BIO
Vineta Cook is a Lithuanian artist now residing in the United States. From early childhood she was dabbling in art, participating in contests, drawing and creating hodgepodge works, using glue, cosmetics or anything she could find in a field around her village that might suit. At age fifteen Vineta won the second place silver medallion in a European Union art contest held in Lithuania and later went on to study art, where she received her BA at Vilnius Pedagogical University. Today she is marketing her originals over the Internet and in galleries. After the university Vineta realized that she needed to hone in on a certain unique theme, but tried many avenues before she began to realize her own past, the multimedia format that launched her artistic drives from the beginning. While she still used oils in all her works at that time, in order to express her self with color, it was incomplete without the richness of textures that she could completely convey with other additional materials, such as fabric, paper, string or metals. It was only after coming to the U.S. that she began to hone further in on the means to express herself with oils alone, which is where she is now with chromatic landscapes. As an artist, it gives her great satisfaction to be able to share own work with others around the world, if at least they simply view the images of Vineta Cook work over the Internet and check up on it from time to time. Many thanks to those who believe in the Artist’s work and come back to view them again and again.
RESUME
Objective:
- To acquire additional fine art gallery exhibitions
Experience:
- Nov, 02-th 2007 Art Walk Columbus,IN
Invitational Exhibition
- Aug-Dec 2007 Bistro 310 Columbus,IN
Invitational Exhibition
- Aug, 24-th 2007 Art Walk Columbus,IN
Invitational Exhibition
- Jul-Oct 2007 The American Gallery Sylvania,OH
Fine Arts Gallery Exhibition
- Jun-Jul 2007 Short Film - "A Suitable Fantasy" Toledo, OH
Art Director
- March 17-th 2005 Vilnius Youth Gallery Vilnius, LT
Group Exhibition
- May 7-th 1997 National "Martynas Mazvydas" Library Vilnius, LT
Juried Exhibition
Education:
- 2001–2005 Vilnius Pedagogical University Vilnius, LT
· B.A., Art & Technology
- 2000–2001 Private Study Birzai, LT
· Rima Briediene – charcoals, pencil, acrylics
· E.Skuja – charcoals and pencil
· V. Jazauskas – still life acrylics
Awards:
- 2008 The Best of 2007 Artsource Emerging Artist New York, NY
- 2007 Manhattan Arts International Gallery New York, NY
Award of Excellence
· 24th Anniversary Competition
- 2001 Vilnius Pedagogical University Vilnius, LT
Academic Scholarship
- 1997 EU Council & Committee Vilnius, LT
Silver Medal & Diploma
· European Culture for the 21st Century
- 1997 “Pasijutau kaip niekad-zmogus is Lietuvos” Vilnius, LT
Art Display on Page 15 of 210
· Publisher: Vyturys
ARTIST STATEMENT
I cannot imagine a life without art. From early childhood I was developing my artistic talents, which was carried through first and secondary schools and then on to my university studies. I always need to be creating something, continuously progressing. For me the creative process is like living in a magical land where all my dreams can and do come true. I feel that with just one painting I can express worlds more than I ever could with words. I create because I cannot stop creating; it is the air I breathe. What would the world be without color? In the same. what would I be without art? Art is my own inner world full of all emotions, dreams and hopes.
Many people keep journals or diaries. I do as well, but for me these alone are not enough. My emotions, memories, and inner-world images of color are documented best in my paintings, my visual diary, and each painting is a unique page of this book. My colors are strong and bright—for they represent an unearthly dream coinciding with reality. The air is intended to vibrate, leaving the audience with the feeling that their actions are represented in the painting.
I paint because I’m the creator who can exist only by creating. I paint because without it I am another. But it’s not only for myself; I want to share with my world and creations with the world. I want to do my part in making this world more beautiful and more colorful in order to counter the ever-growing ugliness and emptiness that I too often see.
From my earliest artistic endeavors, I was attracted to Abstract Art, and I still am of the opinion that realism is inadequate for the depth of the audience’s emotions and experiences. My paintings invite one to think, to delve into color and to view the world through colored eyes. I invite one to see and find what is important for each of us individually on an emotional level. It is important to me that every time someone returns to a particular painting of mine he or she will always find something new; boredom is expelled with such undertakings. I believe intellectuals and spiritually enriched individuals best appreciate my art—for in my work, not everything is explained to the end, leaving room for creative interpretation. Not everyone is privileged for such responsibilities.
My paintings are based on a fantasy world, mine, where I can go each day for a walk; it is then that the paintings acquire a special spirit. When paintings take you into the world presented, one often finds it difficult to walk away—for every moment expressed is an adventure, an emotional discovery.
In addition to my paintings, I adore abstract photography. I attempt to surprise with utter simplicity, a new angle of commonplace things, generally close-ups. Strong color, balance, light, texture, composition, varied lighting techniques are very important for my work. I want to show the importance of basic shapes, the beauty that all our worldly things are based on. And by themselves, they have their own beauty, their own manner. I try to show unique angles of ordinary things in hopes that one will find the surprises one finds from looking into a microscope or telescope; from this approach I delve into minimalistic and abstract splendor. In order to mark my works with pure originality of the muse, I remove small details to enhance burly shape standing on its own, as we all inevitably do naturally.
I'm Influenced by:
- Van Gough,
- M.K.Ciurlionis,
- J.Pollock,
- K.Zimblyte,
- E.Munk
