On February 4, 2026, at 7 p.m., the group exhibition ‘Risen Dust’ will open at Atletika Gallery (Vitebsko St. 21, Vilnius). It features works by Anna Chostegian, Saulė Noreikaitė, Monika Pakerytė, Neda Rimaitė, Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, and Jurga Šarapova. The exhibition is curated by Nunilo Rumbutis, Marijonas Verbel, and Viltė Barbora Vilūnaitė.
The exhibition draws the gaze to workers becoming entangled in the institutional webs. As collections of gathered works and experiences are unfolded, dust is caringly swept aflight from institutional and personal archives. Hints of passing time and forgotten dreams rise into the air, awakening investigative curiosity. Dust becomes evidence — a witness to distraction and oblivion — dancing in the light of concealed corners. Currents and draughts intertwine while carrying stories and lived experiences. Within narratives of everyday labour, grains of togetherness, shared language, and inspiration settle. This time, subtle fragilities take centre stage. What we merely skim with our eyes becomes an unavoidable hint. Emerging from mysterious boxes in varied material forms, the artworks gently scrape away the ridges of cracked and exhausted surfaces, lightly erasing traces of an imagined uprising. These blurred testimonies, carrying specks of dust deeper into the crevices of institutions, reveal internal processes. While observing the decay unfolding beneath a film of dust, a careful contemplation of timelessness emerges, revealing the grooves left by empty pursuits and meaningless tasks.
Artists – Anna Chostegian, Saulė Noreikaitė, Monika Pakerytė, Neda Rimaitė, Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, Jurga Šarapova
Curators – Nunilo Rumbutis, Marijonas Verbel, Viltė Barbora Vilūnaitė
Visual communication – Anastasija Diukova
Technical manager – Jonas Balsevičius
Opening 04/02/2026 19.00.
Exhibition dates 05/02/2026–14/03/2026
Thursdays & Fridays 16.00–19.00, Saturdays 14.00–18.00, Sundays 08/02, 15/02, 22/02, 01/03, 13.00–16.00.
Exhibition tours with curators 02/07, 02/14, 02/21, 02/28, 15.00.
The exhibition is organized by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. The activities of LIAA are funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Vilnius City Municipality. Exhibition partners – the Vilnius Graphic Art Centre and the Kazys Varnelis House–Museum. Sponsors – MB ‘Lynx Prekyba’ and MB ‘Sulčių sodai’.
Participants’ biographies
Saulė Noreikaitė is an artist working between the fields of visual art and dance. Her main interest lies in (re)discovering (socio)cultural notions related to human bodies and their belonging to certain environments. In her practice she is questioning what does it mean to have a body in the 21st century, how the relations to our bodies change due to various environmental and societal factors, and how we care for and make use of the physical possibilities of our existence.
Anna Chostegian is an artist and art worker living and working in Vilnius. Since 2023, they can be found at the Editorial project space behind the desk or in various galleries, documenting exhibitions. Anna was trained in printmaking, their work is not limited to a single medium, they are often exploring various materials and techniques, engaging in slow and repetitive processes. Their work primarily looks into themes of memory, time passage, ephemerality, and identity.
Monika Pakerytė works in the field of culture, writes art reviews and essays. She is interested in institutional critique.
Jurga Šarapova is a contemporary artist who does not seek to be an artist, nor to be identified as one. When creating objects, she strives to view things from their autonomous perspective, refusing to identify with the role of the author. The objects she creates are characterized by persistent and thorough handwork, which forms organic shapes.
Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė is a visual artist and writer. Her practice explores cities after working hours, the intersections of personal experiences and “universal” world rules, and traces of disobedience. Her drawings, texts, and sculptures borrow their forms from everyday domestic life: stairs, chairs, and chandeliers, crossing a threshold, or polishing shoes before leaving, losing control, dissolving the boundaries between the ordinary and fantasy.
Neda Rimaitė works with various materials, creative writing and jewellery making. Occasionally she also engages in sound explorations in her artistic practice. Rimaitė is interested in stories and the tension between art and design. In her work, she uses chance as an instrument to find contact with materials or objects.
Anastasija Diukova is a material-driven artist exploring analog methods and narrative design. Her projects are characterized by a playfulness of texture and a warm precision, everything is done with the belief that something impersonal will become something intimate.
Marijonas Verbel (an) (they/them) is a contemporary art practitioner from Vilnius. Although they mainly work with textiles, weaving, and education, their practice is not limited to these fields – they are also interested in art criticism and curatorial practices.
Nunilo Rumbutis (an/it) curator, jumping between institutions — from proximity to a distanced view.
Viltė Barbora Vilūnaitė (an/ji) (they/she) is a young–generation curator, writer, and cultural worker.