Romualdas Aleliūnas (25 March 1960 – 7 December 2016) was a

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n designer of

ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porce ...

from

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.Panevėžio miesto savivaldybė
panevezys.lt; accessed 27 December 2016. He graduated from the S. Žuko Applied Art college in

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in 1978, and was fluent in Lithuanian and Russian. In 1985, he began participating in international art and ceramic exhibitions in different countries, including Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Spain. In 1997, he became a member of the

Lithuanian Artists' Association The Lithuanian Artists' Association () is a creative voluntary artistic organization in Lithuania, uniting professional painters and artists. It is the official association for artists in the country. The association works towards stimulating and ...

. He was the creator of monumental decorative compositions from šamoto: "Return" in 1989, "Silence" in 1991, "Tower" 1992, "Box" in 1994, "Castle" in 1996, "Vase" in 1997. His works often combined round and square shapes. He moved to

Kupiškis Kupiškis (; Yiddish: קופישוק) is a city in northeastern Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kupiškis district municipality, mainly known for its sculptures and fourth biggest water reservoir in Lithuania. Kupiškis is located on the Lėv ...

around 2003. In 2015, he was nominated to run for the Kupiškis city council. Aleliūnas died on 7 December 2016, aged 57, after collapsing suddenly at home.

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1960 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Lithuanian male artists 21st-century Lithuanian male artists People from Panevėžys People from Kupiškis {{Lithuania-artist-stub

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