Saukienė Nomeda

Born on August 21, 1957 in Dusetos. In 1981, she graduated from the Faculty of Painting of the Lithuanian State Institute of Art (now Vilnius Academy of Arts). Member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union (since 1988). Painter. Art teacher at the Kazimieras Būga Gymnasium in Dusetos. Since 1983, she has participated in more than 50 group exhibitions in Lithuania and 13 abroad (in Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, USA). Held 24 personal painting exhibitions: at the “Arka” gallery (1991, Vilnius), the “Akademija” gallery (1995, Vilnius), the Dusetų Art Gallery (1995, 2004), the “Maldis” gallery (2002, Vilnius), the Vilnius City Municipality (2003), the “Meno niša” gallery (with Šarūnas and Mykolas Saukas, 2004, 2007, Vilnius), the Juodkrantė Exhibition House (2005), the “Maldis” gallery (with Šarūnas and Mykolas Saukas, 2006, 2007, Vilnius), the J. Baltrušaitis House (2006, Moscow, Russia), the Exhibition Center (2006, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia), the V. V. Nabokov Museum (2006, Kaluga, Russia), Kaunas County Public Library (2007), Vilnius Writers’ Union (2008), “ArtVilnius” LITEXPO (2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, Vilnius), the project “Art in Old Lithuanian Manors” at Kelmė Regional Museum and Kaunas Museum of the History of Communications (2009), the Gallery of the Artists’ Union (2011, Vilnius), the National Russian Museum in St. Petersburg (with Šarūnas and Mykolas Saukas, 2012, Russia). In 2014, he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Zarasai Region. Works have been acquired by the Lithuanian Art Museum, private collectors from Lithuania and abroad. Lives in Užtiltė village, Zarasai district.