JUSTINA NEKRASAITE
Born in Vilnius, 1987
Email: info@thebookphotographer.com
Phone: +31 617 481 879
www.thebookphotographer.com
www.nekrasaite.com
Studio: Heining 3, 1047AZ,
Amsterdam
EDUCATION
2019
The Autumn School of Curating, Cluj & Timisoara, Romania
2014
Masterclasses “Waves” Blikwisseling, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2008 - 2012
B.A. in Photography and Media Arts, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011
Fine Arts Department, Miguel Hernandez Faculty of Fine Arts, Altea, Spain (Exchange Program)
GRANTS & FUNDING
2025
Mondriaan Fonds
Art Media
2019
Gementee Amsterdam
2018
Stokroos Foundation
2014
Ans & Wouters-Hellebrekers Fonds, Netherlands
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
August 2024
The Book Photographer, Huis van het Boek, The Hague
June 2024
How to Look at Books from a Photographer’s Perspective
Stichting Handboekbinden, The Hague
February 2018
‘Self-Initiatives and Why Knowledge Sharing is Important’
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius
November 2016
‘Making off Wrong Titled Films: DIY and Other Strategies’
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius
PUBLICATIONS
Upcoming
2025
Best Dutch Book Design catalogue
with Jeremy Jansen
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2019
‘Building as Opera’
nkg publications, Edition of 300
BOOK FAIRS
October 2025
Vieana Art Book Fair, Austria
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November 2024
Boekambachtbeurs, Leiden
October 2024
Wiels Art Book Fair, Brussels
October 2024
Miss Read, Berlin
September 2024
UNSEEN, Amsterdam
May 2024
Gent Art Book Fair, Belgium
October 2023
Apples and Oranges, Genk, Belgium
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2025
Booked for Silence
Silent reading club
Supported by The Bookstore Foundation
Podcast
Book making as an art form: exploring the boundaries
Supported by Mondriaan Fonds
September 2023
Sound Experiments: Mainly Electronic
Tolstraat 160, Amsterdam
Supported by Tempel Amsterdam
2016 - 2020
Founder and Curator, There is a wall to be crossed, And I am the wall
Supported by Gementee Amsterdam and Stokroos Foundation
September 2020
Nina Glockner: Site-Specific Performance ‘Building as Opera’
Tolstraat 160, Amsterdam
Supported by Gementee Amsterdam
April 2019
Isabel Cordeiro: Group Exhibition ‘Life Without Negativity’
At7, Amsterdam
March 2019
Gallery Residency: ‘There is a wall to be crossed, and I am the wall’
Vytautas Magnus University Gallery 101, Kaunas, Lithuania
2018 - 2019
Co-Curator, Wildlife: A Platform for Performance Art and Meetings
Goleb, Amsterdam
In collaboration with Sema Bekirovic
2014 - 2017
Artist-Curator and Head Floor Manager, Bookstore Space, Amsterdam
2016 - 2017
Founder, Eighteen 29: A Platform for Visual Arts and Music, Amsterdam
2016 - 2017
Co-Organizer, Open Doors and Special Guests
De Monsterkamer, Amsterdam
2015
Wrong Titled Films
Various Locations, Amsterdam & Vilnius
In collaboration with Anastasija Pirozenko, Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
2014
Wrong Titled Cinema Project: Lithuanian Student Film Screenings
Various Locations, Amsterdam
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
‘Orange is hot, red is extreme, green is mean, yellow is advancing and purple is retiring. But I want only to talk of blue’
Kabinetas Project Space, Kaunas, Lithuania
2014
‘Future / Perfect’
Bookstore Project Space, Amsterdam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2023
‘Promises Salon Hang’, Kunstverein, Amsterdam
2021
‘24/7 Salon Hang’, Kunstverein, Amsterdam
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2014 - 2017 & from September 2024 on
Artist in Residence, The Bookstore Foundation, Amsterdam
2014 - 2016
Part of Collaboration Duo BS21