If you were to look toward nature — its physicality, condition, and natural phenomena —
and if you were to completely shift away from everything you know about it,
forgetting its physical, biological, and chemical properties, its reasoning,
functioning, and epistemological progression of understanding,
you might be able to discover and see in it something entirely new,
something fundamentally different.

Only by being open to the possibility of an unfamiliar perception
can I perceive something beyond rational knowledge,
and thus, through any form , art or architecture,
seek for visionary.

BIOGRAPHY

Jurgis Gečys ( b. 1987 Lithuania) is an architect and visual artist based in Vienna. He is a Senior Scientist at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Institute of Art and Architecture, and a graduate of the Academy. His architectural master thesis, “Curonian Spit, the Identity of the Landscape,” which focused on land art interventions and cultural heritage, was recognized as the best international student project at the IS Arch Awards 2015 and the AZ Awards Canada 2016.

Since 2014, Jurgis has worked as a freelance architect, contributing to notable projects such as the Ho Fine Arts Library at Cornell University, the Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse Garden in Shanghai, and Paracelsus Bad in Salzburg. In 2018 his academic achievements led him to further studies at the Friedl Kubelka School of Artistic Photography in Vienna. Awarded scholarships by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Federal Chancellery of Austria, his work has been showcased internationally, including in well-established Austrian venues such as Tressor Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna Parallel 2018, Camera Austria, Foto Wien 2019, Galerie Martin Suppan, and Bildraum 01 Wien.

As a visual artist, Jurgis focuses on intricate large-scale drawings, approaching them with meticulous reflection and exploring abstract and experimental forms. His work delves into how humans perceive and interact with landscapes by stripping away preconceptions to engage with raw, unmediated surroundings. Through his extensive spatial drawings, sculptures, and video installations, he fosters a deeper understanding of the origin of space, visual patterns, and rhythms, exposing the distinctive sensory experiences of desolate environments

EDUCATION

2018
Friedl Kubelka School of Artistic Photography, Vienna Austria with Anja Manfredi

2012 - 2014
M.Arch Master of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
Platform: ESC Ecology, Sustainability and Cultural Heritage
Topic: Curonian Spit - The Identity of the Landscape
Supervisor: Prof. Oliver Domeisen

2013
Summer semester- Performative Art and Sculpture
Studio with Florian Reither

2013
Winter semester - Study Platform: ADP Analog and Digital Produktion.
Studio with guest professors Cristina Dias Moreno and Efren Garcia Grinda

2012
Study Platform: Analog and Digital Produktion
Studio with guest professor Stefan Rutzinger

2010
Bachelor of Architecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

2008
Erasmus exchange program at Tampere University of Technology, Finland

EXHIBITIONS

2024 11 15
Highspeed Exhibition for a High Speed Society,
K48 – Offensive for Contemporary Perception, group show, Vienna Austria

2024 05 31
Rahmenhandlung
Group show, Singerstraße 27, Vienna Austria

2023 11 17
Rotlicht Festival – Zeitgeist
Main Exhibition, Winners of Open Call, Vienna, 17 Nov 2023

2020 11 20
The Inceptive Ground, texture volume 01
Solo exhibition, photo book publication
Bildraum 01, Vienna
Postponed to 2021/2022 due to pandemic

2019 03 21
Inbetweens
Group exhibition, Foto Wien 2019
Die Schöne Galerie, Vienna

2018 11 27
enjoy photography 6 - Camera Austria
Pop-Up-exhibition
Schule Friedl Kubelka of Artistic Photography

2018 09 20
Under Her Eye
Group exhibition, Parallel Vienna 2018
Schule Friedl Kubelka of Artistic Photography

2018 08 20 -
Common Ground
Group exhibition, Fotogalerie Vienna
Schule Friedl Kubelka of Artistic Photography

2018 04 20 -
Architectural Symbiosis between man and nature
Duo Architectural exhibition, Post Galerija, Kaunas, Lithuania

2018 04 09
Auge in Auge mit Man Ray
Group exhibition in Tresor, Kunstforum Vienna
Schule Friedl Kubelka of Artistic Photography

2015 01 20
Curonian Spit - The Identity of the Landscape
x h i b i t - Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

NOMINATIONS & PRIZES

2025
Dome Next Door,
Top 5 Finalist in the Building of the Year 2025 Awards by ArchDaily, nominated in the category Small Scale & Installation.

2018
Start scholarship for Architecture & Design, Austrian Federal Chancellery
Section II Art/ Culture

2017
State scholarship for young Architect
Lithuanian Council for Culture

2016
Archistart - Architectural Thesis Award - 3rd. Place
Curonian Spit - The Identity of the Landscape
Lecce, Italy

2016
ISARCH awards for International architecture students - 1st. Place
Curonian Spit - The Identity of the Landscape

2014
International AZ Awards Winner: Best A+ Student Work
Curonian Spit - The Identity of the Landscape
Toronto, Kanada

2014
Internationa Architecture competition: Baltic Way Memorial
“Falling Flowers of Reminiscence”, Honorable Prize
Riga, Lettland

2014
Nomination for Academy Prize, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Curonian Spit - The Identity of the Landscape

2013
Carl Appel Prize, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Curonian Spit - The Identity of the Landscape

If you were to look toward nature — its physicality, condition, and natural phenomena —
and if you were to completely shift away from everything you know about it,
forgetting its physical, biological, and chemical properties, its reasoning,
functioning, and epistemological progression of understanding,
you might be able to discover and see in it something entirely new,
something fundamentally different.

Only by being open to the possibility of an unfamiliar perception
can I perceive something beyond rational knowledge,
and thus, through any form , art or architecture,
seek for visionary.