Robertas Narkus

Robertas Narkus describes his practice as the ‘management of circumstance  in an economy of coincidence’. Employing various media ranging from photography, video to performance, comedy, entrepreneurship and social engineering he brings together the ordinary and the absurd to explore notions of progress, technology and human desires. He exhibited, performed or had screenings of his works at the CAC Vilnius, XII Baltic Triennial, KIM?de Appel art center, Stedelijk museum, Whitechapel gallery, Ballroom Marfa, David Dale gallery and others. Narkus is the founder of the Institute for ’Pataphysics in Vilnius and artist day care center “Autarkia”. He holds an MFA from Sandberg Institute fine arts department. In 2022 Narkus represented Lithuania at the 59th Venice biennale.