Born in 1996 in Kaunas, Lithuania, Barbora Žilinskaitė is a designer and artist based in Brussels, Belgium. Her work challenges our perception of everyday objects by infusing them with anthropomorphic forms, blurring the boundaries between the animate and inanimate. Encouraging a dialogue with objects, it prompts reflection on our conventional worldviews and the connections between us and our environment, inviting us to question the boundaries that we construct between the human and non-human. Embracing the opportunity to momentarily pause logic, unlock the invisible, and explore the unknown within our daily lives, it fosters contemplation of the reciprocal relationship between individuals and the material world.
Bachelor in product and spatial design, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania, 2019
Creatures of Comfort
OMM – Odunpazarı Modern Museum
Eskisehir, Turkey
2024
Barbora Žîlinskaitė: Chairs Don’t Cry
Friedman Benda, Los Angeles, CA
Enthroned
Curated by Jessica Silverman and Marc Benda, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
Women Choose Women
Curated by Christine Berry and Martha Campbell, The Barn, Bridgehampton, New York
2022
Design Miami/ Basel
Represented by Friedman Benda gallery
The New Figuration
Curated by Glenn Adamson, Friedman Benda, New York
The Endless Summer
Friedman Benda, albertz benda, Los Angeles
2021
The Salon Art + Design 2021
Represented by Friedman Benda, New York
Collectible Salon
Represented by Vartai Gallery
2020
Virtual Design Destination
By Adorno, London Design Festival
2019
Budapest Design Week 2019
Exhibition "Design Lithuania", Budapest
Design processes: Design X Education
Galery "Akademija", Vilnius
2018
Dizaino procesai
Galery "Akademija", Vilnius
Redesign,
Curated by EKODA, Vilnius
Barbora Žilinskaitė
Education
Bachelor in product and spatial design, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania, 2019
Upcoming
Creatures of Comfort
OMM – Odunpazarı Modern Museum
Eskisehir, Turkey
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Barbora Žîlinskaitė: Chairs Don’t Cry
Friedman Benda, Los Angeles, CA
Enthroned
Curated by Jessica Silverman and Marc Benda, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
Women Choose Women
Curated by Christine Berry and Martha Campbell, The Barn, Bridgehampton, New York
2022
Design Miami/ Basel
Represented by Friedman Benda gallery
The New Figuration
Curated by Glenn Adamson, Friedman Benda, New York
The Endless Summer
Friedman Benda, albertz benda, Los Angeles
2021
The Salon Art + Design 2021
Represented by Friedman Benda, New York
Collectible Salon
Represented by Vartai Gallery
2020
Virtual Design Destination
By Adorno, London Design Festival
2019
Budapest Design Week 2019
Exhibition "Design Lithuania", Budapest
Design processes: Design X Education
Galery "Akademija", Vilnius
2018
Dizaino procesai
Galery "Akademija", Vilnius
Redesign,
Curated by EKODA, Vilnius