Aušra Bagočiūnaitė Paukštienė was born in 1955. In 1978 she graduated from Kaunas Applied Arts Technicum (artistic design specialty). In 1984 she graduated from the Lithuanian State Art Institute (now Vilnius Academy of Arts) where she studied scenography (mentor - Regina Songailaitė-Balčikonienė). In 1988 A. Bagočiūnaitė Paukštienė completed the courses of scriptwriting and directing in Moscow (mentor – Vitalijus Mazūras). Since 1984 she has been working as a designer, director and creates design for theatre ads and publications in Vilnius Theatre Lėlė. A. Bagočiūnaitė Paukštienė created performances not only in Vilnius Theatre Lėlė, but also in Lithuanian State Drama Theatre, Panevėžys Puppet Wagon Theatre, Kaunas State Puppet Theatre, Lithuanian Television, National Library of Martynas Mažvydas, Theatre Boy The Pea. She created illustrations for books, posters, paper plastic installations. Since 2004 she has been a member of UNIMA Association.

Creative work by A. Bagočiūnaitė Paukštienė in Vilnius Theatre Lėlė:

2022 Director, designer | RIDDLE(S) | Composer V. Leistrumas, choreographer S. Mikalauskaitė

2020 Director, designer | CLOUDS | Screenwriter N. Indriūnaitė, music F. Latėnas

2012 Scriptwriter, director and designer | A TERRIBLY BEAUTIFUL TALE | Composer F. Latėnas

2009 Scriptwriter, director and designer | A STAR HAS RISEN (based on the poems by A. Strazdas) | Composer F. Latėnas

Awards:

2016 Prize for Culture and Art of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania

2012 Dalia Tamulevičiūtė’s professional theatre festival prize For Unexpected Interpretation of Children’s Performance for the performance The War of Mushrooms (Vilnius Theatre Lėlė)

2011 Theatre Festival We Play for the Farmers (Rokiškis) award for the performance The War of Mushrooms (Vilnius Theatre Lėlė)

2009 International Poznań Festival Kon-teksti (Poland) jury honour and Polunima (Union of Polish Dolls) diploma for the performance The White Tales (Vilnius Theatre Lėlė)

2007 Golden Stage Cross Award for masks, dolls and set design in the play Doctor Dolittle (Vilnius Theatre Lėlė)

2006 1st place in International Theatre Poster Competition (organizers – Lithuanian Artists’ Union, Lithuanian State Drama Theatre) for poster for Marionette Theatre Festival to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Stasys Ušinskas

2000 Theatre Festival We Play for the Farmers (Rokiškis) Award for the performance The Three Little Pigs (Vilnius Theatre Lėlė)