{"id":1434,"date":"2022-03-29T01:05:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.artkaunas.com\/?post_type=kaunas2022&#038;p=1434"},"modified":"2022-06-05T20:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T17:04:30","slug":"leonas-strioga","status":"publish","type":"kaunas2022","link":"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/kaunas2022\/leonas-strioga\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonas Strioga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slider slider-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='0' data-height='800' data-width='1000' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/1-1.png\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/1-1.png' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/1-1.png' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Motinyst\u0117, 2011<br \/>\r\nmedis, h 28<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='1' data-height='800' data-width='1000' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/2-1.png\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/2-1.png' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/2-1.png' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Senukas &#8211; Dangaus pauk\u0161telis, 2008<br \/>\r\nmedis, h 27<br \/>\r\n<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='2' data-height='800' data-width='1000' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/3.png\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/3.png' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/3.png' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Tylus kalb\u0117jimas<br \/>\r\nmedis, h 57<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='3' data-height='800' data-width='1000' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/4.png\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/4.png' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/4.png' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>S\u016bnaus palaid\u016bno sugr\u012f\u017eimas<br \/>\r\nmedis, 28x19x9<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='4' data-height='800' data-width='1000' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/5.png\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/5.png' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/5.png' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='5' data-height='800' data-width='1000' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/6.png\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/6.png' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/6.png' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='6' data-height='733' data-width='1100' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-019a-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-019a-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-019a-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Be pavadinimo, 1992<br \/>\r\nmedis, 29x45x22<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='7' data-height='733' data-width='1100' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-020-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-020-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-020-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>B\u016bties dvelksmas 1996<br \/>\r\nmedis,  35x10x12<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='8' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-024-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-024-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-024-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='9' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-025a-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-025a-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-025a-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='10' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-026a-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-026a-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-026a-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Mergait\u0117 ir pauk\u0161telis,<br \/>\r\nmedis<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='11' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-027-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-027-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-027-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='12' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-028-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-028-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-028-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='13' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-029-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-029-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-029-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='14' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-030-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-030-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-030-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='15' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-031a-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-031a-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-031a-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='16' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-032a-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-032a-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-032a-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'> <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='17' data-height='733' data-width='1100' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-033a-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-033a-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-033a-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Be pavadinimo<br \/>\r\ngranitas, 67x60x25<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='18' data-height='733' data-width='1100' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-033c-1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-033c-1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Andziukevic\u030ciu\u0328-k-ja_sk-033c-1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Be pavadinimo<br \/>\r\ngranitas, 67x60x25<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='19' data-height='733' data-width='1100' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga-ramiai-miegantis.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga-ramiai-miegantis.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga-ramiai-miegantis.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'>Ramus miegas, 2003<br \/>\r\nmedis, 13x63x21<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='20' data-height='384' data-width='512' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga1.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga1.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga1.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<img style='object-fit: scale-down;width: 100%;' class=\"swipe\" data-index='21' data-height='800' data-width='533' data-link=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga2.jpg\" data-src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga2.jpg' src='https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Strioga2.jpg' style='margin:0 auto;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='aprasymas manydots' style='text-align:center; line-height: 1em;margin-top:10px;'><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/artkaunas.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/12_Strioga-EN-01.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><strong>Listen to the story<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Works of Leonas Strioga in the public spaces of Kaunas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the square near Vytautas hill, where Laisv\u0117s Avenue intersects with the beautiful Trak\u0173 Street, quietly stands the sculpture \u201cMotherhood\u201d (1972). Submerged in the shadows of lush trees and&nbsp; possibly unseen by many a Kaunas\u2019 local, it definitely deserves to be recognised. It is a creation of Leonas Strioga (b. 1930) \u2013 a famous Lithuanian artist, patriarch of Lithuanian sculpture, recipient of the National Prize. The sculptor has been living and creating in Kaunas his whole life. He has been whittling chamber sculptures, spiritual wooden articles for interior decoration for many years. They have adorned the homes of Kaunas\u2019 intelligentsia, just like Kazys \u0160imonis\u2019 paintings did before the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another side of Leonas Strioga\u2019s creative work is decorative statues. They are also near us. They are so rooted in Kaunas\u2019 streets and squares that they often go unnoticed. The most important sculptures in public spaces were created by Leonas Strioga in 1970s. Kaunas alone can offer around seven decorative sculptures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMotherhood\u201d is also a product of the sculptor\u2019s youth. The artist was still searching for his \u201cown\u201d themes and a personal style in 1970s. This discovery proved quite difficult due to the themes of realism and ideology being the only ones officially recognised in Soviet Union. However, as we all know well, some sculptors became very skilled at this cat-and-mouse game: in order to avoid having to do ideologised monuments for public spaces, they would immerse themselves in creation of decorative sculpture for the street. They would choose female figure and abstracted themes, such as motherhood, repose, dancer, musician, etc., as their main forms of expression. Such generalised motif was handy for inventive experiments in form. Even before \u201cMotherhood\u201d Leonas Strioga had tried out angular cubistic, sleek neoclassicist and folk forms. His two-figure composition \u201cRepose\u201d was erected in \u0104\u017euolynas, in 1966. The sculptor was equally interested in primitivistic language of art, archaic folk forms. This direction in Leonas Strioga\u2019s creative work was reflected in his pieces for the modernly designed restaurant \u201cTrys Mergel\u0117s\u201d. One of Leonas Strioga\u2019s sculptures was embedded in the interior and the other at the approaches to the restaurant. In 1969 outside the \u201cBaltija\u201d hotel (now a VMU dormitory) sculptor sailed his \u201cBoats\u201d to a permanent harbour. Back then they caused quite a displeasure among art censors due to their meaning and abstractness of form, however, the piece stayed at its initial location. One can see the \u201cBoats\u201d even today, while travelling on Vytauto Ave.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s get back to the aforementioned \u201cMotherhood\u201d that the sculptor himself reckons to be one of his best works. Delicate forms, lightly wavy silhouette. Light and shadows smoothly slide down the porous surface. The mother is looking down, the expression on her face is calm, reminiscent of a Renaissance Madonna. Delicate movement of her arms embraces a small baby without even touching it. That is the plastic language of this sculpture. The artist chose it consciously in order to express the themes of love and care. It\u2019s a laconic, summarised image of a bright motherly care. The contrast between the sizes of mother and child figures is very distinct. It is entirely unnaturalistic and deeply meaningful: a strong person that knows the value of life \u2013 a mother \u2013 protects a small and fragile life. This chamberlike, innocuous piece professing eternal values and created by Leonas Strioga is radiating hope, tranquillity and love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonas Strioga was born in 1930, in Med\u017eio\u010diai Village (Anyk\u0161\u010diai District). In 1950\u20131952 he studied at the State Art Institute (now Vilnius Academy of Art), in 1952\u20131958 \u2013 in I. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (St. Petersburg, Russia). Member of Lithuanian Artists Association since 1959. In 1980 he acquired the title of the Merited Artist. In 2001 he was awarded with the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize, and in 2010 \u2013 with the Prize of Kaunas Association of Creators. The works of Leonas Strioga have been acquired by the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, M. 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