Juozas Lebednykas
Juozas Lebednykas is a Lithuanian artist and sculptor. The art critic said of his work: Biography. Juozas Lebednykas was born in 1947 in 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.