Vidmantas Jažauskas (born 30 November 1961 in

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n painter, book illustrator, poet, and social activist.

Biography

In 1991, he graduated from the Vilnius Art Institute. He teaches at the

Vladas Jakubėnas Music School. Since 1982, he has participated in exhibitions, Solo exhibitions organized by Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevezys, Siauliai. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Association. Since 2001 he has been a member and the leader of the Biržai artists group "8+". He is married to Eglė; they have 5 children: Justinas, Paulius, Ieva, Danielius, Augustinas.

Style and Works

Vidmantas Jažauskas has written a statement about his art: "I could summarize my creative process with the words of a famous American artist and contemporary realist Alan Katz – "I am one of those painters who just painted while the art world burned..." Also, as in his words – I was only interested in the "universal human content that never changes". In fact, such a position was not formed immediately, because, all the people of my generation (including myself), were effected by the transformation of art forms from modernism to postmodernism, that began after the independence and continues to this day. But thanks to the Internet, I realized that there can not be any contradiction between the words "contemporary" and "realism". Therefore, the artist's temperament, sensuality, the way of seeing his world, the search for harmony and beauty in the surroundings, the humanistic setting, remain the main values of the 21st century. ".

Artworks

Vidmantas Jažauskas has his own online gallery, where he posts his most recent artworks.

Articles

Vidmantas also writes articles about art history and other artists on his page.

Poetry

"rudens pradžia"; "gegužė"; "vienintelis vasaros eilėraštis"
''Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos savaitraštis'', 2003-07-25

References

External links

Artist's websiteVidmantas Jažauskas. "Menininko kūryba nuo miesto dydžio nepriklauso"
''Bernardinai'', 2009-05-18 * "Vidmantas Jažauskas" ''Lithuanian Wikipedia'' 21st-century Lithuanian painters 1961 births Living people Vilnius Academy of Arts alumni {{Lithuania-painter-stub