{"id":11494,"date":"2026-07-21T12:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/?page_id=11494"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:22:58","slug":"vaitekunaite-danute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaitek\u016bnait\u0117 Danut\u0117"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danut\u0117 Vaitek\u016bnait\u0117 (b. 1998) is a visual artist and educator. Her practice combines installation, painting, sculpture, writing, design, video, performance and pedagogy. Danut\u0117 uses found materials and processes to investigate relationships between object, image, human and non-human, and systems that exploit human vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021, her work has been exhibited in France (La Chaufferie, Syndicat Potentiel), the UAE (Jameel Arts Center, 421 Arts Campus, NYUAD Art Gallery) and Lithuania (\u0160iauliai Art Gallery, Pragiedruliai). She obtained an MFA from New York University Abu Dhabi and a BFA from La Haute \u00c9cole des Arts du Rhin in Strasbourg. She was the recipient of the Tarek Al Ghoussein Fellowship in 2023. Danut\u0117 currently manages educational programming at \u0160iauliai Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danute-vaitekunaite.com\">danute-vaitekunaite.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-770x513.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>object arrives like a bride <\/i>(2025). Installation view. Photo by Musthafa\u00a0Aboobacker<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-770x513.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"gmail-docs-internal-guid-ef5b92bb-7fff-4f9e-49cd-804b1737be31\"><i>NAP LAB: The Future of Rest Solutions<\/i> (2025). Installation view. Created in collaboration with Sanjushrree Subash, commissioned by Jameel Arts Center. Photo by Kristina Sergeeva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-250x141.png 250w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-770x433.png 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>TRUTHS AND VISIONS <\/i>(2025). Video still.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3469\" height=\"1807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4.png 3469w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-1536x800.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-2048x1067.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-250x130.png 250w, https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-770x401.png 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3469px) 100vw, 3469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>object arrives like a bride: a handbook\u00a0<\/i>(2025). Book excerpt.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vaitek\u016bnait\u0117 Danut\u0117 - Lietuvos tarpdisciplininio meno k\u016br\u0117j\u0173 s\u0105junga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lietuvos tarpdisciplininio meno k\u016br\u0117j\u0173 s\u0105junga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-29T10:22:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Julija\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/\",\"name\":\"Lietuvos tarpdisciplininio meno k\\u016br\\u0117j\\u0173 s\\u0105junga\",\"description\":\"Lithuanian Inter&shy;disciplinary Artists&rsquo; Association\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/\",\"name\":\"Vaitek\\u016bnait\\u0117 Danut\\u0117 - Lietuvos tarpdisciplininio meno k\\u016br\\u0117j\\u0173 s\\u0105junga\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-21T10:02:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-29T10:22:58+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/artists\/vaitekunaite-danute\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11499,"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11494\/revisions\/11499"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}