Biography
ARVY - young artist from Lithuania, was born in 2001. Graduated from art college in painting class in 2016.
He is the 4th generation of the family of performance artists. His father and first his art critic is Arvydas Gaiciunas, artist nicknamed Retne - professional art painter, artist, magician, illusionist of the "Magic Theater DiArchy".
ARVY is also a famous singer and YouTube blogger who has millions of viewers. The songs of the artist known and sung by the planted fans of the young Lithuanian generation.
As his father's assistant and now as an artist himself in the art world from childhood. The inspiration behind his work comes from RAP music and street art.
Influences
Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Motherwell, Wassily Kandinsky, Rene Magritte, Paul Klee, Kurt Schwitters, Joan Miro, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Francis Bacon, Elaine de Kooning, Egon Schile, Edward Hopper, Edvard Munch, Cindy Sherman, Banksy, Ad Reinhardt, Alberto Giacometti, Amedeo Modigliani, Arshile Gorky
Education
2018-2019 In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting by The Museum of Modern Art on Coursera. New York, New York, United States
1984-1991 Moscow State College of Circus and Pop Art Moscow, Russia
The artist at work
Solo Expositions
2020 Exhibition of paintings by magic master Arvydas Gaičiūnas "Spontaneous Codes of Self-Expression / 4-13-52 /". Panevėžys, Lithuania
2019 Magical paintings by the famous magician A.Gaičiūnas are presented at Šiauliai Arena for the first time! Šiauliai, Lithuania
2018 Solo Art Exhibition Druskininkai, Lithuania
Collective Expositions
2021 Art Shopping. Carrousel du Louvre. 22 to 24 October 2021. Paris, France
2021 Art Shopping. Carrousel du Louvre. 18 to 20 June 2021. Paris, France
2021 ADAF 2020 Annual Dutch Art Fair Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020 Lockdown Sessions Antwerpen, Belgium
Publications & Press
2020 Rotary International Convention. 2020.09.07. Victoria Siegel bought a luxury artwork by Retne artist at a record price at a charity auction. Druskininkai, Lithuania
2019 In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting by The Museum of Modern Art on Coursera New York, New York, United States
2019 Magical paintings by the famous magician A.Gaičiūnas are presented at Šiauliai Arena for the first time! Šiauliai, Lithuania
2019 INCREDIBLE AND MOST DANGEROUS PERFORMANCE On the occasion of the anniversary, I was buried alive. Druskininkai, Lithuania
2019 Magic Master A. Gaičiūnas will present his debut exhibition in Druskininkai. Druskininkai, Lithuania
