hOMe: 2018 — ∞ Solo Exhibition by Aušra KleizaitÄ—
Featuring a series of drawings created from 2018 to 2025, the exhibition explores themes of emotional safety, memory, and belonging through the elemental gesture of the line.
KleizaitÄ— lives and works between Lithuania and India, and her work reflects this movement across cultures, drawing on both Eastern and Western visual languages. Her practice begins with a single dot and unfolds into trembling, breathing lines that evoke inner landscapes, spiritual reflection, and a quiet search for peace.
Through paper, charcoal, and pastel, KleizaitÄ— conjures a dreamlike world where animals and human figures coexist — each in pursuit of stillness, fragility, and a sense of home.
About the Artist:
Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, Aušra KleizaitÄ— is a contemporary visual artist working across drawing, textile, and sculpture. Trained as a printmaker and textile artist, she creates expressive works on paper that explore the intersections of Eastern and Western aesthetics and cultural perspectives. At times, her drawings evolve into three-dimensional forms and become part of larger installations.
Since 2002, Aušra has lived and worked between Vilnius—the Baroque capital and largest city in Lithuania — and the lush, overgrown jungles of India. In 2013, she visited Odisha, a state in India with roots in the ancient kingdom of Kalinga, and was deeply drawn to its cultural richness.
Her regular travel between Lithuania and India continues to inform her work with fresh perspectives on human experience, relationships, and everyday life. Her practice reflects a sustained interest in the human condition, both spiritual and social. Guided by four principles — story, aesthetic, light, and emotion—she uses simple materials such as paper, charcoal, and pastel to tell layered, emotionally resonant stories. Her drawings explore the full spectrum of experience: war and peace, death and life, hatred and love, failure and belief.
Aušra KleizaitÄ— has presented solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Ukraine, Georgia, and India.
In 2004, she received the UNESCO-Aschberg Fellowship, and that same year was awarded The Best Artwork of the Year 2003 (Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania) for her piece The Art of Being a Girl. Her work is held in private collections worldwide.
SLA Art Space is a 501© (3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating and offering a wide range of cultural events, including live performances, film screenings, panel discussions, and gallery exhibitions that explore the evolving diversity and richness of Lithuanian culture.
SLA Art Space strives to strengthen the identity and community of individuals of Lithuanian descent by generating new ideas and promoting cross-cultural dialogues through partnerships and cultural projects that provide mutual value and new perspectives, inviting audiences of all ages and backgrounds to engage and share culture and art.
Time: 5:00-8:00 pm EST
Free!
