The project „Ignalina is ARTi“ gifted the residents of Ignalina and city visitors three art pieces that will be permanently open to the public. The author, Mykolė Ganusauskaitė, spent her childhood summers in the Ignalina district, and the landscapes and nature of this region inspire most of the artist's works.
The painting „Marsh“ reflects the nature of Aukštaitija and interacts beautifully with the surroundings of the gymnasium, integrating into the environment. The work depicts a wetland discovered during a walk: bright and dark tree trunks soaked in still water, in which their reflections, as if an extension of the trees themselves, can be seen, contrasting with the dried white birch grove standing in the distance.
About the artist: Mykolė Ganusauskaitė (b. 1987) studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees. From 2015 to 2017, she lived and worked in Copenhagen, and since 2017, she has been based in Vilnius. She has held solo exhibitions in Lithuania, France, and Denmark, and has participated in exhibitions in Lithuania, France, Denmark, the USA, and elsewhere. In 2013, she was a laureate of the "Young Painter's Prize" competition. In 2016, she represented Lithuania at the UNESCO Art Camp held in Andorra. In 2017, she was an artist-in-residence at Saari Art Residency in Finland. In 2019, she represented Lithuania at the international artists' meeting Over „Mountains and Oceans“ held in China.
The work of Mykolė Ganusauskaitė is dominated by landscapes. In the artist's paintings, they move away from direct representation of nature, characterized by stylized, geometric, flattened forms of natural scenery, which appear theatrical, like empty stage decorations.
The wall was decorated by Tadas Vincaitis-Plūgas, the most famous representative of the neofresco genre in Lithuania and one of its pioneers.
The project, partially funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture, was implemented by the Ignalina NPP Regional Development Agency.
Information updated 2025-12-11
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