Category Archives: Environmental Installations

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Blue Consciousness at center of Blue Man Group PR campaign

Blue Consciousness was commissioned by the Blue Man Group’s Briar Street Theater in Chicago, three years ago. The piece is 10 x 10 feet in size and was placed on the building’s south-facing exterior. It is […]

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Michigan Illuminated Thoughts reviewed in San Diego

Caption from The San Diego Union-Tribune:  Kylie Luttrell, 8, left, of Custer and her sister, Alex, 11, looks at Illuminated Thoughts by Audrius Plioplys in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during ArtPrize, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (Neil Blake/The Grand Rapids […]

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There is no freedom without constraints

This summer and fall, when you drive into West Chicago, Illinois, the first street banner that you see is my art work “Constraints / Freedom”. This is one of 17 banners on public display as […]

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Siberia Souls at ArtPrize

Siberia Souls: Children (details) ArtPrize is the world’s largest competitive art exhibit. It takes over the entire city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the fall. Siberia Souls LED light sculpture installation has been selected for display at a  […]

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Columns of Dreams at Trinity Methodist

Interpretation of Dreams: Freud, on display at TUMC, as the LED color lights change Trinity United Methodist Church, 9848 S. Winchester Ave., is located in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago. Last weekend I was invited […]

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Blue Consciousness at the Vilnius Book Fair

 Vilnius Book Fair – the largest book fair in the Baltic countries, one of the brightest cultural events in Lithuania. This event, which promotes reading and celebrates it, annually invites visitors from all over Lithuania to […]

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250,000 euros allocated to improvements at my boulder installation

Today’s news from the city of Marijampole, Lithuania, website: “Varnupiai Sacred Mound (piliakalnis) will become more open to visitors. We approved the project, which will allow the installation of a ramp, a walking path, a […]

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Sliding of contemporary literature: between memory and oblivion

I am pleased that Aurelija Mykolaityte of Vytautas the Great University, Kaunas, Lithuania, requested my permission to use my artwork, “Blue Consciousness”, on the cover of her recently published book. First, the annotation that she […]

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Varnupiai Sacred Mound (piliakalnis) and my boulder installation on Lithuanian National TV

Virginijus Savukynas, the creator of the Lithuanian National TV series History Detectives (Istorijos Detektyvai) visited my boulder installation at the base of Varnupiai Sacred Mound (piliakalnis). He explained that it was built by the Jotvingiai […]

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When Thoughts Speak (Kai Mintys Prabyla)

When Thoughts Speak (Kai Mintys Prabyla) a Lithuanian children’s art exhibit, took at the Čiurlionis Gallery, Lithuanian Center, 5620 S. Claremont Ave., Chicago, Illinois The opening, which took place on January 25, 2025, has been […]

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