Stanislavas Mostauskis

Dr. Stanislavas Mostauskis is a Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Vilnius Academy of Arts' Kaunas Faculty, Department of Art Research and Innovation. His career spans from 1997 as lecturer to full professorship since 2020, with concurrent roles at Lithuanian Culture Research Institute since 2010.

• PhD in Humanities (Art History, Philosophy of Art, 03H)
• M.A. in Art History (Vilnius Academy of Arts, 1993)
• Doctoral dissertation: The problem of intercourse between art and madness (2002)

His research focuses on intersections between aesthetics and philosophy of art, with special attention to contemporary Western and Lithuanian art, psychoanalytic theories, post-structuralist discourse, and memory studies. Key publications examine Foucault's theories of madness, Heideggerian concepts of thinking, Derrida's 'differance', and the cultural significance of artists like Algis Uždavinis and M.K. Čiurlionis.

As a leading Lithuanian art therapist, he explores interdisciplinary applications of art in healthcare and existential frameworks. His 15 most recent publications analyze madness in art, cultural identity, post-Soviet visual culture, and theoretical intersections between psychoanalysis and artistic practice.

Academic affiliations include editorial roles for Estetikos ir meno filosofijos tyrinėjimai and Neklasikinė filosofija series at Lithuanian Culture Research Institute. He contributes to conferences on art therapy, postmodern aesthetics, and cultural identity formation.

Active in art projects both locally and internationally, Mostauskis bridges academic research with artistic practice, particularly in analyzing how memory, identity, and psychoanalytic theory manifest in Lithuanian and Western art traditions.