dr. Robertas Narkus is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Palanga, a seaside resort on the Baltic coast of Lithuania. Narkus practice spans installation, happenings, performance and social entrepreneurship. He finds inspiration in an ethos of optimism and the myth of progress. Teetering on the edge of satire, Narkus’s works employ humor to interrogate social behavior and norms, performative masculinity, the culture of achievement, and the boundaries between the absurd and the cringe-worthy. He has presented work at XII Baltic Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Lithuania; Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art, Lithuania; KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Latvia; de Appel, The Netherlands; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom; Ballroom Marfa,Texas, Vartai gallery Lithuania ; Eastcontemporary, Italy; and Temninkova & Kasela, Estonia; among others. In 2022, Narkus represented Lithuania at the 59th Venice Biennale.