Gaya Lastovjak

Gaya Lastovjak 

Contemporary figurative art
Born in 1987 in Lithuania
Education - MA in Art History - University of Warsaw
Lives and works in Krakow, Poland
www.gayalastovjak.com

Artistic achievements: 49 exhibitions, 25 artistic awards and 7 nominations, 22 publications.

Gaya Lastovjak creates 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.
Most often, the artist raises question about duality of man, that is good and evil, which is part of human nature. In her paintings, thanks to the specific gestures of the silhouettes, she shows valuable human qualities, such as unity, help or love, as well as negative ones, such as jealousy or lies. The artist glorifies good traits and criticizes bad ones. She also engages in a dialogue with current events and phenomena.
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 works have been featured in international exhibitions in Austria, Portugal, Monaco, Spain, Italy. Her paintings has been acquired by private collectors from Switzerland, USA, Poland, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, United Arab Emirates among others.
In addition, she is involved in sculpture / paper installations, performance and happening art.

In addition, she is involved in sculpture / paper installations, performance and happening art.

Important achievements

2021 - Gaya Lastovjak’s art was included in three foreign publications: Arabic Independent (Saudi Arabia), Teravarna Gallery (USA) 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 several awards and nominations.

2022 - acceptance of the artist's works for participation in the 14th Art Biennale in Florence, which will take place in 2023. She was also invited by the Van Gogh gallery (Madrid) to participate in the Monaco
International Contemporary Art Fair. Same year, one of the artist's paintings was featured on the cover of the art and poetry magazine The Woven Tale Press (New York). In July 2022, she took part in
the 59th Venice Biennale at Musa Pavilon – courtesy of the Musa International gallery.
This year she has won 11 artistic awards, of which the first place twice.

2023 - the most important event is participation in the exhibition at the Museo Venanzo Crocetti in Rome, VIII edition of the Rome Art Week (RAW) at the Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana, 14th Art Biennale in Florence and Xxth Warsaw Art Fair.

EXHIBITIONS

2024 "Open Art", collective exhibition, Grey Cube Gallery, USA

2024 - "Shadows", collective exhibition, Royal Blue Gallery, UK

2024 “Figurative” - collective exhibition, Light Space & Time Gallery, Santa Fe, USA

2024 "Dualism" - individual exhibition, Jatki Gallery, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland

2023 Christmas exposition, collective exhibition, DNA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland

2023 Warsaw Art Fair, individual stand + happening, Expo XXI, Warsaw, Poland

2023 Rome Art Week, collective exhibition, represented by Arte Borgo Gallery, Palazzo Cancelleria Vaticana, Rome, Italy

2023 XIVth Florence Biennale, collective exhibition, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy

2023 "Serenity" - collective exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom 

2023 Artexpo Basel 2.0, Artbox Project, collective exhibition, Basel, Switzerland

2023 "Connections" - collective exhibition, Museo Venanzo Crocetti, Rome, Italy

2023 "Artists on the Rise" - collective exhibition & auction, Chinwe Russell Art Gallery, Doncaster, United Kingdom

2023 "Combined" - collective exhibition, MicksArt Gallery, Emmen, Netherlands

2023 "In Bloom" - collective exhibition, The Gallery by Mui, Washington DC, USA

2023 "Figures or Faces" - collective exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, USA

2023 "Open Art" - collective exhibition, Art Room Contemporary Gallery, United Kingdom

2023 "Gaya Lastovjak" - individual exhibition, Marvelous Art Gallery, Pool, United Kingdom

2022 XIXth Warsaw Art Fair, collective exhibition, Expo XXI, Warsaw, Poland

2022 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - collective exhibition, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2022 "We Contemporary" - collective exhibition, Palazzo Velli Expo, Rome, Italy

2022 “Dreams” - collective exhibition, Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid, Spain, 2022

2022 "We Are Reversal" - collective exhibition, Musa Pavilon, Palazzo Pisani Revedin, 59th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2022 Monaco International Contemporary Art Fair/ Monaco Art 3F, collective exhibition, Monte Carlo, Monaco

2022 "The Other Art Fair Virtual Edition" - collective exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2022 "New Generations" - collective exhibition, IAA Gallery, Miami, USA

2022  ArtisTTable's 44th collective exhibition, Artists Drawing and Painting the Human Form, ArtisTTable Gallery, Acme, USA

2022 "Artist Choice VIII" - collective international juried visual arts exhibition, Camelback Gallery, Denver, USA

2022 "Downtown Chiado 22-9th edition" - collective exhibition, Atelier Natalia Gromicho, Lisbon, Portugal

2022 “All Women” - collective exhibition, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, USA

2021/2022 "Christmas Art" 5th edition - collective exhibition, Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome, Italy

2021 “Art Walkway” – collective exhibition, Galleria Cael Pipin, Milan, Italy

2021 "Gaya Lastovjak" - individual exhibition, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2021 "Savasana" - project realized in cooperation with Wojciech Kukuczka, Full Moon Art Fest, Chorzów, Poland

2021 "Connected" - individual exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

2021 "Natural elements" - collective exhibition, Givulgarti Gallery, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy

2020 - joining the permanent exhibition of the Polskajungart Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2017 "Unfinished" - participation in the art festival "5 Station", Katowice, Poland

2016 "Shapes" - individual exhibition, BWA [Art Exhibition Office], Sandomierz, Poland

2015 "Colorlessness" - individual exhibition, Folk Theater, Cracow, Poland

2015 "Fixation" - individual exhibition + happening, Negative Gallery, Katowice, Poland

2015 "Critical forms" - individual exhibition, DNA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland

2014 "One Painting Show"- individual exhibition, Hundred Candles' Theatre, Cracow, Poland

2014 "The chessboard"- individual exhibition, Alchemy, Cracow, Poland

2013 "Distorted"- individual open-air exhibition/performance, Warsaw, Poland

2010 "Carved out of bodies"- individual exhibition, Stairs Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

2009 "Alchemy"- individual exhibition, Hydro4, Warsaw, Poland

2008-2009 "Differences"- individual exhibition, Polyester, Warsaw, Poland

2008 "Interactions"- collective exhibition, The Two of Us Galearnia, Warsaw, Poland

2008 "Good Centimetre"- collective exhibition, Downtown Community Centre, Warsaw, Poland

AWARDS

2024 - honorable mention award, Open Art - March, Grey Cube Gallery, USA

2024 - second prize, Top 4, three-dimensional Art Award, 14th Annual Figurative, Light Space & Time Gallery, USA

2024 - special recognition award, three-dimensional artists category, 14th Annual Figurative, Light Space & Time Gallery, USA

2023 - Honorable Mentions, Itsliquid International Contest 14th edition, Italy

2023 - Special Mention Award, 6th Artist Grant, Teravarna Gallery, USA

2023 - Artist of the Month June 2023, Camelback Gallery, USA

2023 - Nomination, Art Talent Fair, Italy

2023 - Nomination, BBA Artist Prize, Germany

2023- Certificate Award, Figurative Painting February, Global Painting Conclave, Canada

2023 - Honorable Mention Award, Open Category, Art Room Gallery

2023 - Honorable Mention Award, 5th Figurative Competition, Art Show International Gallery, USA

2023 - Special Prize, Global Talent Art Prize, United Kingdom

2022 - Silver Award, Global Painting Conclave - Portrait category, Canada

2022  - First place, Art Brut / Turmoil category, American Art Awards, USA

2022 - First place, Artist Grant - Spring, Art Show International Gallery, USA

2022 - Nomination, Premio Combat Prize, Italy

2022 - Finalist, International Art Award, USA

2022 - Second Prize, Figuratively Speaking Competition, ArtisTTable Gallery, USA

2022 - Honorable Mention Award, 3rd Figurative Competition, ASI Gallery, USA

2022 - Nominated, Yicca Art Prize, Italy

2022 - Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery’s Artist Choice VIII International Juried Visual Arts Competition, USA

2022 - Honorable Mention Award, "Open" category, Art Show International Gallery, USA

2022 - Merit Prize Award, "3rd Portrait" Competition, Art Show International Gallery, USA

2022 - 5th Place - Top 10 Artists - 3 Dimensional Category - “All Women” Art - Light Space & Time Art Gallery - USA

2022 - Special Recognition Award - 3 Dimensional Category - “All Women” Art - Light Space & Time Art Gallery - USA

2022 - acceptance to participate in the XIV Florence Biennale 2023

2021 - Recognition Prize, Palm Art Award, Germany

2021 - Talent Prize Award, "2nd Figurative" Competition, Art Show International Gallery, USA

2021 - 4th place in Sculpture-Representational category, American Art Awards, USA

2021 - Nominated, Boynes Artist Award, Australia

2021/2022 - Nominated two times, Yicca Art Prize, Italy

2021 - Nominated, Global Art Award, Japan

PUBLICATIONS

About the Artist's Difficult Road to Success [interview with Gaya Lastovjak], Presto magazine, written by Władysław Rokiciński, Poland
https://prestoportal.pl/rozmowa-z-gaya-lastovjak-o-drodze-artysty-do-sukcesu

Article "The exhibition "Dualism" by Gaya Lastovjak was presented at the Jatki Art Gallery", OPI, Poland
https://www.ostrowmaz.com/aktualnosci/39110

Article "Gaya Lastovjak has visited Jatki in Ostrów with a new exhibition", OstrowMaz, Poland
https://www.ostrowmaz24.pl/art/47495/gaya-lastovjak-zagoscila-w-ostrowskich-jatkach-z-nowa-wystawa-zdjecia

Interview - Gaya Lastovjak, Itsliquid Group, Italy  
https://www.itsliquid.com/interview-gaya-lastovjak.html

Publication in teh art magazine Sztuka, written by Natalia Gaj, Poland https://czasopismosztuka.pl/gaya-lastovjak-wywiad-z-artystka/

Publication in the Suboart Magazine, March 2023, Page 106-107, Portugal https://issuu.com/suboartmagazine/docs/suboart_magazine_march_2023_1_e3129e1569b75b

Publication in the Gazete Sanat World, written by Resul Sahin, Turkey https://world.gazetesanat.com/interview-with-contemporary-figurative-artist-gaya-lastovjak/?fbclid=IwAR1JMV_lJMap2DYm_cpM4AeeQgKXFbkpjvjH700H55mpBumkY2DZ6FjvtSY

Publication in the Marvelous Art Magazine, February 2023 Issue, United Kingdom
https://www.gayalastovjak.com/lib/rh2o8v/Marvelous_Art_Magazine_Marvelous_Art_Magazine_February_2023-le61awi9.pdf

"The Figurative Poetry of Gaya Lastovjak", Paris the other Way, written by Ana Malnar, France https://www.paristheotherway.com/the-figurative-poetry-of-gaya-lastovjak

Publication in Musa International Art Space, We Contemporary Art Book, Italy
https://pl.pinterest.com/pin/330803535144123893/

One of Gaya Lastovjak's paintings featured in a short video report from the 19th Warsaw Art Fair, Poland
The artwork appears at time 5:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhy0mBoqPoE&t=8s

Publication in a cultural magazine Presto, Poland
https://prestoportal.pl/trojwymiarowy-obraz-gai-lastovjak-na-63-aukcji-sztuki-wspolczesnej

Interview with the artist - Gaya Lastovjak, CIRCLE Foundation for the arts, 2022
https://circle-arts.com/interview-gaya-lastovjak/

An article about the winners of the competition "World’s Best Contemporary Art Brut/2022 American Art Awards Winners"
https://thombierd.medium.com/worlds-best-contemporary-art-brut-lastovjak-diaz-hong-chloe-kukoverov-filichkin-yoo-ahn-60e27dafda66

Publication in Musa International Art Space, We Are Reversal Art Book, Italy  
https://gayalast-art.tumblr.com/post/693400075684249600/catalog-from-the-collective-exhibition-we-are

Publication in the Art Show International Gallery “Artist Grant - Spring”, LA, USA https://www.artshowinternational.com/artist-grant-winners-2022-summer/gaya-lastovjak

Publication in the Woven Tale Press - Literary and Fine Art Magazine (photo of the painting on the cover), NY, USA
https://online.flipbuilder.com/eovs/xobe/

Publication in the Photographize Arts Culture Magazine Issue 01 - October 2021, page 119, USA
https://www.photographize.co/magazine/issue01/

"Gaya Lastovjak: The level of sophistication creates the value of a contemporary work of art"
written by Yasmeen Alfardan
https://www.independentarabia.com/node/252976/

Art Show International Gallery- "Gaya Lastovjak"        https://www.artshowinternational.com/artists/gaya-lastovjak

“Gaya Lastovjak / white paintings”
written by Tina Meamar, USA
https://www.artpeoplegallery.com/gaya-lastovjak-white-paintings/

“Gaya Lastovjak / Shapes”
written by Katarzyna Pisarczyk, Poland
http://bwasandomierz.pl/index.php?news=168&no=1