Viktorija Šiaulytė
Director

Viktorija Šiaulytė has worked as an independent curator and producer for more than 10 years in the fields of contemporary art, architecture, and film. Šiaulytė holds an MFA in Critical Writing and Curatorial Practice from Konstfack and a BA in Art History from the Vilnius Academy of Arts. She currently holds the post of research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Program in Art, Culture and Technology and has been a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude (2020-2021). She presented personal and collaborative projects at Architektūros fondas, transmediale festival for art and digital culture, Haus der Kulturen der Welt among others. Her documentary film, co-directed and produced together with Marta Dauliūtė, premiered in Gothenburg International Film Festival, Sweden and HotDocs, Canada in 2022.  Since 2020 she is co-founder and co-curator of Videograms, a festival for artists’ film and moving image in Vilnius, Lithuania.

JL Murtaugh (Liam)
Curator of the Residency and Public Programmes

Liam is an artist, curator, writer, and consultant. Originally from Chicago, he currently lives in Vilnius. Since 2014, Liam has organized projects under the alias of Syndicate; a liquid, nomadic contemporary art platform producing exhibitions, events, and publications with long-term collaborators. He was recently artistic director of Autarkia, Vilnius (2020–2023); and was formerly the director of Tenderpixel, London (2012–2014). Liam studied at Goldsmiths College, London (MFA Fine Art); Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; and Columbia College, Chicago (BFA Fine Art and Art History), following earlier education in architecture and design.

Monika Lipšic 
Curator of the Residency and Public Programmes

Monika is a curator and artist living and working in Vilnius. She graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts History and Curatorial Studies, and later worked at the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius. Up till now, she has been working independently and by invitation on projects, exhibitions, performances and poems abroad and in Lithuania, in the fields of contemporary art and history. Her curatorial interests in culture often merge with artistic decisions and interpretations. She recently curated: The Invisibles (together with Vytautas Gečas and Marija Puipaitė), Lithuanian National Museum of Art, 2022; Audra, Lithuanian National museum of Art, 2021; Videograms festival for moving image and artists’ videos (since 2020) as a co-curator and one of the founders.

Goda Palekaitė
Curator of the Alternative Education Programme

Goda Palekaitė is an artist, researcher and curator working in the intersection of contemporary art, performance, artistic research, literature, and anthropology. Her practice evolves around projects and programmes exploring the politics of historical narratives, the agency of dreams and fiction, and the alternative discourses of knowledge. Goda holds a BFA in fine arts (Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts), MA in social and cultural anthropology (University of Vienna), Post-Master in artistic research (A.pass, Brussels) and currently is completing a Ph.D. at Hasselt University. In the last years she presented installations, films and performances in solo and group exhibitions at Beursschouwburg, BOZAR and Kanal–Centre Pompidou in Brussels; Whitechapel Gallery in London; Västerås Art Museum; Kunsthal Gent; Contemporary Art Centre, Editorial and Vartai Gallery in Vilnius; Tranzit Bratislava and Bucharest; Lithuanian Pavilion in The Biennale Architettura in Venice; International Theatre Festival Sirenos, among others. She is an author of two books (Schismatics and Conditions of Creativity) as well as various essays and experimental texts. As a curator-educator, Goda has been regularly engaged in several academic and para-academic institutions.

Aistė Frišmantaitė
Coordinator

Aistė Frišmantaitė is an art director, stylist and researcher, focusing on the intersections between fashion, art and social studies. She holds a bachelor’s in social sciences from University College London (UCL), specialising in feminist and queer critical theory, and has received education in fashion art direction from POLIMODA Institute in Florence, Italy. Having started her career as a coordinator and researcher at the Centre for Equality Advancement (Lygių galimybių plėtros centras), she has several years of experience managing local and international projects. Following this, she has ventured into the creative field, working as a freelance art director and stylist for fashion brands, as well as individual commercial and editorial projects.

Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė
Communication & Digital Content Manager

Aistė Marija is an artist and writer working in the field of cultural communication. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Photography and Media Arts from Vilnius Academy of Arts and is currently working on her Master’s degree in Sculpture. She started her adventure as a communication coordinator at the cultural complex SODAS 2123 (2022–2023), continued at the Architektūros fondas (2023) and the film festival Videograms’23 (2023). She has been publishing exhibition reviews and interviews in the cultural press for more than five years and is currently a freelance communication specialist, actively developing her artistic practice, writing texts and curating exhibitions.

Agnė Liukaitytė
Head of Partnerships

Agnė joned the Rupert team with over a decade of international experience in contemporary art, luxury goods, and cultural initiatives. Having worked in key art market hubs such as Berlin, London, and Los Angeles, she has established strong relationships with galleries, collectors, and cultural professionals. Agnė is the founder of SENSES. Books & Spirits – a conceptual space that merges art, scent, and refined drink culture. This experience has given her a deep understanding of strategic partnerships, brand synergy, and the creation of unique, high-end experiences. At Rupert, Agnė Liukaitytė is responsible for developing long-term, values-driven collaborations with business, creative, and community partners. Her goal is to foster meaningful connections that support contemporary artists and strengthen Rupert’s position as an international center for culture.

Rupert’s design identity creators
Goda Budvytytė, January 2012–March 2019
Tadas Karpavičius, April 2019–March 2020
TAKTIKA, Mantas Rimkus and Nerijus Keblys, April 2020–May 2022
Jonė Miškinytė, June 2022–December 2023
Marijn Degenaar, February 2024–August 2025
Jana Sofie Liebe and Augustinas Milkus, September 2025–present

Rupert’s directors
Justė Jonutytė, July 2014–August 2019
Milda Batakytė, June 2021–June 2022
Julija Reklaitė, September 2019–February 2023, maternity leave June 2021–June 2022
Viktorija Šiaulytė, March 2023–present

Rupert’s curators
Inesa Pavlovskaitė, 2012–2013
Ignė Aleksandravičiūtė, 2012–2013
Aušra Trakšelytė, 2014
Maya Tounta, 2014–2015
Liudvikas Buklys, 2016
Adomas Narkevičius, 2017–2019
Yates Norton, 2018–2020
Dovilė Tumpytė, 2019
Kotryna Markevičiūtė, 2019–2020
Romuald Demidenko, 2021
Tautvydas Urbelis, 2020–2024
Monika Lipšic, 2022–present
JL Murtaugh, 2023–present
Goda Palekaitė, 2024–present

Internships
Proposals are welcome under Erasmus or other international mobility programmes. Please send your CV and a motivation letter, indicating the period you apply for, to info@rupert.lt with the subject line ‘Internship’. We expect international internships to be at least 3 months and welcome longer periods. Your travel, accommodation and insurance must be covered by an appropriate grant.