Arunas Vilkevicius

Arūnas Vilkevičius is a self-taught furniture and watercolour artist.

For more than 30 years, his passion has been the creation and production of classic furniture and decor elements from wood. His favorite style is Art Nouveau.  The art of this epoch is inspired by nature with abundant references to trees, flowers, birds and at first glance, endless wavy curved lines. The connection with nature plays a very important role in Arūnas' art.

As a child, like many children, Arūnas loved to draw and paint. The artist grew up in Vilnius, Užupis area (Lithuania), therefore the streets, churches, Vilnelė river and the surrounding nature of Užupis and the whole Vilnius Old Town were his "models". Even then, his soul longed for creativity and had a burning desire to reflect the world around him on canvas or paper. But as he himself says, then it was just a childhood hobby.

Arūnas started painting in watercolor in 2016. Life is a funny old thing, as he says. He believes things happen for a reason!   Certain events in his life carved the thought to stop, listen to his inner voice, which whispered that it was time for bigger challenges… This is how watercolor painting gradually and timidly appeared next to his furniture art. It was watercolor and its capriciousness, which practically leaves no room for error, and at the same time its lightness and infinity that became Arūnas' new medium of his artistic self-expression.

Since discovering watercolor and falling in love with this medium, he believes this is the begining of his new life‘s path filled with passion and purpose. He has a burning desire to learn and experiment. He feels so blessed to walk the path where perfection doesn‘t exist....

Arūnas creates realistic art – creation of one piece usually takes big amount of hours, thus he usually uses as a reference his own photos. Arūnas' works become more and more known and appreciated by art lovers; since 2016 he has participated in numerous international art competitions and exhibitions, is a winner of variuos international art awards. 

Personal solo exhibitions:

• 2017 March - Personal solo watercolour art exhibition in Vilnius, Lithuania - Gallery Skizze with 25 artworks

• 2022 May – July -  Personal solo watercolour art exhibition "Emotions" in Vilnius . Lithuania - Gallery "Autoportretas" with 50 artworks

Participation in Group exhibitions:

1. Fabriano in Acquarello 2019 participant and selected artist for Itinerant exhibition with “Autumn symphony”, watercolor on paper 56 x 38 cm. Certificate of Appreciation – artwork permanently exhibited in the collection of Internatonal Watercolor Museum in Fabriano – Italy.

1. Participants in the 1st International Watercolour Exhibition and Festival IWS Finland 2019 – The Second Excellent Work Award – “Water stones” watercolor on paper 66 x 43 cm.

1. Participant in V International New Techniques, Concepts and Developments in Watercolor Biennial 2019 in Caudete (Spain) - “Bali…the Moment of Joy…”, watercolor on paper 56 cmx 38 cm.

1. Participants in International Watercolor Contest 2019 by Galleria Esde – Honorable Mention – artwork “A glimpse from the depths” – watercolor on paper, 56 x 38 cm.

1. Country representative in Fabriano in Acquarello 2020 exhibition with artwork “Rebirth of the Soul” – watercolour on paper, 56 x 38 cm.

1. Selected artist to participate in III. International small format watercolour festival Mini Castra 2020 – artwork watercolour on paper “Dominyka” 21 x 15 cm.

1. Selected artist for 1st International Biennale of watercolor art in Poland (2020) - artwork watercolour on paper “Luna” 42 x 28 cm.

1. Participant and Best in Show Prize for the National Trust Giant Miniature Art Exhibition with painting “Glance”, 25mm x 38mm; Australia – 2021.

1. Selected artist with work "When the tears are gone" (watercolour on paper, 20 x 20 cm) for the exhibition "The MEAM Hall: 2nd edition" Museu Europeu d'Art Modern (MEAM) in Barcelona - 2022.

1. Selected artist with work "Daisy" (watercolour on paper, 20 x 20 cm) for the exhibition "The MEAM Hall: 3rd edition", Museu Europeu d'Art Modern (MEAM) in Barcelona - 2023.

1. National Trust Giant Miniature Art Exhibition with painting “Daisy”, 25mm x 38mm – 2023.