Victor Paukstelis

Victor Paukstelis is a Lithuanian pianist and painter.

Early life and education

Paukstelis was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. A graduate of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art and Balys Dvarionas Music School, he has obtained a Bachelor's, Master's and a Licentiate of Arts degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Vilnius Academy of Arts and has studied at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.

Professional career

Pianist

Paukstelis' repertoire includes piano music by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Domenico Scarlatti, Anatoly Lyadov, Alexander Scriabin, César Franck. He also plays music pieces composed by his brother Vytautas Paukstelis. Victor is the head judge on the judge panel of Musica Amabile young Lithuanian pianists' competitions.

Festivals and competitions

2002: Verbier Festival, Switzerland
2002, 2003: The Music Festival of Pite Alvdal, Sweden
2003: The International Holland Music Sessions Festival, the Netherlands
2004: West Chester University, United States
2005: Yamaha Pianist Competition, Lithuania
2008: Accademia Internationale di Musica di Cagliari, Italy
2009: Albert Roussel scholarship Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, France
2010: Cite des Arts de Paris scholarship, France
2015 March 26: A recital at Berlin Philharmonic 'Recital of Restless Paintings', Berlin, Germany
2015 September 27: A solo recital at Carnegie Hall 'Recital of Restless Paintings', New York City, United States
2016 October 27: A solo recital at Musikeverien, 'Recital of Restless Paintings'in Vienna, Austria
2016 November 30: A solo recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City, United States

Painter

Solo exhibitions:

2012: Beatrice Grinceviciute Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013: Beatrice Grinceviciute Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014: Marija and Jurgis Slapeliu Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016: Pylimo gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016: The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada.
2017: exhibition "Eclipse" at "Music gallery", Vilnius, Lithuania
2017: exhibition "Belvedere", in gallery "Meno forma", Kaunas
2018: exhibition "Vanishing Portraits" at gallery "Akademija", Vilnius, Lithuania
2018: exhibition "I Cannot Remember Her Name" at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania
2019: exhibition "Cultural Landscapes" at I. Kant public library, department of art, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2019: exhibition "The Dream of an Ornithologist" at gallery "Baroti", Klaipėda, Lithuania
2019: exhibition "House of Jäger" at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania
2020: exhibition "The Dream of an Ornithologist" at Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020: exhibition "Zealand" at Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021: exhibition "Gambit" at Klaipėda Culture Communication Center, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2022: exhibition "Dehermetization" at Lukiškės Prison 2.0, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022: exhibition "Forbidden Landscape" at The Samogitian Art Museum, Mykolas Oginskis Palace, Plungė, Lithuania
2023: exhibition "Viktoras Paukštelis. Chromatica. Painting " at M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum Of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2024 exhibition "Dissonances", POUSH, Paris, France
2025 exhibition "Untitled...after...", VCRB gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

Combined exhibitions:

2011: with Tomas Kiauka at I. Simonaityte Public Library, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2012: with Tomas Kiauka at the Lithuanian Artists' Association, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014: with Tomas Kiaukia at Kėdainiai Polycultural Centre, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2019: with Sigita Maslauskaite at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania

Selected group exhibitions:

2013: Donelaitis 2013, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013: The Anatomy of the 21st Century, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016: exhibition "WUNDERKAMERAden" in gallery "Meno forma", Kaunas
2017: exhibition "Khôra" at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland
2018: Art Fair "ArtVilnius'18", Lithuania.
2019: exhibition "Carnival" at Pamenkalnis gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2019: exhibition "Recommendation" at Klaipėda Culture Communication Center, Klaipėda, Lithuania.
2021: "Biennale Européenne des Blancs Manteaux", "La Halle des Blancs Manteaux", Paris, France
2023 / 2024: VILNIUS VIBES, Angermuseum, Erfurt, Germany
2023 / 2024: 7TH BIENNIAL OF PAINTING, Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb, Croatia
2025: exhibition "Summer in the city", VCRB gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2025 M. K. ČIURLIONIS TODAY: FOREST, SEA, AND…, Palanga Resort Museum, Palanga, Lithuania

Paukstelis presented his animated painting project "Restless Paintings" in Austria, Germany, United States and Sweden

Discography

2013: 'Bach Liszt Debussy Victor Paukstelis'
2014: 'Bach Lyadov Scriabin Piano Music'
2015: 'Rameau Schumann Franck'
2020: 'Mozart, Beethoven, Pärt, Chopin'