Elena Krukonytė is a Lithuanian visual artist and photographer. Her background in fashion photography sparked her interest in the ever-changing visual culture and its relationship with the past. Since 2017, she has been curating the Lithuanian Visual Culture Archive (1990–2005) through the Instagram account @90s_lithuania and the website 90slithuania.com, critically exploring Lithuanian identity in a world transitioning from a material to a digital, and from a polar to a complex landscape.
Through research into nostalgia, metamodernism, and liquid modernity, Krukonytė engages with archival imagery to compose what she calls a "metamodern collage.“ Her practice employs analogue and digital photography, video art, and installation, embedding pop-cultural references and friction between past and present. Currently, she is studying a Master’s degree in Photography and Society at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.
[Education]
2017-2020
Bachelor Applied Photography
Vilnius College of Design
2024-present
Master Photography and Society
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
[Publications]
2025, Dynamic Identities, book (MAPS x Živi Atelje DK)
2025, Neakivaizdinis Vilnius, magazine (Spring issue)
2024, Moteris, magazine (March issue)
︎︎︎ Artcle about photography and "90s Lithuania" on Lamų Slėnis.
︎︎︎ Article about "Nekenčiu reklamos"and "90s_lithuania" and on Delfi.lt 360
Presentation of a project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" on a magazine "Cikados" #9.
︎︎︎ Radio interview about photography work, projects "Portrait of Early Generation Z" and "90s Lithuania" on LRT Klasika radio show "Pakeliui su klasika", startint at 0:58
︎︎︎ Interview about "90s lithuania" and photography on news site Zmones.lt
︎︎︎ Article about project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" and "90s Lithuania" project on newspaper 15min.lt
︎︎︎ Lithuanian National Television LRT morning show "Labas rytas, Lietuva" reportage about Elena Krukonytė's bachelor project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" and 90s Lithuania
︎︎︎ Article about project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" on photodocumentary website Latitude55
︎︎︎ Article about photography aesthetics and project "90s Lithuania" on Abstract Stylist
2017-2020
Bachelor Applied Photography
Vilnius College of Design
2024-present
Master Photography and Society
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2025, Dynamic Identities, book (MAPS x Živi Atelje DK)
2025, Neakivaizdinis Vilnius, magazine (Spring issue)
2024, Moteris, magazine (March issue)
︎︎︎ Artcle about photography and "90s Lithuania" on Lamų Slėnis.
︎︎︎ Article about "Nekenčiu reklamos"and "90s_lithuania" and on Delfi.lt 360
Presentation of a project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" on a magazine "Cikados" #9.
︎︎︎ Radio interview about photography work, projects "Portrait of Early Generation Z" and "90s Lithuania" on LRT Klasika radio show "Pakeliui su klasika", startint at 0:58
︎︎︎ Interview about "90s lithuania" and photography on news site Zmones.lt
︎︎︎ Article about project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" and "90s Lithuania" project on newspaper 15min.lt
︎︎︎ Lithuanian National Television LRT morning show "Labas rytas, Lietuva" reportage about Elena Krukonytė's bachelor project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" and 90s Lithuania
︎︎︎ Article about project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" on photodocumentary website Latitude55
︎︎︎ Article about photography aesthetics and project "90s Lithuania" on Abstract Stylist
︎︎︎ Žinių radijas podcast "Sėkmės gylis" about Elena Krukonytė's photography work and 90s Lithuania project
︎︎︎ Elena Krukonytė's campaign photographs of designer Ramunė Piekautaitė's FW 20/21 on SwO.lt
︎︎︎ on Moteris.lt
︎︎︎ Elena Krukonytė's campaign photographs of Soda Futura collection "Summer in Venus", 2020 on L'Officiel.lt
︎︎︎ Presentation of a project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" on a national newsite 15min.lt
︎︎︎ Presentation of a project "Portrait of Early Generation Z" on Pupil Sphere
2025 Fotodisko at Rave Nation exhibition by Lithuanian National Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2025 Body Energy Control at Paradise Galery, The Hague, the Netherlands
2025 11/840 at Živi Atelje DK, Zagreb, Croatia
2024 People of My Age at Photaumnales (Le saison Lituanie), Amiens, France
2024 People of My Age Solo exhibition, Galery 101, Kaunas, Lithuania
2023 People of My Age Solo exhibition, Vilnius Photography Gallery, Lithuania
2022 People of My Age winning exhibition at “Re’Start”, Vilnius Photography Gallery, Lithuania
2022 People of My Age Vilnius Photo Circle, Lithuania
2021 People of My Age at Kvadratu Photo Festival, Tauragė, Lithuania
2021 People of My Age at Kaunas Photo Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
[Award]
2022 One of the winners of international photo competition Restart22