Ruta Matuleviciute is a Lithuanian painter and interdisciplinary artist whose work is characterized by a unique blend of surreal and magical realism with a utopian fairy tale concept. Drawing inspiration from Baltic, Ancient Lithuanian, and world lore, referring to comparative cultural studies, Matuleviciute creates transformative works, guiding the viewer to cross the boundaries of everyday reality and step into wonder.
The artist is not separate from their art. Ruta Matuleviciute’s method is consciousness-based creation. One of the main aspects of her artistic practice is a consistent daily practice of self-development. She practices a brain-developing technique known as Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and maintains a healthy, sober lifestyle that allows her to tap into deep sources of inspiration and creativity.
Matuleviciute’s work has been featured in galleries and exhibitions throughout Lithuania and beyond, she is a member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association since 2019.
Solo exhibitions
2023 Animal Farm, T.2 Gallery, Vilnius
2021 Atlantis, St. John’s Street Gallery, Vilnius
2019 Wisdom Vendor installation – exhibition, Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius
2018 SPHERE solo exhibition, THE ROOM Gallery, Vilnius
Education
Painting MFA, Vilnius Academy Of Arts 2017 – 2019
Painting BFA, Vilnius Academy Of Arts 2013 – 2017
Curated exhibitions
2020 HOT exhibition, curator and participant
2019 EMEM exhibition, Trakų Vokė Manor, curator and participant
Exhibitions
2023
The Great Oxygenation event, AP galerija, Vilnius
2021
Išties yra šiek tiek kitaip, Kaunas
2020
HOT Salon performance at ArtVilnius’20
About Angels and Other Creatures, Angels Museum, Anykščiai
2019
Young Painter Prize Finalists Exhibition, Vilnius Academy of Arts Exhibition HallsTitanikas, Vilnius
Music For The Plants performance, EMEM exhibition, Trakų Vokė Manor
Art Cells’19 Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius Academy of Arts Exhibition Halls Titanikas, Vilnius
No.4 exhibition, Loftas, Vilnius
Archive Sitting performance as part of Maria Griniuk’s project BiteArchive SUPERMARKET Art Fair 2019, Stockholm, Sweden
BOD/Tibet/ exhibition, Kreatoriumas, Vilnius
2018
Paint LAB project, Ideas Block, Vilnius
KOSMO Look exhibition with artist Laura Slavinskaite, Jonava Culture Centre,Jonava
Vilnius and its people, Vilnius City Hall
Hopscotch, Gallery 555, Vilnius
2017
SITE B installation – exhibition with artist Emily Dundas Oke (Canada), Ideas Block, Vilnius
Residencies, projects
2020
TechArts Incubator
Sculpture of a Space and its Inhabitant. Eleni Giannopoulou course, Sculptors Alliance, New YorkArtistic
Ways of Pinsel plein air, Lviv, Ukraine
Justinas Vienožinskis Plein Air, Rokiškis, Lithuania
World of Co art residency online, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018
BiteVilnius AiR Symposium, Anykščiai
Competitions, awards
2022 Luxembourg Art Prize, Certificate of Artistic Achievement
2018 Dalia and Gintaras Gruodis Award
2016 International Algimantas Švėgžda Competition-Exhibition Idėja-Daiktas 2016 Diploma
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