Ovidijus Talijunas

The paintings by Ovidijus Talijūnas echo Japanese calligraphy with their subtle lines, controlled style, and careful selection of few colors. In several compositions, the author uses black embedded with pastel areas within, resulting in an impression of stained glass. It is as if light bursts out from the depths of the canvas, sulking through a layer of colorful glass. 

The painter's works interpret tradition in a contemporary manner, at the same time spawning an archaic atmosphere achieved using amulets and hieroglyphs of an unknown language. The aesthetics of written language are highlighted clearly: one can observe relicts of Braille, magazine cutouts and so forth. And even though these works are quite abstract, they're fairly associative, provoking the imagination, and bringing guidelines of possible interpretations to the front. The materiality of the paintings can almost be touched at times, whether it's realized through massive, monumental shapes, or using brush strokes as effortless as a summer breeze. 

The artist therefore employs various types of paints, ink, screen printing, and combines it all to create collages of unusual textures and effects. It's also a combination of mastery, emotion, and authentic intuition. ...

Creating an artist, graphic designer, font creator, member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association (LLA), Lithuanian Graphic Design Association (LGDA). Ovidijus Talijunas [Ovis] is a graphic designer of lituanistic font "Palemonas". When working in the field of visual communication, the artist never fail to create. Inspired by the French avant-garde movement "Lettrism" pioneer - Isidore Isou, graphics Albertas Gurskas and Algis Klisevicius. Writer Boris Vian, sculptor Rimantas Sakalauskas and experimental music artists Steven Brown and Blaine L. Reininger ... That was the feeling of expressing.

2020 Klaipeda City Municipality Imanuel Kant Public Library. “Contemporary Lithuanian calligraphy“. Group exhibition.
2020 ACADEMIA GALLERY. Vilnius, Lithuania. "Vol 2" exhibition.
2019 THE KAZYS VARNELIS House-Museum. “Contemporary Lithuanian calligraphy“, Vilnius, Lithuania. Exhibition.
2018 JEWISH COMMUNITY GALLERY. Vilnius, Lithuania. "Mano-logos". Personal exhibition.
2017 SHOFAR Gallery. "Air Mail". Group exhibition
2017 "Principium". Personal exhibition. Gallery AIDAS. Vilnius.
2015 Titanic. "Travelling Letters". Group exhibition. Vilnius Academy of Arts.
2015 LITEXPO Exhibition Palace: "Japanese days". Personal exhibition.
2014 Lithuanian Artists’ Association (LAA) gallery ARKA.
Group exhibition. Experimental Calligraphy "Aikhu Sense".
2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Vilnius: Personal experimental calligraphy exhibition.
2014Gallery ART BRIDGE: Personal experimental calligraphy exhibition "Aikhu feeling".
2014 Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (CAC). Reading Room: International conference "Shadowing the Scene: Negativity affective, political and aesthetic con text". Installation.
2014 Gallery AV17: Installation - "Moving Shadows".
2014 Arts Incubator, Anyksciai, Lithuania: Graphic Exhibition "Ec...