Education
In 1991 – 1996 Petkus studied Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, Telšiai.
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Andrius Petkus
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He established the sand sculpture park / museum in Palanga. He also works in woodcarving, ise and show and other media. Department of Artistic wood treatment.
He obtained Bachelor (1996 – 2000) and Master of Arts (2000 – 2002) degrees in sculpture from Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Petkus is an organizer of international sculpture symposiums and art festivals in Lithuania (stone, wood, steel welding, pumpkin carving, fire sculptures and concrete). First place. (International Sand Sculpture Championship in Moscow).
2014 Second place at the International Sand Sculpture Festival, Saint St. Petersburg, Russia. 2012 Fourth place at the International Sand Sculpture Championship "Neptune festival", Virginia Beach, United States of America. 2011 Third place at the International Sand Sculpture Festival, Permanent, Russia.
2011 Fifth place at the International Sand Sculpture Championship "Neptune festival", Virginia Beach, United States of America. 2009 First place at the International Sand Sculpture Festival, Jelgava, Latvia.
2008 Second place at the International Sand Sculpture Festival, Jelgava, Latvia. 2007 Third place at the International Sand Sculpture Festival, Jelgava, Latvia. 2014 Second place at the International Sand Sculpture Festival, Palanga, 2014.
In summer 2015 he attracted attention with his sand sculpture Last Supper, showing 13 Lithuanian celebrities:Egmontas Bžeskas, Mantas Petruškevičius, Marijonas Mikutavičius, Arūnas Valinskas, Žilvinas Žvagulis, Stasys Povilaitis, Juozas Statkevičius, Vaidas Baumila, Žilvinas Grigaitis, Andrius Mamontovas, Algis Ramanauskas, Ramūnas Rudokas, with Arvydas Sabonis sitting in the place of Jesus Christ.
