Donna 2024 International Art Exhibition will be staged at the National Museum of Italy, Scuderie Aldobrandini Museum from July 13-20, 2024. Participating Professional International Artists includes those coming from Italy, Lithuania, and other countries.
The esteemed visual artists will be displaying their abstract and contemporary masterpieces each depicting their creative and artistic interpretations of the theme on women.
Giulio Pettinato, Italian curator of international contemporary art exhibitions and the organizer of the exhibition, Associazione Culturale Centro Castel Gandolfo collaborated with partner public institution Gabrielegallery”.
Eleven Lithuanian artists will showcase their experimental art for the project with public institution Gabriele Gallery and will grace Donna 2024 International Exhibition. Gabriele Kuizinaite, Founder of Gabriele Gallery stated that the exhibition will not only feature paintings but there will also be poetry recitals with theme centering on women. Sculptors will be exhibiting their masterpieces as well.
It is to be noted that since ancient times, the subject of women has been the topic of discussions and given importance in many fields, both in arts and philosophy which is not forgotten up to this day.
Famous artists and their art works will be featured at “DONNA 2024” International Art Exhibition which includes the following Lithuanian artists who participated already been in more than one international exhibitions: Anna Oleinik, Aistė Jurgilaitė, Ilona Janulienė, Lina Nikolaevė, Natalja Donskaja, Nelė Jurgelionienė, Gabrielė Kuizinaitė, Zita Jusevičiūtė-Tarasevičienė, Neringa Petrošiūtė, Vytautas Poška, and Marija Rastenienė. The artists will all present one painting in various sizes at the exhibition.
Get to know some of the Lithuanian Participating Artists:
The painter Anna Oleinik lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania. She has a degree in art and media and visual design. The painters of the studio provided a lot of knowledge and encouraged to embark on a journey of abstract painting, where realistic details are intertwined. This time at the international art exhibition “DONNA 2024”, the painter A. Oleinik presents an abstract painting with a realistic detail “Injured Balloon", which is associated with the elements, the subtext of the work is that a woman can fly, too. Artistic connections of bright and dark colors intertwine in the work of painting, which enliven the work.
The next artist is Natalja Donskaja lives and works in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. She studied at Kėdainiai Art School. She has participated in several international exhibitions in Dubai, India, Florence, Turkey, Spain, Indonesia, Italy, and France. In Italy, the painter Natalja Donskaja presents a completely different stylistic work “I am different” at the international collective exhibition “DONNA 2024”. This is an artistic story about a different woman's life which already changed the inner world of a woman because of the challenges she faced. Usually, the artist became the subject of nature in abstract painting in her work, this time a portrait of a different woman with philosophical insights appeared in the artist‘s work.
Aistė Jurgilaitė lives and works in Trakai, Lithuania. She graduated at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, studied applied art, and obtained a master's degree. She has participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad since 1998, she has also participated in international and collective art exhibitions, and international art festivals held in Italy, France, the USA, Luxembourg, and other countries. Since 2013, she lived and worked in France for some time as a painting and drawing teacher at the KrosneAcademy of Arts in France. At the international art exhibition “Woman 2024” the artist presents her art piece “Two Realities”. The artist's paintings are characterized by strong aesthetics and delicate beauty, which is hidden in colors of various colors. This work reflects two different expressions of perception of the world of spiritual life, it is a blend of emotional contrasts, a combination of light and shadows, pastel, and aesthetic color tones emphasizing the diversity of the world. Like two different truths reaching different physical laws and merging into one whole.
Ilona Janulienė was born in Šiauliai and graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Šiauliai University. She has been participating in art exhibitions since 1981, the status of Art Creator has been granted to her since 2012. She has participated in over 40 personal exhibitions in Lithuania as well as in international art symposia, residencies, and collective international exhibitions in Greece, Paris, Armenia, Albania, Poland, Latvia, England, and other countries. In the international collective exhibition “Woman 2024”, Janulienė presents her art work “Contemplation”, which was created using mixed techniques. This is a painting that provides a visualization of a portrait of a woman. It is an expression of personality through an intuitively created face of a non-specific person. Observing reality through the intuitively created face of an invisible person by focusing on her inner world. It captures a calm and careful observation of the existing being through the plane of the traveled path, using spaces for the personal interpretation of the viewer.
Gabrielė Kuizinaitė is an experimental art creator who creates in the field of digital photography, using the elements of color painting. She has organized 8 personal exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. She has participated in more than 110 international collective art and photo art exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. In recent years, the creator of experimental art has presented paintings from different collections in Paris and Italy. The artist who creates forest themes and is constantly looking for innovations in themes and forest contexts, this time presents an art piece that comes from the collection “Forest Dreams”. This painting, figuratively speaking, says that even a sleeping forest has dreams.
Lina Nikolaevė lives and works in Kaunas, Lithuania. Nikolaevė has already presented her work at international art festivals and in international collective exhibitions in Spain, Argentina, England, India. Her art work depicts a woman in fullness, a woman who has realized her potential in love. Lina creates images of the mystical world dominated by red, black, blue, and other colors. In each picture, artistic quests, combined into inner worlds, contradictions and diversity, are extremely important. The work is influenced by Eastern philosophy: Hinduism and Buddhism. Signs and symbols are important in every work of the painter. The influence of abstract art is felt.
Neringa Petrošiūtė lives and works in Lithuania. The artist‘s creative credo is : “Imperfect perfection or a little bit of everything”. She has already been painting for 15 years. Ideal strokes, image, feeling are evident in the artist's work. In her piece, the artist aims to create admiration through the image of perfection. In recent years, she has painted portraits of older people in her work. The image of their rough skin left the artist to feel fascinated to older people. At the international collective exhibition “DONNA 2024” the painter presents the portrait of a woman “Veronica”. In her paintings, the connection with people and the details of the environment surrounding them became extremely important in the portraits she painted of people of various ages, especially women.
Nelė Jurgelionienė lives and works in Kaunas, Lithuania. She studied at J. Vienožinskis College in Kaunas, Faculty of Art Pedagogy and graduated with honors. Later, Nelė continued her studies at the Vilnius University of Pedagogy, where she obtained the qualification of an art teacher. Currently, she works in Kaunas, at a high school. Nele has been creating art for 25 years. In addition, she participates and cooperates in organizing art exhibitions, open-air workshops, participates in international exhibitions in Lithuania, Turkey, Denmark, India, Indonesia, and Ireland, France, Italy. She is a coordinator of art workshops for adults and children, as well as an organizer of plein airs. Nele works with various art techniques, which is why her creative works have such a special concept and history. They change depending on the time of year, the attitude and the mood of the creator herself. Nele gets ideas for her works from nature, personal life, adventures, people, and real life situations she encounters.
Painting and drawing helps the artist to discover the meaning of life, peace and happiness. She is fully aware that there is no better way to learn than to teach others. It encourages you to go with the times, to strive for her professional excellence.
At the international exhibition “DONNA 2024” in Italy, painter Nelė Jurgelionienė presents a work under the non-standard name “Eutierria”.
The meaning of Nelė Jurgelionienė's painting means a feeling of unity with the earth, as well as with life forces. This feeling is achieved when the relationship between man and nature is spontaneous and mutually enriching. In this abstract painting by Jurgelionienė, a woman is treated as a symbol. A woman, like the earth, is the bearer of life from which everything is born.
Vytautas Poka lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is not only a painter, but also the author of murals. In 1995, he graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts, where he obtained the qualification of a fresco and mosaic artist. Since 1999, he has been an active member of the Lithuanian Union of Artists. He has organized more than 30 personal exhibitions in Lithuania, France, Germany, participated in international collective art exhibitions, plein airs, and art symposia. V. Poka's work is lively, decorative, full of expression and decorative lines. At the international exhibition “Woman 2024”, Poka presents the painting “Meeting”. It is a symbolic, decorative painting done in an expressive manner. The symbol of the bridge is very important in the picture. The image connects the two banks. It's like two figures meeting on a bridge evoking two feelings, like two flowers falling into a river.
Zita Jusevičiūtė-Tarasevičienė lives and works in Kaunas, Lithuania. She has participated in over 200 collective internationals exhibitions in Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Poland, Canada, USA, South Korea, Ireland, England, Turkey, France, and other countries. She has also organized more than 100 personal exhibitions in Lithuania. She has been granted the status of Art Creator. Her works have been purchased by Lithuanian and foreign art collectors. The artist usually creates abstract natural landscapes, in which nature's path, rhythms and dialogue with nature are extremely important. This time, in the international exhibition Donna 2024, Jusevičiūtė - Tarasevičienė presents the painting “A Woman Dream”, in which the connection between a woman and the environment, feelings, being herself are also important, depicting the fragility and transience of a woman and presenting visions of a woman in her fullness. In her art piece, the states and moods of the depicted women are also important.
The famous artist Marija Rastenienė lives and works in Kaunas, Lithuania. She specializes in compositional painting, pastel and watercolor arts. Famous teachers influenced her work. She studied at the Kaunas Art School, later at the Vilnius Art Institute (now the Vilnius Art Academy), where she obtained the qualifications of an artist and pedagogue. She is a member of the Lithuanian Union of Artists, the Union of Lithuanian Restorers, the Society of Lithuanian Art Educators and the artist group Dailės ratas. The artist has organized about 70 personal exhibitions in Lithuania and participated in more than 100 local and international art exhibitions in Lithuania, England, Turkey, France, and Italy. The works of the famous artist have been purchased by collectors from Lithuania and foreign countries. The creative world of Rastenienė is diverse and fragile, as well as mysterious. An artistic dialogue with the universe is extremely important. Her works are dominated by ideas that are present in her thoughts, in a specific period of her life: the environment, the universe, the temporality of the perception of nature and fragility in the world, the movement and attraction of the expanses of space. At the international exhibition “Woman 2024”, the well-known artist Rastenienė presents a painting, this time associated with a person and the theme of a woman, “Café 3”. The portrait of a person is not often found in the artist's work. This time, the portrait of a woman dominates, in which the relationship and connection between a person and the existing environment, being oneself is extremely important.
The concept of the “DONNA 2024” International Art Exhibition is based on the diversity of the works of the presented authors through the development of the idea of the female theme in contemporary and abstract art. Artists see and present visions of painting ideas differently. Each exhibitor presents a diverse interpretation of the exhibition. This exhibition is a dialogue between artists about women of different generations and their existence in the modern world.
Art Critic Gabriele Kuizinaitė
Edited by: Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo
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