Rezidentai

Laura Garbštienė is an interdisciplinary artist and a farmer. Her work features a humorous institutional critique, the development of ecological themes and a critical approach to consumerism. Her Film about an Unknown Artist (2009) received FIPRESCI Prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. In 2024, she was awarded the highest award of the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania – the Honorary Badge „Carry Your Light and Believe”.

She is founder and curator of Verpėjos (The Spinners). The Verpėjos international artist residency programme aims to explore and rethink the themes of traditional, rural and nature conservation, to empower discourse on processes and changes both locally and globally. https://verpejos.lt/?lang=en