Romualdas Požerskis (born 7 July 1951, in
Vilnius
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) is a Lithuanian
photographer
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and a 1990
recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize. He attended
Kaunas Kaunas Polytechnic Institute from 1969 to 1975 and has been a member of the Lithuanian Union of Art Photographers since 1976.
Požerskis' work has been featured at solo and group exhibitions in
Poznań
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, Poland, at the House of Photography in
Plovdiv,
Bulgaria
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, and at the Mala Galerija in
Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia
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in 1981, as well as in
Tokyo
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,
Berlin
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,
Estonia
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,
Munich
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, and other international venues. Many of his solo exhibitions have been featured at galleries in Vilnius.
His major works include Victories and Defeats (1974–1976); At a Hospital (1976–1982); Old Towns of Lithuania (1974–1982); Village Festivals (1974–1993); Gardens of Memory (1977–1993); The Last Shelter (1983–1990); Muses (1988–2001); Mirage's Dossier (2002– 2003); and The Little Alfonsas’ Miseries and Joys (1992–2003).
References
Biography and gallery
External links
Exhibition in 2007
Exhibition in 2006
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1951 births
Living people
Photographers from Vilnius
Kaunas University of Technology alumni
Herder Prize recipients