Saulius Dastikas
Vardas Saulius Pavardė Dastikas. Vilnius
contact: art.saulius@yahoo.com
"Painter Saulius Dastikas (born 1971) combines traditional painting and contemporary strategies. His works are marked by regular experiments with matter and latest technology as well as by continuous search for new interpretations and effects to achieve a desired result. Denying neither the skills he has acquired nor the room for free expression and coincidence, the artist calls his creative process a ‘controlled accident’.
Art critics attribute the style of Dastikas to the Abstract Expressionism or even to its branch, the Neo-Expressionism. Colors are important as well as are brushstrokes, composition and painting's overall mood that conveys a pure emotion of an artist. Having started with Expressionist landscapes, the artist eventually moved to more abstract themes and bigger format works, including figure paintings.
The painting style of Dastikas is as interesting as his artistic attitude. He believes that the contents of a painting depends not only on the mastery or professionalism, but also on the energy put in during the creative process which the painter takes a great care of." Aistė Paulina Virbickaitė, Arts Critic
1971 Was born in Kedainiai, Lithuania
1990 - 1995 Art Faculty of Siauliai University, Lithuania
1997 - 1998 Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Art Technologies
2013 Member of Lithuanian Artists Association
Personal exhibitions :
2014 Galeri Krebsen Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 “Landscape Impressions” Liza's gallery, Stege, Mon, Denmark
2012 “Norway Impressions”, Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2011 Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2010 Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2010 „Summer Openness“ Actus Magnus gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 „Vibrations“ „Laiptų“ gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2009 Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2008 Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2008 „Instant Moment” Actus Magnus gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007 Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2006 Skive library, Skive, Denmark
2002 “Nature Music”, Byrum, Laeso, Denmark
2002 Anie Julie gallery , Laeso, Denmark
2001 Anie Julie gallery , Laeso, Denmark
2000 Anie Julie gallery, Laeso, Denmark
1999 Anie Julie gallery , Laeso, Denmark
1995 Od Arne Amlen art project, Gjovik, Norway
Group exhibitions:
2014 Exhibition "Figūra, figūros, figūrai..." Juškus Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Exhibition " Litauere kommer" gallery Salling, Skive, Denmark
2013 Exhibition „Black light“, Janina Monkutė-Marks museum Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2013 Galeri Krebsen 2013 X-mas exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Art Copenhagen Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 „Light – dusk“ plain air exhibition Balnininkai, Lithuania
2013 Bikuskis mansion plain air exhibition, Bikuskis, Lithuania
2013 Exhibition of the New Members of Lithuanian Artists Association, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Salling gallery, Brøndsalen art fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Octopus Art pojects “Light”, Venice, Italy
2013 RA gallery exhibition „Spiečius“, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Octopus Art projects Art fair „Berliner Liste“, Berlin, Gemany
2012 Octopus Art project exhibition „War“, Riga, Latvia
2012 LTART.NL project „Identity“ Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 Exhibition „Angelai“, Janina Monkutė-Marks museum Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2011 S. Dastikas and M. Gaubas exhibition Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2010 „Heritage of Pomarnackiai:visialization of the past“ Alanta palace, Molėtai, Lithuania
2010 Girsteitiškis plein air exhibition, Girsteitiškis, Lithuania
2010 Molėtai- Nida plein air exhibition, Molėtai museum, Molėtai, Lithuania
2008 5th International Art Fest Šiauliai Monmartr Respublic, Laiptai gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2008 “Lithuanians are comming” Salling gallery, Skive Denmark
2007 Exhibition Šiauliai „Laiptai“ gallery , Lithuania
2007 Utena Art gallery, Utena, Lithuania
2005 „Contemporary Art Quadrennial“, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 Rasmus gallery, Odense, Denmark
2004 "Transferred Themes ", Č. Milošas foundation, J. Monkutės Marks museum, Šeteniai, Lithuania
2003 DGV gallery, Svendborg, Denmark
2003 Roedhusgaarden gallery , Pandrup, Denmark
2003 The Debut of Young artists and literates, Č. Milošas foundation, J. Monkutės Marks museum, Šeteniai, Lithuania
2002 Valdemars Slot, Svendborg, Denmark
2002 Wolfsen gallery Aalborg, Denmark
2001 108 gallery, Roskilde, Denmark
1995 Kėdainiai Town Hall, Kėdainiai, Lithuania