Janina Sabaliauskaitė is a Lithuanian born artist – photographer, independent curator, researcher and collaborator based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Since 2014 she has been working with photography, experimental film and queer archives. Her work looks at the history of feminism and LGBTQ+ visibility and addresses the issues of identity, gender, sexuality and desire.
Janina Sabaliauskaitė’s recent projects include:
Sending Love, solo show celebrating her transnational LGBTQ+ community, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Collection Space, Sunderland, UK (2022);
Curator of Rimaldas Vikšraitis: Daily Rituals of Work and Play – The Collective Life of a Village 1975-2012, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Main Gallery, Sunderland, UK (2022);
Co – producer together with Dovilė Lapinskaitė of the ongoing research for Lesbian Zine Portraits, Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle, UK (2021);
Co – creator and editor together with Laura Varžgalytė of LGBTQ+ printed art and media magazine Kreivės, Vilnius Queer festival, Lithuania (2020 – now);
Curator of Personal Archives of Desire, short film programme in collaboration with Cinenova, Feminist Film & Video Charity for Electrified Identities, Cinema Camp, Lithuania (2019);
Co – curator together with Lina Kaminskaitė, short film programme, Cinematic Inclusions: Documentary Traditions and Experiments in Lithuanian Cinema, including the screening of I Had Nowhere To Go, a sound-based portrait of Jonas Mekas by Douglas Gordon, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, UK (2019)
Volunteer & organiser, Sapfo Queer Feminist Festival, Lithuania (2017 – now)
Co – curator with Jade Sweeting of the On Our Backs: An Archive, featuring Phyllis Christopher, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle, UK (2017);
Darkroom Demonstrator, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle, UK (2015 – now)
