Jonas Arčikauskas Explained

Jonas Arčikauskas (born 1957 in Patilčiai) is a Lithuanian ceramic artist, and set designer.

Life

He studied at the Art Institute in Vilnius (1980–85) in ceramics and theatre set design. He was invited to work in the Kaunas Drama Theatre as a set designer (1985). Since 1984, he participated in exhibitions, since 1990 is a member of the group “Angis”.^[1] He teaches in the Chair of Ceramics of the Vilnius Art Academy.^[2] In 2009, he was a McKnight Fellow.^[3]

Set design

• The River (1989)
• Caligula (1989)
• The City-Stick (1992)
• Love’s Labour Lost (1996)
• A Doll’s House (1996)
• The Seagull (2001)
• Andre Chenier (1999)
• Salome (1997)
• Golgotha, A Dream (1995)
• The Marriage of Figaro, 1999
• Jeanne d’Arc at the Stake (1998)
• A Christmas Tree at the Ivanovs (Stockholm, 1997)

See also

• List of Lithuanian painters

Notes and References

1. Dalia Karatajienė. "Jonas Arčikauskas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, T. I (A-Ar). V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2001, 738 psl.
2. Web site: Daile - Lithuanian Art Review 1999/2. www.culture.lt. 28 April 2018.
3. Web site: 5 McKnight Artists - Northern Clay Center. www.northernclaycenter.org. 29 April 2018.