Gaya Lastovjak, Bath, 2020

Own technique, oil, 100 x 70 x 14 cm

Signed on front, private collection

Gaya Lastovjak: MA in art history graduated from the University of Warsaw.
Contemporary figurative artist creating three-dimensional paintings with her own technique using papier-mache, canvas and oil paint.
The author touches on a human theme in each of her works, she is absorbed by the other person and related issues, and observing numerous environments has become an initiation to various avenues of introspection.
The figures in her paintings assume poses that are characteristic of humans, thus showing a specific social problem such as loneliness, limitation, pressure or anonymity. The current subject matter of the works focuses on issues related to perception and transformation but especially on empathy and the depiction of various emotional states of human beings. The serious subject matter collides with the harmonious form of the paintings. Canvases covered mainly with white paint are static, colors are replaced by shadow, balancing between painting and sculpture, giving both fields a new dimension.

Gaya Lastovjak's art escapes all classifications and definitions, it is subtle and critical at the same time. The artist has participated in many exhibitions, both individual and collective, and has collaborated with galleries: Galeria Next, Saatchiart, ArtMo, ArtinHouse, Singulart, Monshareart Gallery in Milan, Polskajungart in Vienna and Art Show International Gallery in Los Angeles as well as auction houses: Desa Unicum, DNA, SDA, Fineart's. Her paintings have been exhibited internationally in Austria, Portugal and Italy, and many have been purchased by private collectors from Switzerland, the US, Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, etc.
In addition, she is involved in paper sculpture and installation, performance art and happenings.