Juozas Lebednykas is a Lithuanian artist and sculptor.
The art critic Virginijus Kinčinaitis said of his work:
Biography
Juozas Lebednykas was born in 1947 in Dusmenys Village, Lithuania.
From 1966 to 1972 he studied sculpture at the State Institute of Art (in 1989 renamed to Vilnius Academy of Art). His tutors were Bronius Vyšniauskas, Gediminas Jokūbonis and Konstantinas Bogdanas. After graduation, from 1972 to 1973 he worked at the Vilnius Monument Restoration Institute and served in the army.
Since 1973 he has lived and worked in Panevėžys. From 1974 to 1987 he worked as a teacher of art at the Panevėžys art school.
He has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Union since 1975. During the period from 1989 to 1993 he was elected chairman of the Panevėžys branch of the Lithuanian Artists' Union.
He created numerous copper sheet reliefs and sculptures for interior and exterior as commissioned by the public institutions, as well as small sculpture and ceramic sculpture pieces, plastic compositions, objects and pastels.
Solo exhibitions
1977 Exhibition Plastic Compositions. Lithuanian Art Foundation, Vilnius
1992 Exhibition of sculpture and plastic compositions. Panevėžys Art Gallery
1993 Exhibition of Small Plastic works and Drawings. Gallery XX, Panevėžys
1993 Exhibition of Sculpture plastic compositions. St.Jonas str. Gallery, Vilnius 1994 Exhibition of Small Plastic works. Gallery of Medals, Vilnius Pastel Works, Panevėžys Art Gallery 1995 Exhibition of Small Plastic works. Germed Gallery, Berlin, Germany 1997 Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings. Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings. Arka Gallery, Vilnius 1998 Exhibition of sculpture and drawings. J.Miltinis Drama Theatre, Panevėžys 2000 Exhibition of Sculpture plastic compositions. Gallery „Kauno langas“, Kaunas 2001 Exhibition of Sculpture. Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery 2002 Exhibition of Sculpture plastic compositions. Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery Exhibition of Sculpture plastic compositions. Gallery of Medals, Vilnius 2003 Exhibition of Sculpture plastic compositions. Bikuskis Manor Small form sculpture, Academy of Sciences of the RofL, Vilnius 2005 Exhibition of Sculpture plastic compositions. Laiptai Gallery, Šiauliai 2007 Exhibition of Sculpture plastic compositions. Panevėžys Art Gallery