"At the MONADOS exhibition, I present the latest cycle of paintings. The main idea is connections, distances and the subjects relations expressed through it. This topic is organically intertwined with my creative contemplations. Observing nature, I turn my gaze from the subject towards what moves it and connects it with the whole.
I compare the stone motif with the concept of a monad. Each monad have individual experience, it is not available to anyone else and unfolds only through interaction. Cezanne painted the air between himself and Mount Victoria. The stones resonate with each other. That invisible experience is the goal.
It was interesting to paint this cycle. I am fascinated by the peacefulness of the philosophical unit of monad. Despite its impersonal, I am affected only by monad presence and the purity of the idea."
- Simona Merijauskaitė
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Simona Merijauskaitė (b. 1989) – a young generation Lithuanian painter. In 2015 graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Master’s degree in painting (in the studio of prof. Henrikas Čerapas, artworks cycle „The Last Ice Age Civilization“). In 2016 she received individual State grant for the creator of culture and art, held her first solo exhibitions "My Kosmo", "Black Holes in the Sky". 2017 was granted the status of art creator. In 2020 and 2021 received a sholarship for culture and art creators. Since 2011 actively participates in cultural activities. S. Merijauskaitė currently lives in Žemaitija where she creates and maintains a video blog:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC71_i4ZK7AcmPKsxJPVqldw
The exhibition is partly funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.