Victor Paukstelis

Victor Paukstelis
Viktoras Paukštelis
Victor Paukstelis Viktoras Paukštelis
Background information
Born	May 25, 1983 (age 38)
Origin	Vilnius, Lithuania
Occupation(s)	Pianist and painter

Victor Paukstelis (Viktoras Paukštelis) (born May 25, 1983) is a Lithuanian pianist and painter.^[1]

Early life and education[]

Paukstelis was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. A graduate of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art and , he has obtained a Bachelor's, Master's and a Licentiate of Arts degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Vilnius Academy of Arts and has studied at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.^[2]

Paukstelis' repertoire includes piano music by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Domenico Scarlatti, Anatoly Lyadov, Alexander Scriabin, César Franck. He also plays music pieces composed by his brother Vytautas Paukstelis. Victor is the head judge on the judge panel of Musica Amabile young Lithuanian pianists' competitions.

2002: Verbier Festival, Switzerland (tutored by Gary Graffman and Boris Petrushansky).
2002, 2003: , Sweden (tutored by Jiri Hlinka).
2003: , the Netherlands (tutored by Mikhail Voskresensky).
2004: West Chester University, United States (tutored by Anthony di Bonaventura).
2005: Yamaha Pianist Competition, Lithuania.
2008: , Italy.
2009: Albert Roussel scholarship Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris,^[3] France.
2010: ^[4] scholarship, France.
2015 March 26: A recital at Berlin Philharmonic 'Recital of Restless Paintings', Berlin, Germany.
2015 September 27: A solo recital at Carnegie Hall 'Recital of Restless Paintings', NYC, New York, United States.^[5]^[6]
2016 October 27: A solo recital at , 'Recital of Restless Paintings'in Vienna, Austria
2016 November 30: A solo recital at Carnegie Hall, NYC, USA.

The shell, 2020, Oil on canvas, 176 x 147 cm

Zealand, 2020, Oil on canvas, 210 x 170 cm

Solo exhibitions:

2012: Museum,^[7] Vilnius, Lithuania.
2013: Beatrice Grinceviciute Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2014: Marija and Jurgis Slapeliu Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2016: Pylimo gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2016: , Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada.^[8]
2017: exhibition "Eclipse" at "Music gallery", Vilnius, Lithuania.
2017: exhibition “Belvedere”, in gallery "Meno forma“, Kaunas.
2018: exhibition "Vanishing Portraits" at gallery "Akademija", Vilnius, Lithuania.
2018: exhibition "I Cannot Remember Her Name" at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania.
2019: exhibition "Cultural Landscapes" at , department of art, Klaipėda, Lithuania.
2019: exhibition "The Dream of an Ornithologist" at gallery “Baroti“, Klaipėda, Lithuania.
2019: exhibition „House of Jäger“ at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania.
2020: exhibition "The Dream of an Ornithologist" at Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2020: exhibition „Zealand” at Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2021: exhibition "Gambit" at , Klaipeda, Lithuania.

Combined exhibitions:

2011: with at I. Simonaityte Public Library, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
2012: with Tomas Kiauka at the Lithuanian Artists' Association, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2014: with Tomas Kiaukia at Kedainiai Polycultural Centre, Kedainiai, Lithuania.
2019: with at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania.

Selected group exhibitions:

Paukstelis presented his animated painting project “Restless Paintings” in Austria , Germany, USA, and Sweden.

Gambit, 2021, Oil on canvas, 185 x 145 cm

Untitled, 2021, Oil on canvas, 22 x 17 cm

Victor Paukstelis Viktoras Paukštelis

Background information
Born	(1983-05-25) May 25, 1983 (age 38)
Origin	Vilnius, Lithuania
Occupation(s)	Pianist and painter