Artist: VIRGINIJA DEGENIENE
Country: LITHUANIA
Title: The Tree
Size: 31 x 31 cm
Technique: knitting
Year: 2014
Biography:

Virginja Degeniene was born 1950 in Merkine, Lithuania. She graduated from the Department of Textile of the Lithuanian State Institute of Art, specializing in Clothing Design in 1972. She works as a professor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. She has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association since 1990 and an honorary member of the Organization of World Textile Art – WTA – since 2003. Her awards include: the 3^rd Prize at the WTA 2^nd International Biennial “Interlacement – Fiber and Metal” in 2002; the 3rd Prize at the WTA 3rd International Biennial “Sqaure – Carre – Cuadrado” in 2004; an Award for Professionalism at the 4^th “The Open Letter” International Biennial of Miniature Textiles in Lithuania in 2005; a Special Citation at the 5^th Cheongju International Craft Biennial “Creative Evolution – Deeply and Slowly” in South Korea in 2007; a distinction at the 5^th “Z krosna do Krosna” International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial in Poland in 2008. Virginja has participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. Her works can be found in museum collections and private collections in Lithuania and abroad.

Motto: Th e tree of life is nature. Man`s life depends on it...