Emilija Skarnulyte

Emilija Škarnulytė (b. 1987) lives and works in Tromsø and Berlin. Škarnulytė studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and graduated at Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art. Škarnulytė´s latest solo shows are "Mirror Matter", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2017; "Manifold", Podium, Oslo, 2017; "Extended Phenotypes", Viafarini, Milan, 2016; "QSO Lens", CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, 2015; Hollow Earth (with Tanya Busse), Festspillene i NordNorge, Harstad, 2013. She had group exhibitions: Ex- ante, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand, 2017; Poekhali, Point Cloud Theraphy, Bergen Kunsthall, 2017; The Future is Certain, Calvert 22 Foundation, London, 2017; Baltic Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia - 15th International Architecture Exhibition 2016; 2016; Høstutstillingen, Oslo, 2015. She is also a founder of Polar Film Lab in Tromsø, Norway. Her films have been screened at Whitechappel AFl 10th Anniversary, Scottish Pavilion, (Venice, 2017); International Rotterdam Film Festival (The Netherlands, 2015); 31st Sao Paulo Biennial with Como Clube, (Brazil, 2014); Artists’ Film International Season 7, Whitechapel Gallery (2015, UK), Ballroom Marfa, (2015, USA) and Project 88 (2015, India); Pompidou Film Festival Hors Pistes (France, 2014); and International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Germany, 2013) among others. She has received Kino der Kunst Project Award, Munich, 2017; National Lithuanian Art Prize for Young Artist, 2016; Anne og Jakob Weidemanns award, Høstutstillingen, 2015.