Since 2014, Aura Venckunaite has been a project architect at CAMESgibson. Currently working on a number of residential commissions; Aura has experience with a wide range of projects in varied capacities. She performed critical roles in the Hyde Park Art Center Creative Wing, exhibitions at Chicago Architecture Biennial, Graham Foundation and the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and on the collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago on the proposal for the Barack Obama Presidential Library Bid.
Beyond her professional work, Aura is a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she currently teaches undergraduate and intense summer courses.
Aura Venckunaite holds Master of Architecture & Bachelor of Science in Architecture, with a Studio Arts Minor from the University of Illinois at Chicago. While studying at UIC Aura has been awarded with Women’s Architectural League Foundation Scholarship, Schneider-Kan Scholarship and Talent Tuition Award.
