Morta Jonynaitė (b. 1995 in Lithuania, where she currently lives and works). Exploring the environment through tactility, the artist tries to grasp different phenomena using traditional textile techniques. Hand weaving and knotting are archaic crafts with a clear grid, which she employs to weave stories that capture the present. Presenting her work in the form of installation, Jonynaitė constructs intimate spaces where relationships between different experiences and participants are interconnected.
In 2020, Jonynaitė graduated from Gerrit Rietveld Academie (NL), TxT (text, theory, textile) department. Recent exhibitions include Dryads of Cosquer at La Traverse, Marseille, France (2024), Breathing through the eyes at L’Atlas Gallery, Paris (2023); Innocence Becomes Sharks at InTheCloset Gallery, Vilnius (2023, solo); Hold Me Tender, at Tallinn Art Hall Lasnamäe Pavilion, Tallin (2023); Shuttle and Twill at Anastazija and Antanas Tamošaitis gallery Židinys, Vilnius (2023); JCDecaux Award 2022: Waves of Opportunity, Artists’ Association Gallery, Vilnius (2022); FITE – Le Festival International des Textiles Extraordinaires, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2022), Square Root at UMI gallery, Vilnius (2022, solo), Bias Cut at Marcinkonys Station Gallery, Marcinkonys, Lithuania (2021, solo).
Upcoming solo exhibition Light Rain with Big Drops will be held at Drifts gallery, Vilnius in November 2024.
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Exhibition view: Shuttle and Twill, Anastazija and Antanas Tamošaitis gallery Židinys, Vilnius, 2023. Photo by Visvaldas Morkevičius
Morta Jonynaitė
MJ from the series Never – Drying Towels, 2023
Exhibition view: Shuttle and Twill, Anastazija and Antanas Tamošaitis gallery Židinys, Vilnius, 2023. Photo by Visvaldas Morkevičius
Morta Jonynaitė
K+R from the series Never – Drying Towels, 2023
Exhibition view: Shuttle and Twill, Anastazija and Antanas Tamošaitis gallery Židinys, Vilnius, 2023. Photo by Visvaldas Morkevičius
Morta Jonynaitė
B+J from the series Never – Drying Towels, 2023
Morta Jonynaitė
The Rise of the Scorpion, 2022
Exhibition view: Square Root, UMI gallery, Vilnius, 2022 Photo by Lukas Mykolaitis
Morta Jonynaitė
Square Root, 2022
Morta Jonynaitė
Twig, 2021
Installation view: Innocence Becomes Sharks, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, 2020
Morta Jonynaitė
The Lighthouse, 2020
Morta Jonynaitė
Roni and Ronny, 2021
Morta Jonynaitė
Ghost of a Ball, 2021
#Currently: Art-o-rama 2024 in a joint stand with Editorial, Marseille, France, 30 August – 1 September 2024.
#Currently: Dryads of Cosquer at La Traverse, Marseille, France, on view until 5 November 2024.
#Save the Date: solo exhibition Light Rain with Big Drops at Drifts, Vilnius. Opening on Thursday, 14 November 2024.