Artworks by Junija (Yuna) Galejeva

Hello, I'm Junija (Yuna) Galejeva, a painter and musicologist, based in Vilnius, Lithuania, where I work as an editor for the national radio program LRT Klasika and lecture on the history of baroque opera at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. I'm used to hearing from people that they see music in my paintings. As a musicologist, I know the language of music "from within," and I approach painting with a musician's mentality. That's probably why abstraction appeals to me more. It is important to me to keep the artwork open to interpretation by the viewer so that there is something new to see each time. Just as we listen to music, we hear it differently each time and it is always very personal. I strive to make the painting dynamic, with a musical movement that expresses a flow of time and thought.
But it is not only music that inspires me. Rather, music is a way of thinking. I am inspired by nature, literature, theatre, exhibitions, philosophy, psychology, science fiction, and myths. It enables me to view the world more broadly, as though from the side, to find some really important things in daily life—beauty, ideas, thoughts and emotions—that purify the soul. The main goal is to express thoughts and feelings, to convey an emotional state and to evoke associations.
I do my paintings in oils, acrylics mainly on canvas. Halftones, nuances of colour, and the ability of colours to express emotions are very important to me. As well as spontaneity and freedom of brushstrokes. I like soft, meditative brushstrokes and thin layers that connect and overlap. Colour is the protagonist of all my paintings. Colours, rhythms and lights are free from material objects. I like the repetitive patterns. The pulsation of colours and lights. It sounds like minimalism (minimal music). Unfocused elements help to reflect the eye, making the viewer look more inward, into their soul, than outward.
I use both soft and bold, expressive brushstrokes. It depends on the concept. The technique always serves an idea. I cannot say that I only pick up the brush when something has inspired me or "hit me." I feel the urge to paint in my right hand and somewhere in the scruff area all the time, and if I don't paint for more than three weeks, I get irritable or melancholic. It's only when I paint that I feel alive.
I graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (master's degree), Savickas Art School, and Kunigunda's Dineikaitė's painting studio "Baltas kubas." I participate in charity activities and group exhibitions as a member of the Lithuanian group of painters "Devyni vėjai."
I have so far participated in over 60 exhibitions in 
Vilnius, Trakai, Nida, Palanga, Mažeikiai (Lithuania),
Milan, Rome, Villasanta, Veroli, Bologna (Italy),
Fuerteventura (Spain),
Paris, Le Havre  (France),
Amsterdam (Netherlands), T
Tokyo (Japan).

 Latest group non-virtual exhibitions:

2024 - THINKING TO THE FUTURE, PARIS 

2023 - CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION, EXTERYO Sr1, VILLASANTA (MB)

​2023 - MELANCHOLY, BURO, BOLOGNA (BO)

2023 - NOON - CHI, PALAZZO VELLI EXPO, Rome (Italy) 

​2023 - COLOURS AND SOUNDS, GALERIE MS, Le Havre (France) 

2023 - Thinking to the FUTURE, Art Gallery KUJAKU, Tokyo (Japan)

2023 - LOVE youself Art Exhibition, Art Showrooms, Milan (Italy) 

​2022 - ART & TECHNOLOGY, SOUND LIGHT COLOR ATELIER, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 

2022 - NEW ART VIBES The Languages of Contemporary Art, GALLERIA  AZOTE, Paris (France)

2022 - INSPIRED BY ČIURLIONIS, XVI International Mažeikiai Art Festival, Mažeikiai (Lithuania) 

2022 - NEW ART VIBES 2.0, EXTERYO, Villasante (Italy) 

2022 - NEW ART VIBES, Medina Art Gallery, Rome (Italy) 

2021 - ALDILA’, Beyond the Obvious, M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY, Milano (Italy) - Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias - Spain) 

Solo exhibitions:

2023 - PSYCROMA, Crystal sala d'arte, Veroli Fr (Italy) 

2022 - FOCUS, Savicko Pictures Gallery, Vilnius

2021 - SEASONS, AVNT Gallery, Vilnius

2018 - AUTHORSHIP OF THE PAST, ARS Gallery, Vilnius

2018 - AUTHORSHIP OF THE PAST, AVNT Gallery Vilnius

2017 - SILENCE, LRT Gallery, Vilnius

2017 - SENSES OF IMAGE, PSI Gallery, Vilnius

2015 - UNTITLED, Karoliniškės Music School, Vilnius