Jolanta Kvašytė
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Jolanta Kvašytė (born 29 May 1956 in
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) is a
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n ceramic artist. In 1982, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. In 1982–1984, she worked in a factory "Jiesia" Kybartu shop, in 1985-1988 Restoration Trust in Vilnius. In 2003, she was resident artist at the
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. She showed at the Klaipėda Baroti gallery, and The Ceramics Museum,
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.


Works

Which mostly Thematic compositions ("Stations of the Cross" 1992, "City" in 1995, "Bethlehem" in 1996, "the ship" in 1997), sculptor to the small plastic ("Autumn bugs" in 1990 " St. John's Night "1991," Love Cats "in 1994," Adam and Eve "in 2004, Saba Queen" in 2006). Creator works in interior (plate "glass" in 1993, "Zodiac," "mechanical dolls", both in 1994–1995, all "glass" in the hotel and restaurant), garden pottery ("Pyramid" in the square in Panevezys, 1998), servizi ("pagoda" in 1991), vases (Turkish bathing "in 1999). Recently created monumentalesnių more generalized mosaic sculpture compositions: "Ophelia" (2000), "New York Code" (2004), "The Kiss" (2006). Work is used and delicately combined clay, porcelain, black pottery and various other materials (Biseris, stones, feathers). Free to interpret the religious and secular themes, distinct expression of Tipaza, expression, story telling, dramatic play, theatricality, grotesque, irony, šaržavimo moments, rich in metaphors, allegories. Works decorative, rich colors, finely ornamented. Since 1983, she participated in exhibitions, in international Pottery and Porcelain symposia in Lithuania and abroad (in Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Great Britain, the USA).


Solo shows

* Vilnius – 1990–1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 * Klaipėda – 1992 * Oslas – 1991, 1992 * Akronas – 2003 * Helsinkis – 2004


See also

*
List of Lithuanian painters A list of notable Lithuanian artists. __NOTOC__ A * Kazys Abromavičius (b. 1928) * Gediminas Akstinas (b. 1961) * Romualdas Aleliūnas (1960-2016) * Zita Alinskaitė-Mickonienė (b. 1939) * Viktoras Andriušis (1908-1967) * Aleksas Andriuškevi ...


References


External links

* "Jolanta Kvašytė", ''Lithuanian Wikipedia'' *
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Lithuanian painters 1956 births Living people Artists from Vilnius 20th-century Lithuanian women artists 21st-century Lithuanian women artists {{Lithuania-painter-stub