AGLAJA RAY
BIO
Eglė Tamulytė, born in Šakiai, Lithuania in 1988, is an acclaimed artist known for her provocative and dynamic work. She earned a B.A. in Graphics with a specialization in Illustration from Vilnius Academy of Arts (2012) and an M.A. (2020). Initially recognized under the pseudonym Shaltmira, she gained prominence in underground art circles through her black-and-white comics and collaborations with alternative music bands.
Her accolades include first place at PIN DIENA (2014) and scholarships from the Lithuanian Council for Culture (2016, 2020, 2021). Eglė holds the Status of Art Creator from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and received the Ary Stillman grant in 2016. Her 2017 illustration of a feminine version of Lithuania’s Coat of Arms became a symbol of National Emancipation Day.
Eglė’s body of work encompasses traditional and digital illustrations, canvases, tattoos, performances, and short films. From 2012 to 2019, she participated in art projects globally, including London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. Since 2016, she has closely collaborated with Vector Gallery in New York and performed at the Satellite Art Show during Art Basel Miami (2017). She has exhibited in cities like Pančevo, Paris, Malmo, Athens, Amsterdam, Ommen, Rome, and various locations in Lithuania.
Aglaja Ray’s work merges science fiction, comics, and spiritual texts with abstraction, creating a unique visual language. Her art explores themes of individuality, technology, and metaphysical realms, encouraging deeper viewer engagement. Her titles, often framed as questions with ironic undertones, critique human pride and reflect on faith and transhumanism. Aglaja Ray's art transcends conventional boundaries, resonating with both art enthusiasts and the broader public.
Currently based in Marseille, France.
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 E. Tamulytė was awarded a state scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to cultural and art creators in the field of interdisciplinary art to carry out the artistic research "Races with the Cyborgs".
2021 E. Tamulytė was awarded a state scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to cultural and art creators in the field of interdisciplinary art to carry out the artistic research "Nanotechnology Chimeras: The Decay of the Fantasy Genre"
2020 In the autumn of 2006, E. Tamulytė participated in the competition organized by the "Urbanistinis griaustinis" and won funding to implement the installation Technoteology at the Art and Science Laboratory Gallery, Vokiečių st. 13A, Vilnius.
2020 E. Tamulyte was awarded a state scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to cultural and art creators in the field of interdisciplinary art to carry out the artistic research “Transhumanism and Artificial Eternity”.
2016 Egle Tamulyte was awarded an Ary Stillman Scholarship.
2016 Egle Tamulyte was awarded a six-month scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to carry out an artistic research "Cosmogenesis: Urban Shamanism and Visually Perceived Learning"
2016 By the order of the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Egle Tamulyte was granted the status of an Art Creator.
Since 2015 Member of RAW ARTISTS, an independent art organization.
2014 awarded PIN Day Award as the Best Creator of PIN Day (project organizers - Lithuanian Association of Related Rights AGATA and arts agency Artscape, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Eglė Tamulytė, born in Šakiai, Lithuania in 1988, is an acclaimed artist known for her provocative and dynamic work. She earned a B.A. in Graphics with a specialization in Illustration from Vilnius Academy of Arts (2012) and an M.A. (2020). Initially recognized under the pseudonym Shaltmira, she gained prominence in underground art circles through her black-and-white comics and collaborations with alternative music bands.
Her accolades include first place at PIN DIENA (2014) and scholarships from the Lithuanian Council for Culture (2016, 2020, 2021). Eglė holds the Status of Art Creator from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and received the Ary Stillman grant in 2016. Her 2017 illustration of a feminine version of Lithuania’s Coat of Arms became a symbol of National Emancipation Day.
Eglė’s body of work encompasses traditional and digital illustrations, canvases, tattoos, performances, and short films. From 2012 to 2019, she participated in art projects globally, including London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. Since 2016, she has closely collaborated with Vector Gallery in New York and performed at the Satellite Art Show during Art Basel Miami (2017). She has exhibited in cities like Pančevo, Paris, Malmo, Athens, Amsterdam, Ommen, Rome, and various locations in Lithuania.
Aglaja Ray’s work merges science fiction, comics, and spiritual texts with abstraction, creating a unique visual language. Her art explores themes of individuality, technology, and metaphysical realms, encouraging deeper viewer engagement. Her titles, often framed as questions with ironic undertones, critique human pride and reflect on faith and transhumanism. Aglaja Ray's art transcends conventional boundaries, resonating with both art enthusiasts and the broader public.
Currently based in Marseille, France.
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 E. Tamulytė was awarded a state scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to cultural and art creators in the field of interdisciplinary art to carry out the artistic research "Races with the Cyborgs".
2021 E. Tamulytė was awarded a state scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to cultural and art creators in the field of interdisciplinary art to carry out the artistic research "Nanotechnology Chimeras: The Decay of the Fantasy Genre"
2020 In the autumn of 2006, E. Tamulytė participated in the competition organized by the "Urbanistinis griaustinis" and won funding to implement the installation Technoteology at the Art and Science Laboratory Gallery, Vokiečių st. 13A, Vilnius.
2020 E. Tamulyte was awarded a state scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to cultural and art creators in the field of interdisciplinary art to carry out the artistic research “Transhumanism and Artificial Eternity”.
2016 Egle Tamulyte was awarded an Ary Stillman Scholarship.
2016 Egle Tamulyte was awarded a six-month scholarship by the Lithuanian Culture Council to carry out an artistic research "Cosmogenesis: Urban Shamanism and Visually Perceived Learning"
2016 By the order of the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Egle Tamulyte was granted the status of an Art Creator.
Since 2015 Member of RAW ARTISTS, an independent art organization.
2014 awarded PIN Day Award as the Best Creator of PIN Day (project organizers - Lithuanian Association of Related Rights AGATA and arts agency Artscape, Vilnius, Lithuania)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
"Burn Brighter", Temple Grignan, Marseille, France
"The Elixir of Truth", Casa Colorada, Marseille, France
2023
"The Relatives", The Gallery Connecting the II and III Chambers of the Seimas, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Technotheology", Installation in the Tower of Tauragė Castle during the Arts Festival "Kvadratu", Lithuania
"Fragments", Ežerelis KC Hall, Lithuania
"I'm Not Afraid of a Ghost", UMI Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022
"Superhumans", PAGAUGAI Festival at Lily Factory, Vilnius, Lithuania
"To Give", Ultrasound Diagnostics Summer School 2022, Dubingiai, Lithuania
"Races with the Cyborgs", "The School of Life" Gallery, Griškabūdis, Lithuania
2021
Graphic Art Exhibition, Birštonas Museum of Sacral Art, Birštonas, Lithuania
"Structure", Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Library, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator: Geda Žyvatkauskaitė)
"Structure", Vilnius Evangelical Church, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator: Geda Žyvatkauskaitė)
"Structure", "MOrka" Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator: Evaldas Jansas)
2020
"Truth's Square", Art Project Space of LDS "Šiauliai Dailininkai Organization" (online exhibition)
"Technotheology", MMLAB, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Transhumanism and Artificial Eternity", "The School of Life" Gallery, Griškabūdis, Lithuania
"The End Times", "The School of Life" Gallery, Griškabūdis, Lithuania
2019
"R/evolution", "Menų Zona" Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2016
"Cosmogenesis", "5 MALŪNAI" Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015
"Sisters of Monelle", Ethnography Museum, Marijampolė, Lithuania
"HypersigilZ", Little Theatre of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
"A Night With Shaltmira", "Kunst Kabinet 451" Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Paola Verde)
"Bad ARTworks", Oslo House - Art Space, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014
"Across Lengthwise", "PIN Day 2014", Vilnius, Lithuania
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
ArtVilnius with MOrka Gallery, which was listed in the Top Seven Best Galleries, Lithuania
"Salted", Šakiai, Sintautai, and Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
2022
IŠKROVOS, Music and Art Festival, Panevėžys, Lithuania
"Salted" ("Sūdyta"), Šakiai Cultural Center, Šakiai, Lithuania
2021
ARTVILNIUS’21 | Art Fair | Represented by MOrka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Psyche/Psychoes", Klaipėda Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
"FORMAT", KKKC Exhibition Halls, Klaipėda, Lithuania
"Quarantine Whispers: Keep the Human in You", MOrka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020
"SAFARI", Association "School of Life by Šaltmira" Gallery, Lithuania
2019
"Occulture", Berlin, Germany
2018
"Le Beau Est Toujours Bizarre", Basel, Switzerland
2017
"Pandemonium", Rat Trap, Bogota, Colombia
"Ultra Media Control", Curated by JJ Brine, Vector Gallery, New York, USA
"Urban Witches Not Bitches #2: A Pagan Wheel of the Seasons", Curated by Viviana Druga, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Baphomet Rising", Curated by Mascha Lagnia, Berlin, Germany
2016
"12 Chasm", Curated by Julia Maria Sinelnikova, Brooklyn, New York, USA
"Cosmogenesis Cycle: Apologies of the Vagina", Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
"Cosmogenesis Cycle: Shaltmira's Labyrinth", Culture Bar "Kablys", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Cosmogenesis Cycle: The Black Lodge", Vilnius Gates, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Ikonostasis", LocatieZ, Helena van Doeverenplantsoen, The Hague, Netherlands
2015
"Tranz", 5 Mills, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Paramount", Exchange LA, Los Angeles, USA
"Mass Hypnosis IV", Anykščiai, Lithuania
"HypersigilZ" with Michele Servadio, Kaleidoscope, Berlin, Germany
"Manifestations II", "Armageddon Descends" Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
"I", Šiauliai University Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2014
"Fetish" curated by Evaldas Jansas, Gallery "Artifex", Vilnius, Lithuania
AltCom 2014, Curated by Mattias Elftorp, Malmo, Sweden
"Mass Hypnosis #3", Festival "Devil's Stone", Anykščiai, Lithuania
"Ner0blio Goes to Barcelona", Niu : Art Space Almogàvers, Barcelona, Spain
"Season’4", Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Student Art Days: Cosmic Odyssey 2014", Performative Art Laboratory, VDA Exhibition Halls "Titanikas", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Celebrating 9th Art", Comicdom Con Athens, Athens, Greece
"CRACK! Festival", Rome, Italy
"Underdog Custom Show", Underdog Gallery, London, UK
2013
Comics Exhibition "Heroes", VDA Exhibition Hall "Titanikas", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Resort Stories: Transparency", Nida Art Colony, Nida, Lithuania
"Post-idea II", Curated by Laima Kreivytė, Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
"From Dusk Till Dawn: 20 Years of LGBT Freedom in Lithuania", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Mass Hypnosis II", Festival "Devil's Stone", Anykščiai, Lithuania
"Corpography", Culture Night, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Corrosive Container #2 XLAB", Curated by Paola Verde (Berlin) and NIHIL (Paris), Teater de Verre, Paris, France
"Reverse Perspective", Curated by Laima Kreivytė, Vilnius Graphics Center "Kairė - Dešinė", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Post-idea: Reconstruction Work", Curated by Laima Kreivytė, VDA Exhibition Hall "Titanikas", Vilnius, Lithuania
2012
"Exquisite Corpse – Collective Exhibition", Corrosive Farm at XLAB Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Russian Avant-garde in Comics", Elektrika Gallery, Pancevo, Serbia
"Macabre Art Show + Live Painting Presented by X-LAB", Drop Dead Festival, Berlin, Germany
Exhibition of Fanzine Zine "Night of Fandom #5" Collaborators, Organized by Lovecraft House, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Comics Exhibition “MickeyMaus”, Modern Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius Self-Publishing Art Event "SHELF", National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
"In the Shadow of Bells", Organized by ArtPit, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius Academy of Art Students Exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania
Installation “RAPED ROOM“, Students Experimental Art Festival "Sound for Image", Šiauliai, Lithuania
"Optional Exhibition" ("The Exhibition You Don't Have to Visit"), Art Week PLYTA, Šakiai, Lithuania
"Art-show GRRRA", Vilnius, Lithuania
PERFORMANCES
2021
"Technotheology", International Klaipėda Drama Theater Festival "The Atrium", "Hofas", Klaipėda, Lithuania
2020
"Technotheology", "Art and Science Laboratory" Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018
"Shapeshifting", Unusual Tuesdays, Sunland Sunspace, Los Angeles, USA
2017
"The Empty Cup is Easier to Carry", Satellite Art Show, Oracle's Booth, Miami, USA
"Dominate Your Reality, Lilith", Austin Dungeon, Texas, USA
"We Control the Media", Vector Gallery, New York, USA
"I Am The Bridge", In Front of Trump’s Tower, New York, USA
"Occultwalls", INK INC, Mexico
"Libertine Ellis: Seduction of Tzeentch", London, UK
"Cybergoetia: I Sucked Your Dick, But You Were Bored", CHASM Pt.2, New York, USA
2016
"Golden Rats and the Lightning", CHASM Pt.1, New York, USA
"Total Control", Vector Gallery, New York, USA
"Spirit of Self Sabotage", C-Squat, New York, USA
"The Minister of Chaos", Vector Gallery, New York, USA
2015
"Artist is Online", The Night of Culture, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Sacrifice for the Rat", Left-Right Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013
"Self Creation", Night of Culture, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012
"The Last Word of a Man", Level B, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Vagina’s Apologies", Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
[email protected]
www.aglajaray.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AglajaRay
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aglaja.ray/
2024
"Burn Brighter", Temple Grignan, Marseille, France
"The Elixir of Truth", Casa Colorada, Marseille, France
2023
"The Relatives", The Gallery Connecting the II and III Chambers of the Seimas, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Technotheology", Installation in the Tower of Tauragė Castle during the Arts Festival "Kvadratu", Lithuania
"Fragments", Ežerelis KC Hall, Lithuania
"I'm Not Afraid of a Ghost", UMI Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022
"Superhumans", PAGAUGAI Festival at Lily Factory, Vilnius, Lithuania
"To Give", Ultrasound Diagnostics Summer School 2022, Dubingiai, Lithuania
"Races with the Cyborgs", "The School of Life" Gallery, Griškabūdis, Lithuania
2021
Graphic Art Exhibition, Birštonas Museum of Sacral Art, Birštonas, Lithuania
"Structure", Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Library, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator: Geda Žyvatkauskaitė)
"Structure", Vilnius Evangelical Church, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator: Geda Žyvatkauskaitė)
"Structure", "MOrka" Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator: Evaldas Jansas)
2020
"Truth's Square", Art Project Space of LDS "Šiauliai Dailininkai Organization" (online exhibition)
"Technotheology", MMLAB, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Transhumanism and Artificial Eternity", "The School of Life" Gallery, Griškabūdis, Lithuania
"The End Times", "The School of Life" Gallery, Griškabūdis, Lithuania
2019
"R/evolution", "Menų Zona" Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2016
"Cosmogenesis", "5 MALŪNAI" Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015
"Sisters of Monelle", Ethnography Museum, Marijampolė, Lithuania
"HypersigilZ", Little Theatre of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
"A Night With Shaltmira", "Kunst Kabinet 451" Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Paola Verde)
"Bad ARTworks", Oslo House - Art Space, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014
"Across Lengthwise", "PIN Day 2014", Vilnius, Lithuania
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
ArtVilnius with MOrka Gallery, which was listed in the Top Seven Best Galleries, Lithuania
"Salted", Šakiai, Sintautai, and Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
2022
IŠKROVOS, Music and Art Festival, Panevėžys, Lithuania
"Salted" ("Sūdyta"), Šakiai Cultural Center, Šakiai, Lithuania
2021
ARTVILNIUS’21 | Art Fair | Represented by MOrka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Psyche/Psychoes", Klaipėda Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
"FORMAT", KKKC Exhibition Halls, Klaipėda, Lithuania
"Quarantine Whispers: Keep the Human in You", MOrka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020
"SAFARI", Association "School of Life by Šaltmira" Gallery, Lithuania
2019
"Occulture", Berlin, Germany
2018
"Le Beau Est Toujours Bizarre", Basel, Switzerland
2017
"Pandemonium", Rat Trap, Bogota, Colombia
"Ultra Media Control", Curated by JJ Brine, Vector Gallery, New York, USA
"Urban Witches Not Bitches #2: A Pagan Wheel of the Seasons", Curated by Viviana Druga, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Baphomet Rising", Curated by Mascha Lagnia, Berlin, Germany
2016
"12 Chasm", Curated by Julia Maria Sinelnikova, Brooklyn, New York, USA
"Cosmogenesis Cycle: Apologies of the Vagina", Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
"Cosmogenesis Cycle: Shaltmira's Labyrinth", Culture Bar "Kablys", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Cosmogenesis Cycle: The Black Lodge", Vilnius Gates, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Ikonostasis", LocatieZ, Helena van Doeverenplantsoen, The Hague, Netherlands
2015
"Tranz", 5 Mills, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Paramount", Exchange LA, Los Angeles, USA
"Mass Hypnosis IV", Anykščiai, Lithuania
"HypersigilZ" with Michele Servadio, Kaleidoscope, Berlin, Germany
"Manifestations II", "Armageddon Descends" Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
"I", Šiauliai University Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2014
"Fetish" curated by Evaldas Jansas, Gallery "Artifex", Vilnius, Lithuania
AltCom 2014, Curated by Mattias Elftorp, Malmo, Sweden
"Mass Hypnosis #3", Festival "Devil's Stone", Anykščiai, Lithuania
"Ner0blio Goes to Barcelona", Niu : Art Space Almogàvers, Barcelona, Spain
"Season’4", Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Student Art Days: Cosmic Odyssey 2014", Performative Art Laboratory, VDA Exhibition Halls "Titanikas", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Celebrating 9th Art", Comicdom Con Athens, Athens, Greece
"CRACK! Festival", Rome, Italy
"Underdog Custom Show", Underdog Gallery, London, UK
2013
Comics Exhibition "Heroes", VDA Exhibition Hall "Titanikas", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Resort Stories: Transparency", Nida Art Colony, Nida, Lithuania
"Post-idea II", Curated by Laima Kreivytė, Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
"From Dusk Till Dawn: 20 Years of LGBT Freedom in Lithuania", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Mass Hypnosis II", Festival "Devil's Stone", Anykščiai, Lithuania
"Corpography", Culture Night, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Corrosive Container #2 XLAB", Curated by Paola Verde (Berlin) and NIHIL (Paris), Teater de Verre, Paris, France
"Reverse Perspective", Curated by Laima Kreivytė, Vilnius Graphics Center "Kairė - Dešinė", Vilnius, Lithuania
"Post-idea: Reconstruction Work", Curated by Laima Kreivytė, VDA Exhibition Hall "Titanikas", Vilnius, Lithuania
2012
"Exquisite Corpse – Collective Exhibition", Corrosive Farm at XLAB Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Russian Avant-garde in Comics", Elektrika Gallery, Pancevo, Serbia
"Macabre Art Show + Live Painting Presented by X-LAB", Drop Dead Festival, Berlin, Germany
Exhibition of Fanzine Zine "Night of Fandom #5" Collaborators, Organized by Lovecraft House, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Comics Exhibition “MickeyMaus”, Modern Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius Self-Publishing Art Event "SHELF", National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
"In the Shadow of Bells", Organized by ArtPit, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius Academy of Art Students Exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania
Installation “RAPED ROOM“, Students Experimental Art Festival "Sound for Image", Šiauliai, Lithuania
"Optional Exhibition" ("The Exhibition You Don't Have to Visit"), Art Week PLYTA, Šakiai, Lithuania
"Art-show GRRRA", Vilnius, Lithuania
PERFORMANCES
2021
"Technotheology", International Klaipėda Drama Theater Festival "The Atrium", "Hofas", Klaipėda, Lithuania
2020
"Technotheology", "Art and Science Laboratory" Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018
"Shapeshifting", Unusual Tuesdays, Sunland Sunspace, Los Angeles, USA
2017
"The Empty Cup is Easier to Carry", Satellite Art Show, Oracle's Booth, Miami, USA
"Dominate Your Reality, Lilith", Austin Dungeon, Texas, USA
"We Control the Media", Vector Gallery, New York, USA
"I Am The Bridge", In Front of Trump’s Tower, New York, USA
"Occultwalls", INK INC, Mexico
"Libertine Ellis: Seduction of Tzeentch", London, UK
"Cybergoetia: I Sucked Your Dick, But You Were Bored", CHASM Pt.2, New York, USA
2016
"Golden Rats and the Lightning", CHASM Pt.1, New York, USA
"Total Control", Vector Gallery, New York, USA
"Spirit of Self Sabotage", C-Squat, New York, USA
"The Minister of Chaos", Vector Gallery, New York, USA
2015
"Artist is Online", The Night of Culture, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Sacrifice for the Rat", Left-Right Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013
"Self Creation", Night of Culture, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012
"The Last Word of a Man", Level B, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Vagina’s Apologies", Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
[email protected]
www.aglajaray.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AglajaRay
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aglaja.ray/