SIMONA ŽILĖNAITĖ

Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Contemporary | 2022

 
 

Heartiness | 2021

 

Simona Žilėnaitė was born in 1986, in Šalčininkai, Lithuania. In 2010 she graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with her MA in painting. After graduating she moved to Trakai (an historic city and lake resort in Lithuania), where she now lives and creates.

Through the years the artist has had solo exhibitions in Lithuania, Italy, Denmark, such as:

“Sacral”, 

“In search of lost home…”, 

“Woman – as a sand… Water and flowers. (Repetitions ).” 

 
 

Hold On Myself I 2022

 
 

Torso I 2021

 
Visual content: Everything that we see ‘reflects’ in our minds; it’s our inner process and if it resonates in our deeply inner worlds – I believe it’s ours. So, the world that l see, with that view in my mind, is rightfully mine!
In this world I search for what ‘resonates’ with me and my inner dialogue, that I might use for my paintings as an expression of all those processes. It is recreated and transferred through myself. Sometimes it is reflecting experiences that I deeply felt into my inner self-contemplations; sometimes views of the glimpses of my dreams, and sometimes and quite often now - external views of the World.
— SIMONA ŽILĖNAITĖ
My paintings are intimate stories, often about the fragility of the feminine perception of the world, such as I feel myself. I create my stories by creating visual narratives.
The titles of the paintings create another layer of perception. Often names of paintings change over time, in different places. The process is alive, constantly inspired by the inner and outer perception of femininity.
My paintings are made on canvases with oil paints. Often paints are floating down and drifting with something that floats and washes everything away in a very subtle way, which reveals tears of purity and chastity.
— SIMONA ŽILĖNAITĖ
 

Barely Nude In Front I 2022

 
 

Held My Hands, Like I Was Aspiring You | 2021

 
Pandemonium & Order: At the beginning pandemonium starts within ourselves, and it is our job to make order or some kind of conclusion from it. I make it through all those things that I have previously mentioned in painting processes and results. It helps me to clear my mind, to calm and show a big part of my self and my senses. And after all...the beauty wins by all it means!
— SIMONA ŽILĖNAITĖ
 

Felt Like The Butterfly I 2022