Biography
Monika Požerskytė is a photographer working in portrait and conceptual photography. From 1999 to 2005, she studied Photography and Media Art at Vilnius Academy of Arts, where she received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Since 2001, she has participated in more than 30 group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad and has developed long-term photographic projects including 100 metų kartu, Post Circle, Life of still life, Keturi, and Nerūšiuok manęs – aš tavo kaimynas.
Her work examines the relationship between the individual, the surrounding environment, and time. She has more than 15 years of experience in social, artistic, and commercial photography and collaborates with Lithuanian publications, fashion designers, advertising agencies, and companies. In 2005, the Lithuanian Photographers Association named her the best young photographer of the year. Her works are held in the archive of the Lithuanian Photographers Association, MO Museum, and the Latvian Museum of Photography in Riga. Požerskytė is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Creative Industries, Vilnius Tech, and works independently.