Virgilijus Trakimavičius | |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1958 |
Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
Known For: | Graphic Design |
Virgilijus Trakimavičius (born 1958 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian graphic designer and a professor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Trakimavičius was born August 6, 1958, in Kaunas and attended the Kaunas J. Naujalis School of Arts. In 1983, he graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts, where he studied design.[1]
In 1994, Trakimavičius began lecturing at the Kaunas Faculty of Design of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. He became a docent in 2003 and a professor in 2013, at which point he became the head of the Kaunas Faculty of Design.[2]
Beyond academia, Virgilijus is a paper cutting and a grattage artist.[3] [4] His works have been displayed in numerous exhibitions, contests, and art workshops both in Lithuania and abroad.
He is also a member of the International Council of Design, the Lithuanian Graphic Design Association, and the Lithuanian Artists' Association.[5]