Darius Mikšys – Socks For John Waters
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Darius Mikšys (b. 1969, Kaunas, LT), lives and works in Vilnius.
He attended Marijampolė Art School for several years from 1976 (dropped out)
He graduated from Justinas Vienozinskis College of Arts in Kaunas (1984 to 1988), and from Vilnius Art Academy in Vilnius (1991 to 1995). In 2011, for the 54th annual Venice Biennale, he presented, for the Lithuanian Pavillion, the project “Behind the White Curtain”, tallying up to over 200 artworks by artists who have received the State Grant from Lithuania’s Ministry of Culture in the last two decades (1992-2010).
Selected solo and group exhibitions: 2025, Socks for John Waters, Ermes Ermes, Rome, IT; 2022 Role Play, Osservatorio Fondazione Prada, Milan, IT; 2013 Fusiform Gyrus, Lisson Gallery, London, UK; 2014 Last Seen Entering Biltmore, South London Gallery, London, UK; The Working Life, IMA, Brisbane, AU; 2015 XII Baltic Triennial, CAC, Vilnius, LT; Framework, Kaunas School of Arts, Kaunas, LT; 2021 Empire Dissolves Into Its Subjects, Ermes Ermes, Rome, IT; Solo presentation with Ermes Ermes at Panorama Italics, curated by Vincenzo De Bellis, Procida, IT; 2016 Hayward & Tamayo, Kunstverein München, Munich, DE; 2012 Artes Mundi, Wales International Visual Art Exhibition and Prize, Cardiff, WS; Wide Open School, Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Soundworks, ICA, London, UK 7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, Shenzhen, CN; 2011 Behind The White Curtain, 54th Venice Biennale, Lithuanian Pavilion, Venice, IT; Delay in glass, GAM, Turin, IT; Salon du Mercredi, Paris, FR; Pawnshop, e-flux, Basel, CH; Museums, Galleries, Homes and other stories, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, IT; Somewhere else, Blanchard Gallery, Barcelona, ES. 2010 Time and Again, Galeria Arsenal, Poznan, PL; Manifesta 8 - , Murcia, ES; Lithuanian Art 2000–2010: Ten Years, Contemporary Art Center. CAC, Vilnius, LT; HaVE A LoOk! HAve a Look!, FormContent project space, London, UK; 2009 Vision Forum, 1:1 projects, Rome, IT; “This place you see has no size at all...”, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, FR; Performa 09, e-flux, New York City, NY, US; The X Baltic Triennial of International Art, The Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC, Vilnius, LT; Structures of nothing, workshop-event at Sutro Baths, San Francisco, US; Code Share, Contemporary Art Centre, Vinlius, LI; 2008 On delay and delaying, lecture at CAC, Vilnius, LI; Ready To Dispose, solo project on ebay.com. Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, AU; 2007 Lyon Biennial 2007, Lyon, FR; 2004 PR 04, San Juan, Puerto Rico, PR; 2001 Looking for Mr. Fluxus: In the Footsteps of George Maciunas, Art In General, New York, USA.
