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Robert Bluj, born in 1970 in Vilnius in Lithuania. In the years 1992-1997 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, at the Department of Painting. He graduated with a degree of Master of Arts in 2014. He received his PhD in fine arts at the same Academy of Fine Arts in 2014.<\/strong> In 2020 he was awarded the habilitation degree in fine arts in the area of conservation and restoration of plastic arts, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>In 2000 he started a studio of drawing and painting where he has classes with children, young people and adults on drawing, painting, basics of composition and perspective. Each year, the studio organizes workshops for young people and open air painting events. Students who finished a course in Bluj\u2019s school continue their studies at many higher education institutions in Lithuania and other countries of the European Union. Since 2002 he has been member of the Lithuanian Painters\u2019 Association. In 2005 by the decision of the Lithuanian Minister of Culture (No. 2V-520) he was granted the status of creator of art. In 2008 he was a curator of an exhibition of works by painters of Polish origin, members of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. This exhibition was organized as part of the World Congress of Wilniuki. In 2011 Bluj was member of the jury of the competition for a \u201cCzes\u0142aw Mi\u0142osz Poster\u201d organized by the Polish Institute in Vilnius on the occasion the Mi\u0142osz Year. In 2009 he was awarded a Medal of the Union of Lithuanian Poles for his efforts in propagating Polish values  in Lithuania and a Medal and an Honorary Diploma on the I International Exhibition of Painting and Graphic Art \u201cColours of Poland in Rome\u201d, which took place in Cascina Farsetti. In 2013, President of the Republic of Poland Bronis\u0142aw Komorowski awarded Bluj the Knight Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of Polish culture and his achievement in artistic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Individual exhibitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000 \u201dCrossing the river\u201d Gallery \u201eLietuvos Aido\u201d, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2001 \u201dPreserved time\u201d Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2003 \u201dBetween the heavenly and the earthly\u201d Gallery  \u201dZnad Wilii\u201d, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2004  \u201dA walk around Vilnius \u201d Dom Kultury Polskiej, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2006  \u201dPainting\u201d Gallery XX  Paneve\u017cis, Lithuania.
2007 \u201dRobert Bluj Painting\u201d Katarzyna Napi\u00f3rkowska Gallery,  Warsaw, Poland.
2007 \u201dVilnius sketches\u201d Dom Kultury Polskiej , Vilnius, Lithuania.
2008  \u201dRobert Bluj Painting\u201d  Galeria na pi\u0119trze,  Toru\u0144, Poland.
2010  \u201cRobert Bluj. Painting\u201d, Ratusz, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2012  My Vilnius\u201d, Dom Polonii, Exhibition at the  4th Congress  of Polish Communities and Poles from Abroad, Pu\u0142tusk, Poland.
2012  \u201dMy Vilnius\u201d, Galeria mazowiecka, Warsaw, Poland.
2012  \u201dRobert Bluj Painting\u201d, the seat of the Polish Community Association , Warsaw, Poland.
2014  \u201dBetween a portrait and allegory\u201d, Gallery Styk ASP, Warsaw, Poland.
2015  \u201dCity of dreams\u201d Museum in Wodzis\u0142aw \u015al\u0105ski, Poland
2015  \u201dOnly painting\u201d exhibition organized during the days of Polish culture in Vilnius Studio 008, Vilnius Lithuania
2016  \u201dCity of dreams\u201d Dom Polonii Zamek Pu\u0142tusk Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 “Studio Open” House of Polish Culture in Vilnius, Lithuania. 2019 “Vilnius My” Nowy S\u0105cz Poland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 “Vilnius My” Nowy Dw\u00f3r Gda\u0144ski Poland. 2020 ,,Bluj\u201d Galeria XX, Paneve\u017eis Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 “City landscape before the coronovirus era” National Museum of Przemy\u015bl, Przemy\u015bl, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 “New York Cycle” Museum of the History of the City of Przemy\u015bl. Przemy\u015bl Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected collective exhibitions:
2009  \u201dColours of Poland in Rome\u201d, Gallery Arte24, Rzym, W\u0142ochy.
2009  \u201dShe\u201d, Gallery XX, Poniewiez\u0307, Lithuania.
2010  \u201eFlirt\u201d, Gallery XX, Poniewiez\u0307, Lithuania.
2011  \u201dSelf-portrait\u201d, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2011  \u201dA meeting\u201d, Gallery XX, Poniewiez\u0307, Lithuania.
2012  \u201dArtist and the city\u201d, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2012  \u201dMysterious orchards\u201d, Gallery XX, Poniewiez\u0307, Lithuania.
2014  \u201dIII Quadriennale of Lithuanian Contemporary Art\u201d, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2015  \u201dI International Biennale of Visual Art \u201cThe measure of art\u201d, Alytus, Lithuania.
2015  \u201dArt archive\u201d, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2015  \u201dThrough form to content\u201d, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2015   Exhibition on the occasion of Franciszek Smuglewicz\u2019s 270th birth anniversary, Gallery Arka Vilnius Lithuania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 “Hedonism” Godo Gallery Vilnius Lithuania <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 POLISH ECONOMIC FORUM – POLISH CULTURE IN THE WORLD. HOW TO INVEST IN ART? Karpacz Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected open-air events:
1997  \u201dJurassic autumn\u201d, Cze\u0328stochowa, Poland.
1998  Kamion, Poland.
1999  Piotrko\u0301w Trybunalski, Poland.
2004  Zakopane, Poland.
2006  Panieviezis, Lithuania.
2007  \u201dPainterly eastern side\u201d, Soleczniki, Lithuania.
2008  \u201d Painterly eastern side\u201d, Soleczniki, Lithuania.
2009  \u201d Painterly eastern side\u201d, Soleczniki, Lithuania.
2010  Sulejo\u0301w, Poland.
2010 \u0141e\u0328czna, Poland.
2013  The Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Trut\u00f3w, Poland.
2014  VII Poland-wide open-air event, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 NYC. New York USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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