Emilija Škarnulytė is a Lithuanian-born artist and filmmaker whose work explores Deep Time, ecological collapse, and the intersection of science and myth. Moving between documentary and speculative fiction, her immersive films and installations examine human and non-human histories, often set in extreme or hidden environments like decommissioned nuclear sites and submerged cities. Škarnulytė has recently presented works at MoMA PS1, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, MORI Art Museum, Kiasma, Gwangju Biennale, Helsinki Biennale, Vilnius Biennale, Henie Onstad Triennale, and Penumbra. Recent solo exhibitions include Kunsthall Trondheim, Canal Projects (NYC, 2024), and Kunsthaus Göttingen (2024). She is the winner of the 2023 Ars Fennica Award and the 2019 Future Generation Art Prize. She represented Lithuania at the XXII Triennale di Milano and the Baltic Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. Škarnulytė’s films are held in major collections including the Centre Pompidou, Kadist Foundation, Kiasma, and Fondazione In Between Art and Film. Her works have screened at Tate Modern, the Serpentine Gallery, MoMA, and major international film festivals including Oberhausen, Rotterdam, and Busan.
She works and lives nomadically.
