Yanis Proshkinas (1993), based in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2021 graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Moscow. Participated in the main program of The Wrong Biennale (San José, Costa Rica, 2024). Exhibited at SODAS 2123 (Vilnius, Lithuania), Filmkoop (Vienna, Austria), Vent Space (Tallinn, Estonia), Floréal Belleville (Paris, France). In 2025, earned a Master of Arts degree from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a thesis titled “Ai – Ai – Ai! Invisible Labour in Art and AI.”
Solo shows
2024 Take your time, Vent Space, Tallinn, Estonia
Group shows and screenings (selected)
2025 Head Against The Wall, Prospekto Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2025 Baby alone in Babylone, Floréal Belleville, Paris, France
2024 Where do we go now? — screening program, Filmkoop, Vienna
2024 KAC is currently under reconstruction, Titanikas building, Vilnius, Lithuania
2024 I regret to inform you that, The Transformation Gallery, London, UK
2024 Within the limitations, Ashford Visuals, Ashford, UK
2024 Digital alchemy: rewiring paradigms, The Wrong Biennale, San José, Costa Rica
2024 Love letters to my fellow human, Alt lab, Institutio Media, Vilnius, Lithuania
Labs
2024 Ecologies of labor, Sponge lab, SODAS 2123, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022 Anti-CV, CLPP, online participatory lab
2021 Collectivity and communities, CLPP, online participatory lab
Public speaking
2024 AI and labour. From fear to narrative, Vent Space, Tallinn, Estonia
2022 Interpersonality, participatory practices and community, EdCrunch conference, Astana, Kazakhstan
Grants
2024 Research grant "The notion of the Other/Alien in the post-artificial intelligence world" by Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT)
2023 Research grant for artists by Exactly.ai
Education
2023-2025 Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
MA Photo and media, prof. Artūras Raila
2020-2021 Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Moscow, Russia
New artist strategies course, prof. Stanislav Shuripa