JUSTINA NEKRAŠAITĖ


INFORMATION
    artist- facilitator, culture engineer, organizer, freelance curator and the book photographer. Motivated by ‘do it yourself’ attitude with a burning curiosity to question what we think we know; promoting creativity and knowledge exchange in not-so-orthodox ways.


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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