In 1998 he graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts, majoring in 
painting and theatre set design. For several years he has been setting movie 
design and painting at the same time. His most acclaimed work included creating 
sets for the 2001 Werner Herzog film Invincible. 
In 2004, he has devoted himself solely to painting. 

‘The paradox is what I still like very much. An unexpected proposition is always very interesting. 

Things that combine contradictory features or qualities lead to re-thinking. Looking at something 

new makes us angry, nervous, sometimes happy. For me, a paradox means making an impact’,

Vytautas Tomasevicus.

Vytautas creates his story by counterposing small to large, bright to fuzzy, 
colored to black and white, calm to expressive. ‘I like it so much and consider it 
as means of expression. Dozens of colorful exotic birds in the landscapes of an 
industrial city, graffiti-stained yaks in front of the mountains speak reminds us 
about a changing world that we do not notice when we drown in our daily routine’, 
artist states. 

In 2008 Tomaševicius was awarded First Place prize at the Baltic Art Biennial in 
Saint Petersburg. 

In 2019 he won an Excellence Award in the Open Category at the third Art Olympia 
Biennale in Tokyo, with his work A Still Life with Two Objects (2016), the 
painting was exhibited at the Metroplitan Museum of Art, of Tokyo the same year.
Tomaševicius is the first Lithuanian artist to be awarded this honor.