Ieva Austinskaitė, born in 1992, is a Lithuanian visual artist who uses photography to explore the complexities of public spaces and how people interact with urban environments. Her work primarily focuses on the fringes of cities, where everyday life and human activities leave subtle but significant marks on the urban landscape. Austinskaitė captures the transient and ambiguous nature of these spaces, highlighting spontaneous, unplanned events and the interplay between remnants of the past and current situations. She portrays cities not just as static backdrops but as dynamic entities, analyzing their materiality and uncovering hidden coincidences within the environment. Her artistic process involves a deep, personal engagement with her surroundings, observing and documenting cities from a pedestrian perspective, attuned to the rhythms of daily life and individual experiences.

Education

Royal College of Art - MA Photography, London, 2017 - 2019

School of Visual Arts - artist in residence, New York, 2018

Middlesex University - BA - Photography, London, 2011 - 2014

Kaunas High School of Arts - Fine Art, Kaunas, 2008 - 2011

Exhibitions, grants and projects

„Nonobstant la fuite du temps – Contemporary Lithuanian Photography” - group exhibition, Captures-Espace d’Art Contemporain, Royan, 2024

Kir(t)imai - Photography exhibition and photo publication. Created with Kirtimai Culture Center and Hands on Press publishing studio. Energy and Technology Museum, Vilnius, 2023 and Kirtimai Culture Center, Vilnius, 2022

Kaunas "Į" magazine - photographic story "Step after step" publication in a project initiated by Kaunas Photography Gallery, Kaunas, 2022

Individual grant for culture and art creators from Lithuanian Council for Culture, Kaunas, 2021

Travers Smith CSR art and mentorship programme, London, 2019-2020

Graduate Show - final major exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, 2019

Offprint - member in an artbook and publishing fair, Tate Modern, London, 2019

Absence - group exhibition, Dyson Studio, Londonas 2019

Leverhulme art bursary for studies, London, 2017-2019

Circulations - Young European Photography festival, "Passengers" projection Paris, 2016

Royal Photographic Society 159th exhibition - nominated with project "Passengers", London, 2016

Kaunas Photo festival - group exhibition in funicular, Kaunas, 2015

International Photography Awards - 1st place in Cinema and Photography category, New York, 2015

Candid Arts Trust - Group mixed media exhibition, London, 2015

Leica Street Photo - Group exhibition, 6x7 gallery, Warsaw, 2015

Signature Art Prize - 1st place in Photography and Cinema category, London, 2015

Noise Festival - Group exhibitions in public spaces, London and Manchester, 2015

Futures - Group exhbition, Truman Brewery gallery, London, 2015

For the Past - group exhibition, J Vienozinskis Art Faculty, Kaunas, 2013

Sights - personal exhibition, Vilnius Photography Gallery, Vilnius, 2011

Photography Competition "Debut'' - 1st place and group exhibition, Prospect gallery, Vilnius, 2011