Robertas Strazdas

“Come with me. I’ll take you back to the 16th century,” says a modest-looking teenager to several of his classmates. He blindfolds them with scarves and leads them through the winding streets of the Old Town in the silence of midnight. He takes them to the shabby yet charming staircase of an old, little-known house, still bearing the grandeur of its past, crowned by an impressive glass dome. Beneath the starry sky, he says: “Here we are.”

Robertas Strazdas was born in 1969 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

He began studying art at the age of 13-14, attending extracurricular classes in an advanced fine arts group and later studying sculpture at the Vilnius Evening School of Arts. However, he considers himself primarily self-taught. Primitive art, as a means of expression, is closest to his nature. The themes and styles of his paintings and drawings are diverse, yet regardless of whether his works are serious or witty, they always bear the distinctive touch of their author.

His idols in sculpture are G. Manzu and C. Brancusi, while in painting he admires A. Modigliani and M. Chagall.

Since the last decade of the 20th century, the artist has been actively creating works in both fine and applied arts, exploring a variety of materials and tech...

Personal exhibition:

2001 „Znad Willii“ gallery , Vilnius

2005 V. Sirokomlė house-museum , Vilnius region

2013 "Lietuvos Aidas" gallery, Vilnius

2015 "Dishes, not People" at VCUP shopping center, Vilnius

2016 M.K. Čiurlionis house-museum; Vilnius

2018 M.K. Čiurlionis house-museum; Vilnius

Group exhibition:

2017 Širvintos regional cultural center

2017 Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius

2008 "Kairė-Dešinė" gallery , Vilnius

2012 "Nalšia" museum, Švenčionys

2014 “Medalių“ gallery, Vilnius;

2015 Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania , Vilnius


2016 Granted the status of Lithuanian Art Creator.