Street art

Linas Kaziulionis has successfully defended his painting diploma at Vilnius Art Academy, 2018 granted professional artist status provided by Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. Linas is currently studying for a master’s degree in painting.
He has been active in the art world for more than seven years, participates in interdisciplinary and painting projects, and at the beginning of the year he founded the public creative studio K ART 7 in the Old Town of Vilnius, where artistic presentations are gaining momentum.
The artistic experience of L. Kaziulionis can be divided into two parts: one – muralistic art, which made the artist known even outside the country, and secondly – classical painting, which is interesting for its depth, conceptual and freshness. L. Kaziulionis’ large-scale muralistic works have become the landscapes of the city or certain subcultures inviting to dialogue with the artists and history of the past. This is a favorite theme by Linas Kaziulionis, which is escalated in more than one of his works – well-known works of classical art are interwoven with the images and details of the modern world, questioning their influence and place in the life of modern man. The use of different authors, characters, installation of works using the latest technologies becomes a leitmotif of L. Kaziulionis work, enticing even a young audience who is not interested in art. Meanwhile, classical oil painting is very intimate, small-format, contemplative.

1. The work of art “Dadaist Mona Lisa in the 21st Century” is a combination of the fragments of “Mona Lisa” and math problems. Technological solutions are added to the painting. This work is painted with 3D effect; Mona Lisa is wearing special glasses made of light tubes. Objective of this project – exhibition of visual art in new and interactive manner, using innovation and technologies, and expanding the limits of the understanding of traditional art.
2. “Lady with an Ermine” and “La Belle Ferronniere” transformed into modern ladies, who play chess with their headphones on. According to the author of this idea, this game, as a symbol of wisdom, courage, insight and diligence, is a particularly suitable detail for the University’s exterior.
3. In today’s world, we face a huge flow of information, which makes it extremely difficult for everyone to deal with it. We can say that information is a very good and useful thing, but from another angle, a person seems to “close” his information bubble and can no longer process it correctly or find reliable information, which has recently become a very big problem in today’s digital in the world.

Since 2013, while working in product and graphic design for startup firms in Georgia and Vietnam she started illustrating children’s books and began painting. She came to discover a fictional universe with its own stories and characters, which she later formalized as a visual brand called Masholand (www.masholand.com). She used different media to express the idea of Masholand, such as illustrations, mural painting, prints, animation, game design, UI/UX design, and merchandising. In 2019 she received MSc in Digital Learning Games at Tallinn University (Estonia) where she was focused on research, educational games, and gamified mobile applications. After graduation, Masho lived in New York City and worked remotely as a product designer. Due to the virus, she came back to Georgia and now continues collaborating with different brands and working on various projects.

All of my walls tell the stories of Masholanders. They come from a parallel universe filled with different places, creatures, and stories. By going through a yellow door you can get to Masholand, but if you leave that door open, its creatures come and mix with your universe and try to mimic its inhabitants. For example, that’s how Nosy-birds, calm flamingos, and human-like Masholanders were born.

Born in 1985.
I am an alumnus of Belarusian National Technical University majoring in architecture with the degree of Master of Science in Architecture.
Currently I am a head and hands of TAKTAK crew.
Here is the geography of my outdoor murals:
– Belarus (cities and towns: Minsk, Vitsebsk, Grodna, Brest, Valozhyn, Ivianets, Malaryta, Baranavichy, Kletsk, Glusha, Stoubtsy, Klichau, etc,..).
– Poland (Bialystok, Gdansk, Chelmno, Korycin).
– Russia (Moscow, Nalchik).
– Latvia (Riga).
– Kazakhstan (Almaty)/
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kontra_taktak/
Website : http://taktak.by/

— KONTRA_1: My “Back to Vistula” mural during 9hillsfestival is based on an engraving of medieval Chelmno in which I portrayed a guy and a girl launching boats on the Vistula river. Location:Chelmno, Poland.

— KONTRA_2: “My Minsk” mural is based on an engraving depicting Minsk, dated 1772. I added the coat of arms obtained by our city after the adoption of the Magdeburg Law in 1499 and the girl in bright socks and a scarf and launched ships “witsiny” on the Svisloch River. Location: Minsk, Belarus.
“My Minsk” mural is a charity project, my gift to the Minsk.

— KONTRA_3 and KONTRA_4 murals are based on a unique stylized double weaving technique, once widespread among weavers in Belarus and Poland, but almost forgotten. Only a few weavers remained who possessed this technique, so I decided to honor it.

KONTRA_3 (red) mural location: Chysts, Maladzyechna district, Belarus.

KONTRA_4 (blue) mural location: Perabroddzie, Miory district, Belarus.

— KONTRA_5: This mural depicts a fantasy moment from the everyday life of an ordinary graffiti writer:) Location: Minsk, Belarus.