Agota Bričkutė
I unconditionally believe in the power of our subconscious. In order to represent both subjective and collective spiritual experiences, I use the principle of automatic drawing in my creations. Thus, my paintings acquire traits of surrealism as well as the aesthetics of a dream.
Artist Statement
Agota Bričkutė was born in 1993, in Klaipėda, Lithuania. In a very young age, she started
drawing satyrical portraits of her family members, friends as well as
self-portraits. At that time, she was also going to art school, but had a hard
time accepting criticism, so finally quit. After graduating from high school,
Agota moved to Kaunas and started seeking barchelor‘s degree of Art History and
Criticism at Vytautas Magnus University.
After graduating from university with highest grades, Agota started working as a freelance art critic and writer, wrote several significant articles about Lithuanian art scene. However,
she was constantly feeling the lack of self-realization. In 2017, after several
severe nervous breakdowns, she started painting. At first, it was more like a
self-theraphy, but soon this creative activity has developed to an increasingly
important role in her life. Since 2018, she has been actively participating in various
exhibitions and have received exceptional attention from the audience, both
local and international. Today, the young artist lives in her hometown, Klaipėda,
works as art manager in local gallery and paint in her free time.
Solo exhibitions:
1. 2018 – “Reconstruction of Reality and the Internal Self”, LARGO, Kaunas,
Lithuania
2. 2018 – “Selfportraits of the Soul”, Kaunas Cultural Center, Kaunas,
Lithuania
3. 2020 – “Cosmic Landscapes”, Kavos Architektai, Klaipėda, Lithuania
4. 2021 – “The Connection of the External and Internal World”, 10 tiltų,
Klaipėda, Lithuania
5. 2021 – “Embrace Yourself”, Culture Factory, Klaipėda, Lithuania
6. 2022 – “Symbiosis of the Individual and the Environment”, SKALVIJA Cinema
Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
Group exhibitions:
1. 2019 – Group painting exhibition – Christmas fair in Godo bar Kaunas, Lithuania
2. 2021 – Group exhibition of young creators on the occasion of the festival “Literary
Shifts”, Klaipėda, Lithuania
3. 2021 – Group exhibition of young creators on the occasion of the festival “Literary
Shifts”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022 – Group exhibition at Transcendental Spirit’22, LOFTAS, Vilnius
A. Bričkutė‘s works have been acquired by art lovers from Lithuania, Germany,
Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Chile.
The artworks of Agota was chosen by committee of the annual festival “Literary Shifts” and was printed in five-books collection, in 2021