The Rooster Gallery invites you to the exhibition The Deep by painter Ieva Trinkūnaitė. In her latest works, the artist turns a careful gaze toward the oceans, their rich biodiversity, and the threats they face.

Images of animals dominate Trinkūnaitė’s work. She renders them with great attentiveness and detail, conveying a particular tenderness and care. Through animal portraits, she empathetically explores interspecies relationships and the fragility of these connections. By placing aquatic and terrestrial beings together within seascapes and coastal landscapes, the artist seems to reaffirm that we are all continuations of the same life, breathing the same air –every second molecule of oxygen of which is generated by the ocean, the vital lungs of our planet. Even a small change in this sensitive system – a butterfly’s wingbeat – can trigger powerful changes that affect us all.

Warming waters, rising sea levels, overfishing, ocean pollution, intensifying storms, ecosystem shifts, bleaching coral reefs, and the loss of underwater habitats: due to human-induced climate change, the oceans – which regulate our planet’s climate and sustain biodiversity – are facing increasing danger. Observing the world from an ecological perspective, the painter’s canvases hold not only premonitions of these threats. She also captures and preserves the idyll of our fragile and vulnerable world – clear rippling waters, shimmering sunlight, glossy soft fur, friendly shining eyes, harmony and companionship. Ecological tension intertwines here with a melancholic longing for a world that may soon no longer exist.

Ieva Trinkūnaitė (b. 1997) is an emerging artist of the younger generation. After graduating in 2020 with a degree in graphic arts from the Vilnius Academy of Arts, she has worked in intaglio printmaking techniques, created mixed-media drawings, and painted. Since 2018, she has participated in group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad and has held solo exhibitions in Lithuania and South Korea. Her works are held in the collections of the TAAD Foundation, the Sun Blanket Foundation, the China Printmaking Museum, and private collections.

The exhibition opens on March 20 at 6 pm. It will run until April 3 at the HERO Business Centre (21 Lvivo St., Vilnius). During the exhibition, a collaboration between the artist and composer Domantas Pūrys – who is actively working in the fields of contemporary music and sound art.  The sound piece will complement the visual exhibition, enhancing the experience of immersion into depth and creating a multilayered environment that engages the senses.

Visiting hours: Wednesday–Friday 4–7 pm, Sunday 2–5 pm.

Graphic design Eglė Kirlytė.