Elena Narbutaitė (b. 1984) lives and works in Vilnius.
Billy (2019)
Sun (2019)
Forms Surf Guy I / Frig Fummy Sour (2013/2018)
Declare (2013/2018)

“Tracing Elena Narbutaitė’s engagement with lasers and LED’s, Laser and LED are two distinct forms of light, each with their own rhythm and resonance. A laser’s beam is a sharpened line, its waves perfectly in phase – a coherence that gives it the power to cut, measure and guide. The LED, by contrast, is an unfolding glow, its photons out of step, its wavelengths blending into a spectrum that shifts and scatters. One involves focused precision, the other a dispersed field of color. Both are familiar from situations as diverse as the vibrant pulse of a party, the lethal targeting of warfare, the beam that holds an electronic door ajar, or the silent transfer of data. Narbutaitė reconfigures these ubiquitous associations, reimagining the cold accuracy of industrial lasers and the ambient shifting hues of LEDs into something unbound.” (Words by Tom Engels)

Narbutaite has contributed to periodicals including The Federal, Nero, CAC Interview and BILL magazine, among other initiatives. She has participated in exhibitions internationally, including the joint Lithuanian and Cyprus pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013) and the Liverpool Biennial (2016).

Recent solo exhibitions include:
Light, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria (2025);
Le Visage, galeria PM8, Vigo, Portugal (2024);
For a soft ass, galeria PM8, Vigo, Portugal (2022).

Recent group exhibitions include:
15th Baltic Triennial: Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (2024);
Unknown Familiars, Leopold Museum, Vienna (2024);
Mars Returns, Mykolas Žilinskas Gallery, Kaunas (2022).

Courtesy: Artist and PM8/ Francisco Salas, VigoPM8/ Francisco Salas, Vigo