF ARTS, ART CREATOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA AND MEMBER OF THE LITHUANIAN INTERDISCIPLINARY ART UNION (SINCE 2016), PREVIOUSLY ENTREPRENEUR, MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY (UK) (MBA, 2001).

EGLĖ GRĖBLIAUSKAITĖ’S POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH “SUPERVISING ARTISTIC AUTONOMY. ART AND CULTURAL POLICY IN LITHUANIA” FOCUSES ON THE SUPERVISION OF ARTISTIC AUTONOMY WITHIN THE INTRICATE FRAMEWORK OF THE CULTURAL POLICY DILEMMA. THIS QUEST EXTENDS TO ENCOMPASS HISTORICAL MEMORY, THE POST-SOVIET CONDITION, AND INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE RESEARCH, WEAVING TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL DYNAMICS. IN 2022, SHE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED HER DOCTOR OF ARTS THESIS IN VISUAL ARTS, TITLED "SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF REPRESSION – THE FIGHT FOR THE VALUE CENTER, OR – IN THE MAZE OF HUNGRY SHADOWS." THESIS EXAMINES THE POWER STRUGGLES FOR THE VALUE CENTRE AMONG VARIOUS AGENTS WITHIN ART INSTITUTIONS. IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE COMPLEX PROBLEMATICS OF POSITIONING OF ART AND CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES.  

SINCE 2015, EGLĖ GRĖBLIAUSKAITĖ HAS BEEN COMBINING ART AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AS A LECTURER AT THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY, VILNIUS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (VILNIUS TECH). GREBLIAUSKAITE TEACHES CREATIVE MARKETING, FASHION MARKETING, INTERDISCIPLINARY FASHION RESEARCH PROJECTS, CREATIVE INTERVENTIONS INTO URBAN SPACES AND INNOVATIVE ENTERTAINMENT PUBLISHING.

IN 2017- 2019, EGLĖ GRĖBLIAUSKAITĖ WAS A COORDINATOR OF PROJECT THEORETICAL SEMINARS & CREATIVE DISCUSSIONS AT VAA, WHICH INVOLVED VISITING RESEARCHERS AND ARTISTS.

SINCE 2014, ART DIRECTOR AT EVENT PRODUCTION COMPANY E: E EVENT ENGINEERING, PRODUCES AND DIRECTS SCENOGRAPHY, CHOREOGRAPHY AND SOUNDTRACKS FOR THE LARGEST FASHION EVENTS OF LITHUANIAN FASHION DESIGNERS.

 

IN 1997-2008, GAINED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN THE FAST-MOVING CONSUMER GOODS MARKET: MANAGED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING AND SALES PROCESSES AT THE MGBALTIC GROUP'S HOLDING MGBALTIC TRADE; WAS A MEMBER OF THE ERP NAVISION AXAPTA IMPLEMENTATION TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT MODULES. IN 2000, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF BALTIC SALES & MARKETING SERVICE, A NETWORK OF RETAIL MARKETING COMPANIES IN THE BALTIC STATES. IN 2006, FOUNDED BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING COMPANY OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, WHICH PROVIDES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTING.

 

EGLE GREBLIAUSKAITE IS A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN AND THE FOUNDER OF SOCIAL PROJECT PATS (2013), WHICH AIMS TO ENCOURAGE FOSTER GRADUATES TO TRUST THEIR OWN STRENGTH IN PREPARING FOR LIFE OUTSIDE THE ORPHANAGE WHEN THEY WILL BECOME TRULY INDEPENDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND AT THE SAME TIME WILL HAVE TO RELY SOLELY ON THEMSELVES.