Mykolas Kimtys

Mykolas' path to painting is unconventional, much like his own personality. In a search of his creative vision, Mykolas did study feshen and dressmaking, and painting in Vilnius Art Academy among others. He became a painter relatively lately, but has already created works worthy of attention. What makes Mykolas' paintings interesting? He boldly experiments, engages in artistic adventurism, and is not afraid of influences. At the same time, he does not try to squeeze himself into any recognizable, uniform style. In the broader context of the art world, Mykolas' painting is similar to German Expressionism of the first half of the last century, characterized by open, dramatic color and abstract, dynamic, and expressive drawing and composition. Sometimes his paintings approach the stylistics of later Abstract Expressionism and have connections with the "new wild" streams of Italians, Germans, and Austrians that emerged in the 1980s as an opposition to the disability of postmodernist art, conceptual sterility, and the burial of painting as such. Vivid color combinations, spontaneous composition, and psychological impact are the most prominent features of Mykolas' painting. Intriguing abstractions catch the eye and arouse thought, but th...

- Bachelor of Business management and administration at Vilnius university, 2007-2008, unfinished;
- Bachelor of Evangelical Theology at Klaipėda university and Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2008-2012;
- Feshen and Dressmaking at Klaipėda trade school, 2011-2012;
- Bachelor of Painting at Vilnius Art Academy, 2019-2020, unfinished.

- 2023 group exhibition at gallery-salon “MOrka”. Curated by Evaldas Jansas.
- 2023 personal exhibition “1/700” at Vilnius Art Academy gallery “Kreatoriumas”. Self-curated.
- 2022 personal exhibition “Taško baimė” and performance together with poet Mantas Balakauskas at bar “Devinkė”. Self-curated.
- 2022 personal exhibition “EGO” at gallery “MOrka”. Curated by Evaldas Jansas.
- 2021 group exhibition “37.5+” in the gallery of the painting department of the Vilnius Academy of Arts “Tapybos koridarius”. The participants of the exhibition were students and graduates of the department of Painting. Curated by Birutė Lemkė.
- 2021 personal exhibition “Autobiography” at the Naujoji Vilnia branch of the Vilnius municipal central library. Curated by Aušra Vismantaitė.
- 2020 group exhibition “Po vieną” in the gallery of the painting department of the Vilnius Academy of Arts “Tapybos koridarius”. The participants of the exhibition were bachelor (I-IV) and master’s (I-II) students of the department of painting.
- 2020 group exhibition “ISO: 2 × 40 + 12” at the National Museum of Lithuania, Former Detention Center in Vilnius. Artists Artūras Rožkovas-Arcė and Andrius Makarevičius-Makare also participated. The exhibition was part of the officia...