Virginja Degeniene was born in 1950 in Merkine, Lithuania. She graduated from the Department of Textile of the Lithuanian State Institute of Art specializing in fashion 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 3rd Prize at the WTA 2nd 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 “The Open Letter” 4th International Biennial of Miniature Textiles in Lithuania in 2005; and distinction at the “Z krosna do Krosna” 5th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial in Krosno, 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.