Curriculum Vitae

IRINA TROMA

iren.gallery, manospalva.art

mobile +370 615 68943,

Email: artirelation@yahoo.com,

Vilnius, Lithuania

Granted the status of art creator in 2022.



EDUCATION

  • 2007 – Vilnius Pedagogical University, Institute of Culture and Art Education. Master's degree in Technology and Art Education with distinction.
  • 2005 – Vilnius Pedagogical University. Bachelor's degree in Art.
  • 2004 – Vilnius Pedagogical University. Bachelor's degree in Education.
  • 2006–2008 – R. Savickas School of Art.
  • 1987 – studied at Justinas Vienožinskis School of Art, Vilnius.


CREATIVE ACTIVITY


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2026 – "Balance", VU Botanical Garden, Vilnius.
  • 2026 – "Balance", Tumo Gallery, Vilnius.
  • 2023, "Angels and Souls", Angel Museum, Anykščiai, (Curator Margarita Milašienė)
  • 2022, "Interpretations", A. Mickevičius Library, Vilnius, (Curator Rūta Skorupskaitė)
  • 2022, "Transitions", St. John's Gallery, Vilnius, (Curator Eglė Maskaliūnaitė)
  • 2021, "Souls", Vilnius University Botanical Garden Museum; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2019, "13", Friendship Exhibition Hall, Visaginas; (Curator Valentina Kociuba)
  • 2018, "Spirit", Rūta Gallery, Klaipėda; (Curator Petras Šmitas)
  • 2018, "Motifs of Natural Forms", Friendship Exhibition Hall, Visaginas; (Curator Valentina Kociuba)
  • 2017, "Images", Art Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania; (Curator Dovilė Tomkutė)
  • 2016, "Prosperity", Aleksander Restaurant, The Hague, Netherlands; (Curator Alexander Orechov)
  • 2016, "Colors", Lithuanian Army Culture Center, Vilnius; (Curator Giedrė Bulotaitė)
  • 2013, "Unspoken", Loreta Art Gallery, Alytus; (Curator Loreta Petravičienė)
  • 2013, "Unspoken", Vilnius University Botanical Garden Museum; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2011, "Gifts of Joy", Art Gallery Galera, Vilnius, Lithuania; (Curator Dina Čiuladė)
  • 2010, "My Joy", Trakai Vokė Manor, Trakai Vokė;
  • 2010, "Curves of Life", Russian Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania;
  • 2004, "Window", Marija and Jurgis Šlapelis House Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania;


MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2026 – "Colors of Nemunaitis", Audiovisual Arts Centre, Alytus.
  • 2026 – "From Reality to Illusion", VU Botanical Garden, Vilnius.
  • 2025 – 3rd International Arts Festival "Art Kaunas 2025", Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas.
  • 2024 – "Face Reflections", Martikonis Gallery-Museum, Vilnius.
  • 2024 – "Symposium", Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius.
  • 2023, "Pabangavimai", Vilnius Artists' Club "Plekšnės" Exhibition, Lithuanian Armed Forces Vilnius Garrison Officers' Club, Vilnius, (Curator Giedrė Bulotaitė)
  • 2023, "Symposium on Creativity Competence Development: From Infancy to Old Age Exhibition", Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator Aistė Burkė)
  • 2023, "Lunch on the Grass", Vilnius Botanical Garden Nature Museum", Vilnius, Lithuania (Curators Inga Raubaite, Irina Troma)
  • 2022, "Transitions", St. John's Gallery, Vilnius, (Curator Eglė Maskaliūnaitė)
  • 2022, "EXHIBITION", Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator Edita Kavaliauskienė)
  • 2022, "RÉSUMÉ", International Exhibition, Galeria Sztuki MOK w Dębica, Poland; (Curator Ryszard Kucab)
  • 2022, "K", Lithuanian Art Educators' Association Members' Creative Works Exhibition, Lithuanian Museum of Education History, Kaunas; (Curator Sigita Saulenienė)
  • 2020, "Language of Colors", St. John's Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, (Curator Eglė Maskaliūnaitė)
  • 2018, International Exhibition, "Dobrze jest byc w Ludzy" Regional Museum in Dębica, Dembica, Poland; (Curator Ryszard Kucab)
  • 2018, XIV Republican Exhibition "C", Alytus City Theatre, Lithuania; (Curator Arūnas Vaitkus), (Catalog)
  • 2018, 25th International Christmas Miniatures Exhibition. "Stairway Art Gallery", Šiauliai (Catalog)
  • 2017, "Free Press — Free Me", Lithuanian Parliament Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania; (Curator Aida Verdi)
  • 2017, "Square 10", International Exhibition, Art Gallery Golden Section, Kaunas, Lithuania; (Curator Artūras Rimkevičius)
  • 2016, "Square 9", International Exhibition, Art Gallery Golden Section, Kaunas, Lithuania; (Curator Artūras Rimkevičius)
  • 2015, "Through Form to Volume", Lithuanian Artists' Exhibition, Gallery Arka, Vilnius; (Curator Paulius Juška)
  • 2015, "Ar(t)chive", Lithuanian Artists' Exhibition; Gallery Arka, Vilnius; (Curator Algimantas Biguzas)
  • 2010, "Anniversary Exhibition". R. Savickas Art Gallery, Vilnius; (Curator Raimondas Savickas)
  • 2010, International Exhibition "Art for Heritage", Trakai Vokė Cultural Center, Lithuania;
  • 2008, "Awareness of Myth", International Exhibition. National Library of Minsk, Minsk, Belarus;


SYMPOSIUMS/PLEIN AIRS

  • 2023, "Art and Nature", International Plein Air, Irpinia, Summonte, Italy (Curator Vito Rago)
  • 2023 – International Painters Symposium-Plein Air "Stories about Merkinė", Merkinė. Curator R. Lesniauskienė.
  • 2019 – International Plein Air "CARPE DIEM", Balatonszárszó, Hungary; organiser, curator and participant.
  • 2023, International Land Art Symposium "Marks II", Alytus; (curator Arūnas Vaitkus)
  • 2019, International Festival Exhibition "Art Shopping Carrousel du Louvre", France, Paris
  • 2018, "Art Revolution", International Symposium, Museum della Pubblicità Packaging Commercio — Modern, San Marco, Italy (Curator Dalia Šemeškienė-Kleponytė)
  • 2017, "From Lisbon to Vladivostok via Minsk", International Symposium, Poznan, Poland; (Curator Marek Madej)
  • 2017, International Symposium, "Welcome to Ludza", Folk Life Museum. Ludza, Latvia
  • 2017, "At the Crossroads of Cultures — In the Footsteps of Saint Brother Albert Ecce Homo — From Lisbon to Vladivostok via Minsk & from Helsinki to Athens via Warsaw", Painting Vernissage II International Masovian Symposium of Visual Arts. Słubice Palace. (Curator Marek Madej)
  • 2014, "Owl Mountain 2014: Dialogue with Color — 330 (110x3)", International Symposium, J. Vienožinskis Art College, Kaunas, Lithuania; (Curator Arvydas Martinaitis), (Catalog)
  • 2014, "Anima mundi", International Festival, as an artist offered workshop on "Colorful Chess" painting and as guest artist, Vilnius, Lithuania; (Curator Marek Madej), (Catalog)
  • 2013, "Time Inclusions", International Festival, Trakai Vokė Cultural Center, Lithuania; (Curator Loreta Marcinkevičienė), (Catalog)
  • 2012, "Roofs of Užupis", International Plein Air, Užupis Art Incubator, Gallery Galera, Vilnius; (Curator Gedrius Bagdonas), Creative work


CONTEMPORARY AND LAND ART EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024 – "The Message", river and land art plein air, project "Let's Celebrate the River", Nemunas beach, Kaunas. Curator Romena Puikytė.
  • 2024 – "Find…", land art exhibition "Find… Angel Path", bank of the Šventoji River, Anykščiai. Curator Rita Tulušienė.
  • 2023, Land Art Exhibition, "Marks II", artwork "Pathfinder", Alytus Theatre, Alytus (Curator: Arūnas Vaitkus);
  • 2023, Land Art Exhibition, "Find… Angel Path", artwork "Multidimensionality Metaphor, or an Angel's Invitation", Anykščiai Angel Museum; (Curator Margarita Milašienė);
  • 2022, Land Art Exhibition, "In Nature from Nature", artwork "Time Enchantment", Mažeikiai district club "My Home"; (Curator Krista Kinčienė)
  • 2022, Land Art Exhibition, "Find… Angel Path", artwork "# Angel", Anykščiai Angel Museum; (Curator Rita Tulušienė)
  • 2022, Land Art Exhibition, "Code AV", artwork "Memory Labyrinths", A. Baranauskas and A. Vienuolio-Žukauskas Memorial Museum; (Curator: Tautvydas Kontrimavičius )
  • 2021, Land Art Exhibition, "Balance", artwork "Green Artifact", VU Botanical Garden; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2021, International Art Residency, "Tri krapki", artwork "Square No. 10", Kherson, Tyagin, Ukraine; (Curators: Olena Afanasijeva, Natalija Bimbyraitė)
  • 2021, Land Art Exhibition, "Temporary Connections", artwork "Interference", Vilnius city K. Sirvydas square; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2019, International Land Art Festival,"Mythogenesis", artwork "Constellation", Ukraine, Vinnytsia; (Curator Aleksandr Nikitiuk)
  • 2019, Land Art Exhibition, "Discoveries", artwork "Safety Zone", VU Botanical Garden; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2018, Land Art Exhibition, "Connections", artwork "Kite", VU Botanical Garden; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2017, International Contemporary Art Festival, artwork "Mutual Interest", Lithuania, Jonava; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2016 International Contemporary Art Festival "Objects to Touch 2", Janina Monkute Marks Museum, Kėdainiai, Lithuania; (Curator Aušra Sedlevičiūtė)
  • 2016, Land Art Exhibition, "Time", artwork "Entropy", VU Botanical Garden; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2015, International Contemporary Art Festival "Culture Night"; Lithuania, Vilnius
  • 2014, Land Art Exhibition, "Déjà Vu", artwork "Beginning", VU Botanical Garden; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2013, Land Art Exhibition, "Metamorphoses", artwork "Cricket", VU Botanical Garden; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)
  • 2012, Land Art Exhibition, "Identity", artwork "Unfolding", VU Botanical Garden; (Curator Inga Raubaitė)


CURATORIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL ACTIVITY

  • 2022–2026 – Conceiver and curator of the ongoing cycle of plein airs for artists of various fields in the VU Botanical Garden: 2022 – "Breakfast on the Grass"; 2023 – "Lunch on the Grass"; 2024 – "Dinner on the Grass"; 2026 – "Late Supper on the Grass".
  • 2024 – "Face Reflections", Martikonis Gallery-Museum, Vilnius; exhibition curator.
  • 2019 – International Plein Air "CARPE DIEM", Balatonszárszó, Hungary; organiser, curator and participant.
  • 2014 – "Searches and Discoveries", A. Mickevičius Public Library, Vilnius; exhibition curator.
  • 2012–2016 – Ongoing creative project and cycle of exhibitions "Accent", "Accent II", "Accent III", "Accent IV" of Vilnius city art teachers; organiser and curator, in cooperation with J. Stauskaitė School and the Children and Youth Gallery.
  • 2006–2007 – International art project "Church Art and Architecture"; organiser and exhibition curator.


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CATALOGUES

  1. Gytis Oržikauskas. "Irina Troma's painting exhibition "Balance" in the VU Botanical Garden". "7 meno dienos", No. 26 (1603), 2026-09-04.
  2. Gytis Oržikauskas. "Limit states in Irina Troma's painting exhibition "Balance"". "7 meno dienos", No. 20 (1597), 2026-05-22.
  3. Gytis Oržikauskas. "Painting plein air exhibition "Face" in the VU Botanical Garden Museum". "7 meno dienos", No. 26 (1518), 2024-06-28.
  4. "Land art works adorned the riverbank". "Lietuvos rytas", No. 21, supplement "Kaunui ir kauniečiams" ("For Kaunas and its Residents"), May 24–30, 2024.
  5. Gytis Oržikauskas. "Personal Landscape at the "Anatomy of Nature" Exhibition". "7 meno dienos", No. 30 (1479), 2023-09-22.
  6. Vaidilutė Brazauskaitė-Lupeikienė. "Eglė Maskaliūnaitė-Butkuvienė and Irina Troma's ceramics and painting exhibition "Transitions" opened in Vilnius". "15min.lt", 2022-02-17.
  7. "Fortress Tyagin. Archaeological Research 2019–2021". Collective scientific archaeological monograph. Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Cultural Centre "Ukraine–Lithuania", Kyiv–Kherson, 2021. ISBN 978-617-7810-25-3.
  8. Inga Raubaitė. "Environmental Art in the Vilnius University Botanical Garden". Catalogue of Artworks, Vilnius University, 2021. ISBN 978-609-07-0638-1.
  9. Aušra Jasiukevičiūtė. "Memento mori, or The Balance of Land and Environmental Art". "Literatūra ir menas", 2021-10-08.
  10. Inga Raubaitė. "Land Art in the Vilnius University Botanical Garden". Catalogue of Artworks, Vilnius University, 2019. ISBN 978-609-459-962-0.
  11. L. Marcinkevičienė. "Artisti internazionali En Plein Air". "Realtà Sannita", San Marco dei Cavoti, Italy, August 4, 2018, p. 8.
  12. R. Žukė. "A Glimpse into "Spirit" at the Painting Exhibition". "Vakarų ekspresas", Klaipėda, No. 41 (7607), March 1, 2018, p. 5.
  13. A. Rimkevičius, R. Bagdonienė. "Square. Spirit". Catalogue of the jubilee international exhibition of creative works of art discipline teachers, "Aukso pjūvis" ("Golden Section") gallery, Kaunas, 2017. ISBN 978-9955-27-553-4.
  14. "25th Christmas Miniatures Exhibition". Catalogue of Creative Works, "Laiptai" ("Stairway") Gallery, Šiauliai, 2017. Publisher: UAB "Šiaulių spaustuvė".
  15. Séverine. "The city of art and history inspires Lithuanian painters". "Le Petit Journal", Montauban, France, No. 4861, 2017-08-02, p. 4.
  16. A. Dapkutė. "Fruits of the Decade". Art critic's text published in the catalogue "Art for Heritage", Vilnius, 2013, p. 12–13.
  17. J. Juodėnaitė. "Irina Kostina's painting: never boring and intriguing". "Alytaus naujienos", No. 112 (12465), 2013-09-25, p. 8.
  18. I. Vozgirdaitė. "Art in Nature: Searching for Identity". "Sodo spalvos", No. 11 (191), November 2012, p. 48–51. ISSN 1392-5849.
  19. Jolanta Sereikaitė. "Searching for Identities". "Literatūra ir menas", No. 37, 2012-10-12.


MEDIA

  1. "Irina Troma's painting exhibition "Balance" at Tumo Gallery". Artnews.lt, 2026 (exhibition presentation).
    Online access: https://artnews.lt/renginys/irinos-tromos-tapybos-paroda-balansas-tumo-galerijoje
  2. "Eglė Maskaliūnaitė and Irina Troma | TRANSITIONS". Website of the Lithuanian Artists' Association, 2022-02-08 (exhibition presentation).
    Online access: https://www.ldsajunga.com/post/egle-maskaliunaite-ir-irina-troma-perejimai
  3. "Eglė Maskaliūnaitė and Irina Troma. TRANSITIONS". St. John's Gallery, Vilnius, 2022.


RADIO/TELEVISION BROADCAST

  1. I. Janiulytė-Temporin, "Disposable Planet. What message does land and environmental art send?" RADIOTEKA / DISPOSABLE PLANET. Vilnius: September 27, 2021, 16:30 LRT/Radio.
    Online access: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000175519/vienkartine-planeta-kokia-zinute-siuncia-zemes-iraplinkosmenas [viewed 2024-02-19]
  2. "Creative training for creators, 'Balance' exhibition and how freedom of assembly affects falsehoods" Gerūta Giniūtė. Vilnius: LRT/TV Arts and Culture | Art | Culture Day | Week's Review. September 24, 2021, Start 39:40. Online access:
    https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000175330/kulturos-diena-savaites-apzvalga-kurciuju-kurybinismokymas-paroda-balansas-ir-kaip-susirinkimolaisve-veikia-melagienos [viewed 2024-02-19]
  3. "Line, Color, Form". Conversation with Irina Amosova-Novikova about the works at the "Images" exhibition in the gallery "Arka". Script by Augis Kepežinskas, dir. Marius Siparis. Vilnius: LRT/PLUS Arts and Culture | Art | Line. Color. Form. May 7, 2017, Start 05:07.
    Online access: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/1013668236/linija-spalva-forma [viewed 2024-02-19]