Gaya Lastovjak

60 exhibitions, 37 art awards and 8 nominations, 32 publications.

Gaya Lastovjak (b. 1987) is an established contemporary visual artist who breaks the boundaries of traditional techniques by creating unique, three-dimensional wall sculptures. Her artistic signature is defined by the "Human Trace"—a deliberate, unrepeatable stamp of manual craftsmanship visible in every element of her work.

At the core of her practice is the human experience and emotion. By freezing figures in a monochrome white world, the artist explores themes of loneliness, struggle, empathy, and existential anxiety. Her primary tool of expression is body language; the gestures and poses of her frozen figures carry a powerful emotional charge, urging viewers to pause and reflect on themselves.

Due to the immense complexity of the creative process and meticulous attention to detail, working on a single object takes from several months to a year. By working on multiple pieces simultaneously, the artist carefully develops each concept. Consequently, only 6 to 10 unique works are created annually, ensuring that each piece earns the status of a rare collector's item.

The high value of her work is rooted in the use of premium materials. The artist has developed her...

AWARDS
2025 - honorable mention, category "Faces of Humanity", Fame Frame, USA
2025 - second place, Boynes Art Awards, XII Edition, Australia
2025 – finalist, Blu Sky Artist Award, Ten Moir Gallery, USA
2025 - finalist, Open Theme, Art Collide
2025 - distinction, Forms & Figures, category: figurative, Gallery Four Percent, USA
2024 - second place, Vivid Arts Contest, Art Tour International, USA
2024 - winner of the day, Vivid Arts Contest, Art Tour International, USA
2024 - nomination, Yicca Art Award, Italy
2024 - honorable mention award, Top 8, Three-dimensional artists, Open category, Light Space & Time Gallery, USA
2024 - first place, April Art Awards, The Fusion Art Gallery, Spain
2024 - exhibition award, Open category, Artist Space, USA
2024 - honorable mention, Circle Foundation for the Arts, France
2024 - honorable mention, 9th Portrait, Teravarna Gallery, USA
2024 - honorable mention, Open category, Grey Cube Gallery, USA
2024 - second prize, Top 4, three-dimensional Art Award, 14th Annual Figurative, Light Space & Time Gallery, USA
2024 - special recognition award, three-dimensional artists category, 14th Annual Figurative, Light Space & Time Gallery, USA
2023 - honorable mentions, Itsliquid International...

60 exhibitions. Selected important exhibitions:

2025 XXII Warsaw Art Fair - collective exhibition, Expo XXI, Warsaw, Poland
2025 "Vibration", collective exhibition, Monat Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2025 "Paris Winter Art Boutique", collective exhibition, Espace Sorbone 4, Paris, France
2024 Tarnów Art Biennial, collective exhibition, Mościce Art Centre, Tarnów, Poland
2024 LABO 2024, the largest sculpture biennial in Poland - collective exhibition, ToTuart Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2024 "Who Ar(T) You? Miami Edition" - collective exhibition, Emporium Brazil Design Gallery, Miami, USA
2024 "Dualism" - individual exhibition, Jatki Gallery, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland
2023 Warsaw Art Fair, individual stand + happening, Expo XXI, Warsaw, Poland
2023 Rome Art Week, collective exhibition, Palazzo Cancelleria Vaticana, Rome, Italy
2023 XIVth Florence Biennale, collective exhibition, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2023 Artexpo Basel 2.0, Artbox Project, collective exhibition, Basel, Switzerland
2023 "Connections" - collective exhibition, Museo Venanzo Crocetti, Rome, Italy
2023 "Combined" - collective exhibition, MicksArt Gallery, Emmen, Netherlands
2022 XIXth Warsaw Art Fair, collective exhibition, Expo XXI, Warsaw, Poland
2022 "We Contempor...