ARVYDAS KARVELIS

Arvydas Karvelis was born in 1965, Klaipėda. In 1983-1990 he studied graphic design at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. He is a member of the Lithuanian Artists Union, the Klaipėda County Artists Union and a member of the “Doooooris” artist group. He creates in the fields of painting, graphics, installation and collage. Also he participates in exhibitions since 1989 and organized approximately 20 personal exhibitions.

A. Karvelis creations are full of mysticism which is very typical for his work, flashing with keys, coins, screws, bolts, cords, stones, zippers and teeming with restless thoughts like some strange living things, dripping with raindrops, tears or amber inclusions… There is something fatal, mournful hiding in the works. Just as in that dark mountain or high up in the sky above the city. This is particularly relevant in today’s reality, when the world is drowning in common problems and the loss of humanity… Not only the enigmatic stories of his paintings are intriguing and fascinating, but also their texture, how A. Karvelis treats the surfaces of his works. He paints on cardboards, canvas, boards or some former pieces of furniture, forcing them to fray, poke, hug, scratch and crack like glass in ways known only to him. His works are full of everything. Maybe nowadays his painting is not as rebellious and playful as before as there is more sadness and even more mystery in it. Truthfully, the author has always been able to show serious things through a prism of fun.