Alvydas Gostautas

Was born in Vilnius in 1960.
In 1978 graduated from Vilnius M. K. Čiurlionis Art School
In 1989 graduated from VDI (now VDA, Vilnius Academy of Arts) Department of Graphics. Is also a member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association.
Has been participating in group exhibitions since 1980.
In 1991 created the cycle “Vilnius” (10 etchings with aquatint).
In 1991 held a group exhibition in Krakow (etching cycle).
In 1993 held a group exhibition in Chicago (drawings of Vilnius).
During 1995-2020 worked with watercolour, pastel, acrylic techniques.
Since 2000 participates in plein air in Poland (Międzynarodowy Interdyscyplinarny plenerzy w Starym Sedlisku).
In 2001 held group exhibition of watercolours in Poland (Pułtusk, Galeria Zamkowa).
During 1995-2006 cooperates with S. Juškus gallery.
During 2006-2007 lived in London (London drawings, watercolour technical works).
During 2008-2016 painted watercolours, drawings on the theme of Vilnius.
In 2017, 2018, and 2019 was travelling The Camino de Santiago (St. James’s) Way in Spain and Portugal. This gave birth to large woodcut cycles “Ekocycle” and “Camino” and a return to printed graphics and prints.
During 2020-2021 created about 40 large-format woodblock prints. In 2021 created stamps using mixed media (with photography), linen carvings.
In 2020 participated in an online project of the International Print Triennial Society “Pandemic transgrafia 2020” in Kraków.
In 2021 participated in group exhibition of “Plekšnė” club (Vilnius, Ramove).
During 2020-2021 participated in projects “Art without a roof”.
 During 2020-2021 participated in selective-competitive exhibitions:
4-th International Printing Biennial in Belgrade (Serbia, 2020);
Fourth International Printing Biennial in Cacak (Serbia, 2020);
II International Printmaking Exhibition ,,Print Meet” in Trakya (Turkey, 2021);
Third International Print Biennial Yerevan (Georgia, 2021);
Personal exhibition “Camino” (Vilnius, roadside forest, 2021);
Personal exhibition in Svenčionėliai library (Lithuania, 2022);
Personal exhibition in A. Mickevicius library in Vilnius (Lithuania, 2022).
A large-format coloured engraving made using the excellence of xylography technique. One can feel the linear harmony and rhythmicity, the playful textures and somewhat rippling, segmented surfaces of the compositions.
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