Dichavičius Vladislavas Rimantas
Born on 1 March 1937 in Grimzelės, Kelmė district. In 1952 he studied at the Kaunas Applied Arts Technical School. In 1957 he studied at the Vilnius Institute of Art, Faculty of Graphics. In 1969 he became the artistic editor of the Mintis publishing house. Since 1978 he has been a creative worker, a collaborator of publishing houses, editorial offices and galleries. Member of the Lithuanian Union of Photo Artists.
MOST IMPORTANT WORKS:
“Rings among the Flowers”, 1965-89. “Lithuanian Ethnography”, 1960. “In the World of Forms”, 1965. “Visions” 2000. “Portraits of Cultural Workers”.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
Trade Union Culture Palace, Vilnius, 1969. Exhibition Gallery, Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 1986. M. K. Čiurlionis Gallery, Chicago, USA, 1987-94. Santa Monica College, USA, 1988-94. Central House of Journalists, Moscow, Russia, 1989. City Library, Leenwardenas Netherlands 1992. Opera and Ballet Theatre, Duisburg, Germany, 1992. City Municipality, Hürth, Germany, 1992. Castle Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany, 1992. City Magistrate, Epinry-sur-Saine, 1993. Fujifilm Photography Gallery, Kaunas, 1994. Algimantas Gallery, Panevėžys, 1994. Central Architects’ Hall, Prague, Czech Republic, 1996. Medal Gallery, Vilnius, 1996. Podkowa Liasna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 1997. Lithuanian Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1997. City Hall Gallery, Toruń, Poland, 1997. Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda, 1997. Architects’ Hall, Prague, Czech Republic, 1997. Baltic Art and Music Festival, Toruń, Poland, 1998. “Visions”, photography gallery, Prospektas, Vilnius, 2000. P. Kriaučiūnas Public Library, Marijampolė, 2001. Photography Museum, Šiauliai, 2001. Photography Gallery, Klaipėda, 2001. “Visions”, Glass Beads Gallery, Vilnius, 2002. “Visions”, Writers’ Club, Vilnius, 2002.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
“9 Lithuanian Photographers”, Central House of Journalists, Moscow, Russia, 1969. Museum of History and Ethnography, Leningrad, Russia, 1972. Novosibirsk, Russia, 1972. Palace of Culture Ural, Sverdlovsk, Russia, 1974. FNAC Montparnasse Gallery, Paris, France, 1979. Photographers’ Gallery, London, England, 1980. Photography Center, Stockholm, Sweden, 1985. “Landscape and Nude from Lithuania”, Potsdam, Germany, 1986. Photographic Society, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1987. Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland, 1987. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 1987. “Nude in Contemporary Eastern European Photography”, Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1987. Youth Palace Exhibition Hall, Leningrad, Russia, 1988. City Hall, Veszprém, Hungary, 1989. “L’Anne de l’Est”. Muse d’ Elyse, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1990. “Through Love to Truth”, Laband Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 1991. Museum of Photography, Tallinn, Estonia, 1991. “Forbidden Acts of Lithuanian Photographers”, Munich, Germany, 1996. International Diaporama Festival, Ambérieu en Bugey, France, 1997. Gallery of Applied Arts, Vilnius, 1997. A. Mickevičius Library, Vilnius, 2002.
PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLLECTIONS:
Lithuanian Photo Artists’ Union, Vilnius; Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius; Museum of Photography, Šiauliai; National Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Jewish Cultural Center, Paris, France; Jewish Museum, Vilnius; FIAP Collection, Lausanne, Switzerland; Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Great Britain; Liudas Truikis Memorial Museum, Kaunas.
PUBLISHMENTS:
Rings among the Rings. – Vilnius: Mintis, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990; 1996. Rimantas Dichavičius. Eternal Spring / Exhibition Catalogue. – Chicago, Santa Monica, 1996. Talent and Heart / Calendar, Vilnius, 1996-2003. illustrated and designed more than 300 books.
AWARDS:
1987 – Honorary title of Meritorious Artist. 1994 – Honorary title of Photographer of the International Federation of Artistic Photography (FIAP) (AFIAP). 1997 – Honorary member of the Lithuanian Union of Photographers. 1998 – Honorary member of the Minsk Academy of Arts. 2003 – Art Prize of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. gold, 2 silver, bronze medals and over 20 other awards.