Gabrielius Mackevicius

I consider my creative process elemental – as if natural forces act through me in their own rhythm, offering sources of inspiration that are unpredictable and arrive unexpectedly. It could be a real or imagined everyday situation, an overheard conversation, a passage I’ve read, or simply a thought that drifts in. It begins to ask for a physical form, and I try to embody it through curious, almost magical process.

My works are often connected to an inner feeling that, I hope, the viewer might recognize in themselves. The scenes resemble fragments of daily life – simple, domestic moments that, when felt attentively, become significant. I’m moved by seemingly unremarkable situations that, when experienced inwardly, can feel intense, even dramatic.

I work with mixed media: various paints, pencils, graphite, varnish, markers, textiles or poetic text. I enjoy blending genres, and visually my works often balance between abstraction, sketch-like gestures, fauvism, illustration, or a naïve style. I create relief pieces using a personal technique: surfaces of plywood or plastic, cut into specific shapes, are layered with paint or textile and assembled into irregular, textured wall-mounted objects.

For me, creating is a way to discover, fe...

1997- 2000, 2003 - 2004: graphic design at Vilnius college of construction and design in Lithuania.

2026: group art exhibition "Out of the Box" at Kunstkamera in Vilnius, Lithuania

solo exhibition of reliefs "Eye lingers" at Kunstkamera in Vilnius, Lithuania

solo exhibition of paintings "2D human" at Kaunas Cultural Center, Lithuania

2025: solo exhibition of paintings and reliefs called "Encounter" at Vilnius County Adomas Mickevičius Public Library

group art exhibition "Neo pop art now" at Kunstkamera in Vilnius, Lithuania

2023: Solo painting exhibition at Central Library of Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania

2020: Group art exhibition “Art Needs No Roof” in GO VILNIUS online gallery

2019: Poem for a city literature project “Vilniaus kontekstai”

2018: Group photo exhibition “Faces of diversity“ at Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania

2017: Comix “Conscience” in an exhibition FRAGMENT DECONSTRUCTION at Kaunas Artists’ House in Kaunas, Lithuania

2016: An exhibition of mosaics ROMB BOMB at creative workshop place - Beepart, Vilnius, Lithuania;
An exhibition of drawings and mosaics at H. Šojus conference hall in Šilutė, Lithuania

2015: An exhibition of mosaics ROMB BOMB at Artifex gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania

2014: An exhibition of drawings at Oslo house art space in Vilnius, Lithuania

2010: A...