Tomas Lagūnavičius/ Art & Activism

Tomas Lagūnavičius is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. He is a multi-disciplinary, mixed-media artist and his art has always been a manifestation of his vision of the world. His creative work includes visual and performing arts. Tomas Lagūnavičius has so far organized over 37 solo exhibitions, staged over 50 performances, and participated in 56 international biennales - exhibitions such as the 13th Florence Biennial in Florence, Italy (Florence, 2021), and the Earth Art Exhibition "Balance" at the Botanical Gardens of Vilnius University (2021). The artist regularly exhibits his paintings in various exhibitions in different countries: at Tower Bridge BOOMER Gallery (London, 2023), ARTLY MIX Gallery (Sao Paulo, 2023), ARTIO GALLERY Gallery (Toronto, 2023), COLLECT ART Gallery (Tbilisi, 2023), etc. Tomas also has been a finalist in various competitions. In December 2023, Tomas Lagūnavičius' work in the digital art and photography category was awarded second place in the "Animal Kingdom" competition organized by the virtual gallery Fusion Art (Sante Fe, New Mexico).

Interdisciplinary artist Tomas Lagūnavičius is a member of the Association for Visual Arts (AVA), International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM), Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), International Association of Visual Artists (IAVA), National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), Association for Latin American Art (ALAA), Visual Artists Association (VAA), Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA), European Association for the Study of Theatre and Performance (EASTAP), International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA) and other associations.

Tomas Lagunavicius is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in digital and performance art. His vision is meta-conceptualism. For him, it is important to create a concept first and then represent it. Since 2006 he has been creating visual art objects such as installations, paintings, photographs, digital art, and so on. Tomas considers himself a post-matrix person. A post-matrix person is a person who has many selves. He does not try to suppress any of his selves. For example, he may be a painter and he may be a psychologist and he may be a marketer. All of them need to be given time, space, and energy to excel in their fields. There is no contradiction between them and there may be no connection. They can exist side by side at the same time. The rational self of the marketer may have nothing to do with the sentimental self of the writer. Tomas uses over 200 creative techniques. Different techniques are used in different types of art. He distinguishes between visual arts, performing arts, and textual arts. When he first starts he thinks about what he would like to say or hide in his artwork, then he uses different creative techniques to find the best solution and then he puts it into practice.