GAya lastovjak

ARTIST STATEMENT

Modern figurative artist creating three-dimensional paintings with her own technique using paper-mache, canvas and oil paint. The paintings reveal a sculptural vision of form, they surprise with their diversity in terms of structure and message, focusing on showing the aspect of human existence. The characters in her paintings are static, even rigid, as if frozen in certain poses, thus showing a specific social problem, which is loneliness, limitation, pressure or anonymity. The departure from the traditional range of colors in favor of white allows for perfect accentuation of light and shade. Everything seems to be saturated with symbolic content, the author entrusts her thoughts to the artistic matter and impresses it with her own feelings. Gaya Lastovjak's art defies all classifications and definitions, it is subtle and at the same time critical. In 2021, her works were published in three foreign publications: Arabic Independent, Nomads Lifestyle (Italy) and in the artistic newsletter Photographize Arts Culture (USA). In the same year, she began to take part in international art competitions, which resulted in the following awards: - Recognition Prize, Palm Art Award (Germany) - Talent Prize, 2nd Figurative Competition, Art Show International Gallery (USA) - 4th place in the Sculpture-Representation category, American Art Awards (USA) The first success of 2022 was the acceptance of the artist's works for participation in the 14th Art Biennale in Florence, which will take place in 2023. The author has participated in a couple of exhibitions, both collective and individual ones as well as cooperated with auction houses and galleries: Desa Unicum, DNA, SDA, Fineart's, Next Gallery also ATArt Gallery, Saatchiart, Art Show International Gallery, Monshareart Gallery and the Viennese Polskajungart. Gaya Lastovjak's works have been featured in international exhibitions in Austria, Portugal and Italy. Her paintings has been acquired by private collectors from Switzerland, USA, Poland, Netherlands, Spain, Germany among others. In addition, she is involved in sculpture / paper installations, performance and happening art.

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