Simona Žilėnaitė

Lives and works in Trakai, Trakai District Municipality, Lithuania

Artist statement

Simona Zilénaité was born in 1986, in Salcininkai, Lithuania. In 2010 she graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with her MA in painting. After graduating she moved to Trakai (an historic city and lake resort in Lithuania), where she now lives and creates. Through the years the artist has had solo exhibitions in Lithuania, Italy, Denmark, such as: "Sacral" "In search of lost home...' "Woman- as a sand ... Water and flowers. (Repetitions )." "Visual content: Everything what we see 'reflects' in our minds, it's our inner process and if it resonates in our deeply inner worlds -I believe it's ours. So, the world that I see, with that view in my mind, is rightfully mine! In this world I search for what 'resonates' with me and my inner dialogue, that I might use for my paintings as an expression of all those processes. It is recreated and transferred through myself. Sometimes it is reflecting experiences that I deeply felt into my inner self-contemplations; sometimes views of the glimpses of my dreams, and sometimes and quite often now - external views of the World." "My paintings are intimate stories, often about the fragility of the feminine perception of the world, such as I feel myself. I create my stories by creating visual narratives. The titles of the paintings create another layer of perception. Often names of paintings change over time, in different places. The process is alive, constantly inspired by the inner and outer perception of femininity. My paintings are...

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