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Ara Radvilė

Interdisciplinary artist based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her work has been exhibited in over a dozen exhibitions.

Ara Radvilė (b. 1995) – a visual artist based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

“At the age of nine she skipped school for the first time in her life and began her very own exploration of stars and colours. Eventually, that led to the discovery of painting as a way of understanding herself and the relative reality around her. Radvilė graduated from Šiauliai Art School in 2013, and enrolled into the national

Vilnius Art Academy where she completed both her graduate and post-graduate studies in scenography. In her practice, Radvilė utilises various different mediums, such as painting, photography, collage and installation. Her latest work focuses on the search of different spiritual states through a yet unrecognised and, thus far, unlabelled pain. It seeks to transform the pain into a concrete, material, and vibrant shape. The process of creation for her is a form of therapy, a ritual, an opening up, and the following act of cleansing. Large canvases, vivid hues, layers of paint, and free-spirited strokes serve to create images of breakthrough, of freedom, of an intangible force. The force which, she believes, primarily stems from her spirit. The spirit of the eternal child, the unrelenting explorer lead by the sky and his heart. It is this spirit which draws the attention of her brushes and lenses. Her painting and photography often feature motives of mother, child, stars, heart, or blossoms. Such seemingly primitive images are firmly planted and grown in the fertile soil of vivid colours and layers.”

29/07/2026

She
160 x 150 (cm)
Acrylic on linen canvas
2026

26/07/2026

In this month’s newsletter, I shared a story about my creative space at Užupio Meno Inkubatorius . Today, I’m sharinga few lovely photos of it. ✨🪽

23/07/2026

A small, unfinished detail of my new piece 🪽

17/07/2026

July studio self-portraits

15/07/2026

The Sky When You Were Born / Dangus, kai gimei
120 x 100 (cm)
Acrylic on linen canvas
2026

02/07/2026

The Last Gibbon
150 x 130 (cm)
Acrylic on linen canvas
2026

29/06/2026

EN
Why Do I Paint Flowers?

The first flower bloomed in my painting Heartache. It appeared after a period of creative silence, as I was preparing for my second solo exhibition. At that time, I was still searching for my own visual language.

Before I began this work, I spent a long time in meditation. While leafing through a book of Mark Rothko’s paintings, I stopped at his portrait and looked at it for a long time. I have often felt that there is a unique strength in the eyes of artists.

In the melancholic world of Heartache, a small white flower appeared unexpectedly. At that moment, I had no idea how important it would become in my work. It grounded me and quietly opened a direction that I could neither understand nor name at the time.

For a long time, this painting never found its home. Today, it remains not for sale. It has stayed with me as one of the defining milestones of my artistic journey.

From that moment on, flowers became a recurring motif in my paintings. As the world grew louder, more of them began to appear on my canvases. It was a natural response—not an attempt to escape reality, but a choice to bear witness to beauty.

I have always been rebellious. Yet over time, I came to understand that rebellion does not always have to be loud. It can be quiet. It can be gentle. It can bloom.

To me, a flower is never merely decoration. It is a state of being. A symbol of purity, fragility, and life itself. A reminder that beauty is never just surface.

The flowers I paint grow from my roots. Within them live the rhythms of ancient Lithuanian folk ornament, the patterns of Easter eggs, and the memory of the flowers my grandmother used to draw. These are images I never consciously learned. They simply live within me and naturally find their way onto the canvas.

In my work, I paint the entire life of a flower—from its first bud to its faded bloom. Every stage is equally important to me. Each one speaks of the same thing: the fragility of life, its impermanence, and its constant transformation. They are small miracles, scattered across the canvas like mysterious maps.
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23/06/2026

A little studio performance, with pearls by 🐚✨

21/06/2026

A small, unfinished detail from my new work 🪽

15/06/2026

And We Became a Garden
190 x 130 (cm)
Acrylic on linen canvas
2026

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