Emily Hayes' illustration.

On 20th May 2021 Vilnius Academy of Arts (VAA) Faculty of Kaunas' gallery opens Kaunas Illustration Biennial exhibition "JUMP". 

The theme of the first illustration biennial - Jump - is open to innovative concepts and experimental forms of expression.

Spend one second in the intuitive space between earth and sky. Is it really not a flight or a moment of levitation? Jump is an infinite platform. An independent fortress. The fastest way to time travel. A shift in the system of energy. Single jump is needed to find yourself in another universe. A getaway? Rotating at a sharp angle? Dancing in a circle? What else can it mean?

Starting from the 1st April 2021 follow the participants' of the biennial presentations on Instagram: kaunas_illustration_biennial

On 20th May join the virtual opening of the exhibition JUMP – Kaunas Illustration Biennial 2021 - YouTube Premiere.

From 20th May - 20th June visit the biennial exhibition at the VAA Faculty of Kaunas gallery, Muitines g. 2, Kaunas. Registration required.

Illustration catalogue is available form 20th June 2021 at www.illustrationbiennial.com

Participants: Adelė Urbanavičiūtė (LT), Ainė Jacytė (LT), Alex Kochan (LT), Alice Mulder (NL), Alfonso Lourido (UY), Anatoly Safonov (RU), Andreja Gregorič (SI), Anna Kiszka (PL), Antonio Hidalgo (ES), Ariadna Sys (RU), Artiom Brancel (LT), Astrid Vandendael (BE), AsurSura (LT), Barbara Beke (HU), Carlos Lizama Fuentealba (CL), Dion Choi (NZ), Dovydas Bou (LT), Egle Gelaziute-Petrauskiene (LT), Elena Motiejūnaitė (LT), Elyssa Padillo (CA), Emily Hayes (UK), Eva Daniela Alves Vieira (PT), Eva Mlinar (SI), Gabija Gasiūnas (LT), Gabriel Cela (BR), Greta Duobienė (LT), Greta Alice Liekytė (LT), Hatiye Garip (TR), Herman Drowning (LT), Inae Coelho (BR), Indrė Svirplytė (LT), Inga Dagilė (LT), Yuki Kodaira (JP), Yuqiao Zheng (UK), Jolita Puleikytė (LT), Joseph Reyes (CA), Julie Pernet (BE), Karolina (Robinson) Puckutė (MT/LT), Katariin Mudist (EE), Kornelija Žalpytė (LT), Kristina Nabažaitė (LT), Laima Matuzonytė (LT), Laura Aguzzi (IT), Liliana Lopez Villegas (CO), Lily Qian (CN), Lucas León (CL), Maryam Khaleghiyazdi (USA), Medeinė Tuzikaitė (LT), Mélanie Corre (NL), Mohamad Hossein Matak (IR), Müberra Bülbül (TR), Neus Gómez (ES), Nuria Velázquez (ES), Paulina Wojciechowska (PL), Paz Fernandez (USA), Pooja Sreenivasan (IN), Priyashi Galiawala (IN), Rachel Katstaller (AT), Rocío Iriarte (ES), Sadeq Asad (IR), Sasha Laskowsky (CL), Soscha Kikken (NL), Stephanie Petagno (USA), Teklė Ūla Pužauskaitė (LT), Toshifumi Kawaguchi (JP), Ugnė Petreikytė (LT), Ūla Šveikauskaitė (LT), Valentina Bykova (LT), Vera Koss (RU), Viktorija Stasevičiūtė (LT), Viktorija Valužytė (LT), Vytautas Trafik (LT), Zhao Zhao (CN).

Jury: Li Bond (Liena Bondare) (LV), Lina Itagaki (LT), Natalia Romaniuk (PL), Marko Kekishev (ES), Rolandas Rimkūnas (LT).

Organizers: Vilnius Academy of Arts Kaunas Faculty Department of Graphics

Partners: Kaunas International Printmaking biennial, IRGI gallery.