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Art is reconnection with the way I AM, the real inner me, and setting on a unique journey!
Happy to share with you where this journey has taken me.
Join me for a ride!

I-AM


My name is Daina Maslauskaitė (artistic pseudonyme - I-AM), and I have been a painter for more than 15 years.

A few facts about me:

I have held 15 solo exhibitions in Lithuania and some in Europe. My first solo exhibition was in 2006.

My active exhibition activities in Lithuania were rec
ognized with a commendation from the Dean of Vilnius Academy of Arts, alongside my Master’s degree in Painting.

Two years after completing my Bachelor’s and Master’s studies in Painting at Vilnius Academy of Arts, I was awarded an art residency at the Arsos 1933 gallery in Limassol, Cyprus. There, I held two solo exhibitions and participated in several group exhibitions in the capitals of Nicosia and Arsos.

My paintings have been acquired by: the Limassol Municipal Gallery in Cyprus, UAGDPB "Aviva Lietuva," Arsos 1933 Gallery in Cyprus, art collectors from Germany, and other private individuals.

My work has been featured in newspapers such as Lietuvos Rytas and Kauno Diena, the art journal Baltas Kambarys, and the art publication That Human (Nicosia, Cyprus).

Education in arts


2002 - 2013 - Personal artistic development at many international plain-airs and tours in Lithuania, Europe and beyond (Provence, Madeira, Greek islands, China, Italy, the UK)

2010-2011 - Traditional Chinese painting courses, Zen studio, Vilnius, Lithuania

2013 - 2020 - Bachelor in Painting degree, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania

2020 - 2022 - Master of Arts degree (painting), Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania

From 2024 - the Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy


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Art as Inner being

I was born in 1979 in a young professionals' family (mother - laywer, father - coach of rowing) - a sensitive child with strong will, determined to create life from my free heart. I remember myself as extremely lively child with an amazing load of vital energy which I soon put into my first creations - drawings.
Being among the first pupils at high school and obliged to many daily tasks which I did at my best, I remember that drawing was the sphere where I could stop and just be myself - the way I am. Step by step the sensitive but undoubtful wish to draw was getting stronger.

From my early school years I went to draw at the picturesque surroundings of my native resort Birstonas. Completely on my own, completely free. Drawing by the river, in the meadows and pineforests... In winter - drawing while sitting on the window of the 5th floor of block of flats, and whatching snowy weather...On holidays - drawing in my granny's blooming garden... The world of forms and colours unfolded naturally to me straight from the wild nature that surrounded me. Being able to see, touch, smell and feel them stimulated my inner artist.

Another influence was the special cultural atmosphere of my native town famous for its well known painters, writers and poets. The rich cultural spirit can easily be felt in the air of the town. The cultural values were also shared by several personalities that I had contact with. It was my piano teacher and literature teacher. Their unique presence and their lessons gave me a deep perception of the treasures of human cultural heritage in classical music and literature. This perception still continues to unfold in my art. Paintings of other artists were also very important to me. Although my parents were not that interested in art, still there were a few impressionists’ paintings at home. With all my heart I used to investigate every single brush stroke and dive into the space that was conveyed by its painter.

My first art teacher was my granny who taught me the colourful world of knitting and embroidery. I remember myself as extremely persistent in my intention young artist - used to get up very early even before school and would invent new patterns for my artistic ideas. Me and my colleague were allowed to paint one of my school walls - it was a very unique experience, thrilling my artistic nature.

I was in love with art already, but it was my inner life. Nobody has ever encouraged to think about artist’s career. When you are a child with big potential and show very good results in many fields of education you are suggested to choose a well off profession, such as law, economics or medicine. My mother lawyer’s example played a big role to me then. Having finished school with highest results I was directed to take a well payed lawyers career...

I entered the Law department at Vilnius University and very soon started a good job with the International and the EU law… and ..suddenly then .. something happened - one day I started to look for something else, I couldn’t grasp the thing that it is all life has to offer me after graduation of law… cries at night, reading philosophy, searching for something… I didn’t know then… It was my first crisis...

Eventually it resulted in choosing artist’s path - the one that my soul desired. I nevertheless acquired the law diploma treating it as just a paper for my parents. It took a while to get strong enough to resist the pressure of my family and the social environment which surrounded me at that time - I had to leave a well payed lawyer's job, give up the promised career at the EU institutions. That period was one of the most difficult times in my life - when you work as a lawyer and you feel inside that you are 100 percent in art. I had to be so strong on my own in my dream when nobody was supporting. And I made that step into the unknown without any guarantees.. I did it because the decision was clear to me. It was without any doubt. I shut one door and opened the other. I was back on my soul path. Finally I had time just for painting though often living on a few euros in my pocket. And I am thankful from the bottom of my heart to the world because it is loving you when you live your dream. Soon I managed to sell my first paintings and make my first solo exhibition “From Inner Fire”.

Feel free to contact me!

For enquiry and ordering of the art-work

+370 68792469
dainalight1@gmail.com
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