Agota Bričkutė
Born in 1993 in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Resides and works in Klaipėda, Lithuania
Education/training
2012-2016 BA, Art History and Criticism, Faculty of Arts, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
About Creative Work:
The young generation painter Agota Bričkutė was born in 1993, in Klaipėda. She graduated from Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Arts in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree of Art History and Criticism. In 2017, she began to follow the path of painting and has participated in over 15 group and solo exhibitions throughout Lithuania. The author's paintings belong to private collectors in Lithuania, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States and Chile.
The author's work is mainly focused on the genres of portraiture and landscape, with the prevailing aesthetics of Surrealism and Symbolism. Using the face or shapes of nature, Bričkutė seeks to personify people's emotional conditions, to use the canvas for visualising insights and sensations that arise in everyday life. When creating landscapes, the artist often refers to existing scenes of reality, yet stylises them, providing a symbolistic meaning, conveying parallels between human life and nature.
In her painting, the artist is particularly interested in the intuitive, automatic creative process that liberates the subconscious impulses. Therefore, the painter often uses the principle of automatism developed by the Surrealists. Spontaneously emerging imagery during the painting process develops into a symbolic and allegorical narrative, taking the viewer to an alternate space between the real and the fantasy. An equally important part of the creative process is the psychoanalytical method of free association, which enables the artist to discover the meanings hidden beneath the language of painting - the nuances of human psychology that are both relevant to the artist and to the collective.
Selected exhibitions:
2022 Free Associations (solo exhibition), Rūtų gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Transcendental Spirit – Art Synthesis (group exhibition), LOFTAS, Vilnius, Lithuania
Symbiosis of Individual and Environment (solo exhibition), SKALVIJA, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 Embrace Yourself (solo exhibition), The Culture Factory, Klaipėda, Lithuania
10th Festival of Young Creators LITERARY SHIFTS (group exhibition), The Vilnius County Adomas Mickevičius Public Library, Vilnius, Lithuania
Self-reconstruction (solo exhibition), IRGI gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 Art of Agota Bričkutė (solo exhibition), Art Library, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2018 Potraits of the Soul (solo exhibition), Kaunas Cultural Center, Kaunas, Lithuania
The Reconstruction of Reality and Inner Self (solo exhibition), LARGO, Kaunas, Lithuania
Selected collections:
Artworks of Agota Bričkutė are collected by various private collectors in Lithuania, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Netherlands and Chile.
Selected press & publications:
Aistė Noreikaitė, "Menotyrininkei Agotai Bričkutei tapyba – akistata su savuoju šešėliu" in Kultūrpolis at [https://www.kulturpolis.lt/jaunieji-kurejai/menotyrininkei-agotai-brickutei-tapyba-akistata-su-savuoju-seseliu/] published on 22 December, 2022.
Evelina Zenkutė, "A. Bričkutė: kuriu vizualinius dienoraščius" in Durys at [https://issuu.com/diena/docs/durys_2022_12/s/17791678] published on December, 2022.
"Tapytoja A. Bričkutė prabils "Laisvųjų asociacijų kalba" " in Kauno diena at [https://m.kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/klaipeda/menas-ir-pramogos/tapytoja-brickute-prabils-laisvuju-asociaciju-kalba-1105770] published on 9 December, 2022.
Jurga Petronytė, "Agota Olimpija Bričkutė: mano kūriniai yra visokie, kaip ir mano pačios asmenybė. Faktas, jog spalvingi!" in Vakarų ekspresas at [https://ve.lt/gyvenimas/kultura/agota-olimpija-brickute-mano-kuriniai-yra-visokie-kaip-ir-mano-pacios-asmenybe] published on 30 January, 2022.
"Virtualioje galerijoje – tapytojos A. Bričkutės savęs rekonstrukcija" in Kauno diena at [https://m.kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/kaunas/menas-ir-pramogos/virtualioje-galerijoje-tapytojos-brickutes-saves-rekonstrukcija-1010397] published on 6 February, 2021.
Julija Banienė, "Agota Bričkutė: piešdama aš nekuriu jokių strategijų" in Vakarų ekspresas at [https://ve.lt/naujienos/klaipeda1/klaipeda/agota-brickute-piesdama-nekuriu-jokiu-strategiju-1832911] published on 23 October, 2020.
Ainė Jacytė, "A. Bričkutės kūryboje – kosminiai peizažai ir jausmų pasaulio kraštovaizdis" in Kauno diena at [https://m.kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/laisvalaikis-ir-kultura/kultura/brickutes-kuryboje-kosminiai-peizazai-ir-jausmu-pasaulio-krastovaizdis-978063] published on 24 July, 2020.