Donatas Inis

Donatas Inis is painter, born in small
and beautiful town, Anykščiai, Lithuania. Drawing and painting
have been accompanying him since the early childhood.
From simple hobby, it eventually grew into
desire to become a professional artist.
Donatas is one of the few classical realism representatives
in Lithuania, who attempts to harmonize
the modern way of thinking, relevant things, and old
techniques. The latter have been learnt by studying
the works of the old masters. The artist recognizes
that the authors like Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt,
Michelangelo, Pascal-Dag nan Bouveret, Emile Friant,
etc. often become a source of inspiration.
Following them, he wants to promote and revive
the principles and ideas of the classic realism
school, which have been forgotten in Lithuania. In
recent years, Donatas’ works have been dominated
by post-war fights for freedom. The themes of historical
memory, eternity, existentialism, and empathy
are the ones that Donatas is trying to emphasize
most in his art works currently. Turning back to
the past is a kind of search for the ideals, typical for
the romanticism artists, for example E. Delacroix,
T. Gericault, W. Turner, etc., who are considered
by Donatas Inis as one of his...

Fine Art College of Jimei University Xiamen (China, 2014).
Master Degree in Arts in Vilnius Academy of Arts. (Lithuania 2017).

2017. Personal exhibition "Vivos plango Mortuos Voco" Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in New York.
2017. Personal exhibition "Vivos plango Mortuos Voco" Washington. Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America.
2017. Personal exhibition "Vivos plango Mortuos Voco" Chicago.
2016 collective exhibition “Jaunoji Kauno tapyba”
in the gallery Titanikas, Vilnius.
Academy of Arts, Faculty of Kaunas, Anykščiai.
2015 collective exhibition “Meno celės”.
2013 exhibition of art works of the students from Vilnius
2010 collective exhibition “Plus You! Global Project”,
London.