My work focuses on a garden as a symbol of freedom and growth, as an opposition to stagnation and lifelessness. Born and raised in an Eastern European concrete suburb, I have a special place for nature-inspired reveries. A lush forest, a tiny garden, or a little piece of fertile land on the sidewalk, for a city child, has always been a sublime place of mystery. I am interested in textures, colours, and the physical and emotional sensations that encounters with plants and soil bring to the human body and mind. Over time, my interests expanded from focusing solely on bodily sensations to exploring the garden through the lens of time and space.
So, I bring my reveries to canvas. Oil painting became a central focus of my practice due to its unique ability to depict tactile sensations—moist and dry, liquid and solid, transparent and opaque—through visual imagery it can almost be felt physically by the observer. I strive to create works that engage the senses while also delving into the garden’s broader cultural and philosophical significance. However, I'm equally interested in interdisciplinary representation of my ideas, I am driven by excitement and curiosity and I experiment with different techniques and mediums like ceramic, printmaking, audiovisual and glass.
Unsatisfied with the idea of being merely decorative, my works focus on the cyclical nature of time, exploring themes of rot and fertility, light and darkness, safety and danger, freedom and control. My work engages with the emotional resonance of eco-grief, reflecting on humanity’s disconnection from natural spaces and destructive behavioural patterns, while simultaneously celebrating the garden’s resilience. The garden is a subtle form of disobedience – growing your own nature on your own terms. Growing your food, growing remedies, the garden is itself independent and gives independence to human beings. I’m inspired by the word “paradise,” which semantically derives from the παράδεισος (paradeisos in Ancient Greek). This word was used in the Old Testament to refer both to the Garden of Eden and to heaven itself, entangling the celestial with the terrestrial.
My artistic inspiration draws from botanical manuscripts, herbariums, and scientific illustrations from different traditions. I’m fascinated with the tapestries of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, the atmospheric greenery of Old Masters’ paintings, and the imagery of traditional celebrations of nature cycles. Colours, textures, sensations, whispers, memories, and fantasies blend in a picture of a dream-like scenario, which I paint in vibrant hues of green. For me, the garden is both a deeply personal metaphor and a universal space of renewal, where painting becomes a mean of exploring freedom, connection, and resilience.
So, I bring my reveries to canvas. Oil painting became a central focus of my practice due to its unique ability to depict tactile sensations—moist and dry, liquid and solid, transparent and opaque—through visual imagery it can almost be felt physically by the observer. I strive to create works that engage the senses while also delving into the garden’s broader cultural and philosophical significance. However, I'm equally interested in interdisciplinary representation of my ideas, I am driven by excitement and curiosity and I experiment with different techniques and mediums like ceramic, printmaking, audiovisual and glass.
Unsatisfied with the idea of being merely decorative, my works focus on the cyclical nature of time, exploring themes of rot and fertility, light and darkness, safety and danger, freedom and control. My work engages with the emotional resonance of eco-grief, reflecting on humanity’s disconnection from natural spaces and destructive behavioural patterns, while simultaneously celebrating the garden’s resilience. The garden is a subtle form of disobedience – growing your own nature on your own terms. Growing your food, growing remedies, the garden is itself independent and gives independence to human beings. I’m inspired by the word “paradise,” which semantically derives from the παράδεισος (paradeisos in Ancient Greek). This word was used in the Old Testament to refer both to the Garden of Eden and to heaven itself, entangling the celestial with the terrestrial.
My artistic inspiration draws from botanical manuscripts, herbariums, and scientific illustrations from different traditions. I’m fascinated with the tapestries of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, the atmospheric greenery of Old Masters’ paintings, and the imagery of traditional celebrations of nature cycles. Colours, textures, sensations, whispers, memories, and fantasies blend in a picture of a dream-like scenario, which I paint in vibrant hues of green. For me, the garden is both a deeply personal metaphor and a universal space of renewal, where painting becomes a mean of exploring freedom, connection, and resilience.
Graduated from Visual Culture at IADE Creative University (MA, Lisbon, Portugal) and the Art Academy of Vilnius (BA, Vilnius, Lithuania), currently I continue my studies at University of Porto with MFA in painting.
