tadao cern

REPRESENTED ARTIST
Previously an architect, Lithuanian artist Tadao Cern switched to photography in 2011. This led to his series of wind-swept portraits, “Blow Job,” a new interpretation of Van Gogh’s self-portrait and a documentary photo project of beach sunbathers called “Comfort Zone,” each of which gained considerable attention. The viral success of these projects led to exhibitions across the world; they’ve won numerous photo awards and opened opportunities to create campaigns for many high-end brands including Samsung, The New Yorker, BMW and Chupa Chups.

In 2016, Cern’s work took a more conceptual turn with his newly created projects “Black Bal-loons, “Chromatic Aberrations,” and “Adobe Acrobat.” “I used to be an architect,” writes Cern. “Then I decided to try something new and switched to photography. After a five-year amazing journey, I’ve decided to step out of my comfort zone once again and search for something new.” This new work uses imperfections and blemishes and builds upon them, treating them as sources of beauty and inspiration.

Tadao Cern

REPRESENTED ARTIST
Previously an architect, Lithuanian artist Tadao Cern switched to photography in 2011. This led to his series of wind-swept portraits, “Blow Job,” a new interpretation of Van Gogh’s self-portrait and a documentary photo project of beach sunbathers called “Comfort Zone,” each of which gained considerable attention. The viral success of these projects led to exhibitions across the world; they’ve won numerous photo awards and opened opportunities to create campaigns for many high-end brands including Samsung, The New Yorker, BMW and Chupa Chups.

In 2016, Cern’s work took a more conceptual turn with his newly created projects “Black Bal-loons, “Chromatic Aberrations,” and “Adobe Acrobat.” “I used to be an architect,” writes Cern. “Then I decided to try something new and switched to photography. After a five-year amazing journey, I’ve decided to step out of my comfort zone once again and search for something new.” This new work uses imperfections and blemishes and builds upon them, treating them as sources of beauty and inspiration.

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Education 

1990-2002 Juliaus Janonio gymnasium, Siauliai, Lithuania 

2002-2006 Bachelor degree in architecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania 

2007-2009 Masters degree in architecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania 

Employment 

2007-2009 Architect at architecture company in Vilnius, Lithuania 

2009 – 2010 Self-employed architect 

2010 Photographer 

2016-Present Artist 

Exhibitions 

2012 ‘Blow Job’ at ‘Kaunas Photo’ festival, Kaunas, Lithuania 

2013 ‘Paintography’ at ‘Centras’ festival, Kaunas, Lithuania 

2013 ‘Blow Job’ at ‘Photo Romania’ festival, Cluj, Romania 

2013 ‘Blow Job’ at ‘Les Boreales’ festival, Caen, France 

2014 ‘Revealing The Truth’ group exhibition at ‘Saatchi Gallery’, London, UK 

2014 ‘Comfort Zone’ at ‘Images’ festival, Vevy, Switzerland 

2014 ‘Comfort Zone’ solo exhibition at ‘Ingo Seufert’ gallery, Munich, Germany 2015 ‘Comfort Zone’, ‘Paintography’ solo exhibition at ‘nhow’ gallery, Berlin, Germany 

2015 ‘Comfort Zone’ group exhibition at ‘SF Camerawork’ gallery, San Francisco, US 

2015 ‘Comfort Zone’ solo exhibition at ‘Digitaliseum’ gallery, Malmo, Sweden 

2015 ‘Comfort Zone’ group exhibition at ‘RPS’ gallery, London, UK 

2016 ‘Comfort Zone’ group exhibition at the THE FENCE 

2016 festival in Boston, New York, Atlanta, Houston, Santa Fe 

2016 ‘Blow Job’ group exhibition at ‘Galerie Sakura’, Paris, France 

2016 ‘Black Balloons’ group exhibition at ‘Blooom Awards’, Cologne, Germany 

2017 ‘Chromatic Aberration‘ group exhibition at ‘Thomas Riley Studio‘, Florida, USA 

2017 ‘Black Balloons’ group exhibition at ‘Arte Laguna Prize’, Venice, Italy 

2017 ‘Hanging Paintings’ group exhibition at ‘Portal’, New York, USA 

2017 ‘Comfort Zone‘ solo exhibition at ‚Panorama Mesdag‘, Hague, Netherlands 

2017 ‘Hanging Paintings’ group exhibition at ‘YICCA 16/17’, Vilnius, Lithuania 

2017 ‘Comfort Zone’ group exhibition at ‘Kaunas Photo’, Kaunas, Lithuania 

2017 ‘Black Balloons’ group exhibition at ‘ArtVilnius’17’, Vilnius, Lithuania 

2017 ‘Hanging Paintings’ group exhibition at ‘The Concept Space’, London, UK 

2017 ‘Black Balloons’ group exhibition at ‘Governors Island Art Fair’, New York, USA Awards 2015 ‘Comfort Zone’ 1st Prize in ‘Fine Art Photography Awards’ 2015 ‘Comfort Zone’ at ‘Emerging Talents 

2015’ by ‘LensCulture’ 2015 ‘Comfort Zone’ Bronze at ‘The Society’s 158th International Print Exhibition’ by ‘The Royal Photographic Society’ 

2016 ‘Black Balloons‘ shortlisted at ‘Blooom Awards’ 

2017 ‘Black Balloons’ shortlisted at ‘Arte Laguna Prize 16.17’ 

2017 ‘Hanging Paintings’ shortlisted at ‘YICA 16/17’ 

Work Publications Mail’, ‘BILD’, ‘View’, ‘Du Monde’, ‘La Repubblica’, ‘ABC News’, ‘Yahoo’, ‘Huffington Post’, ‘CBS News’, ’Knack Weekend’, ‘Focus’, ‘Politiken’, and many more… 

Advertisement Campaigns ‘BMW’(UK),‘Samsung’(Brazil),‘NewYorker’(Europe),‘ChupaChups’ (Worldwide), ‘Mentos’(Worldwide), ‘Claro’(Brazil).