„Time for Art” – exibition by artist Krista Augius

Krista Augius is a Los Angeles based multimedia artist with an art studio in Malibu, California. Augius has shown in international exhibitions such as Art Market, the LA Art Show and museums such as MACC Museo Arte Contemporanea Cisternino in Italy and her art is collected internationally. Her artwork appears in movies such as Iron Man III and Fast and Furious 7. 

The Time for Art exhibit highlights three series of Augius’ artwork.  First, her art using the Mische technique that is a Dutch Master’s painting technique from the 1500’s where fine layers of oil paint and highlights of liquid glazes of color create depth and vibrant luminosity. To this technique, she has added a subject matter of the sacred geometry of nature also referred to as the Fibonacci sequence as seen in the painting, Yellow Rose Pyramids.

Augius also shows The Colors of Flower Series, a conceptual play on the Mische technique that grew from analyzing and appreciating the great number of colors needed to fully capture the actual colors of flowers during the glazing process. As a variant, Augius takes the glazing colors and places them in strips on the background of the painting while painting the flowers with the absence of color in order to illustrate the depth of her color palette.  

Lastly, is the Sparkle Series, an exploration of the emotion of joy that is prompted from the viewer by the reflection of light of the art medium against baltic birchwood. The Sparkle Series explores the elements as a manner to dispell and transofrm emotions of darkness. 

More of Krista Augius’ artwork and collecting can be found at https://www.kristaaugius.com and updates about her artwork and events are found on her Instagram handle @kristaaugiusart 

Coming from a family lineage of artists as well as influential artist mentors, Augius has a rich cultural and artistic background. Raised in Chicago as a first generation lithuanian american, she grew up with an affinity and pride for the arts and her heritage. Her grandfather, Paulius Augius, a graphic artist and her grandmother Danute Lipciute/Augiene, a writer, met studying at the Sorbonne in Paris in the 1940’s. Paulius Augius became a famous lithographer and was noted for setting the standards and the direction of graphic artists of Lithuania and beyond testified by the numerous international exhibits of his work and their ownership by internationally renowned museums.

Furthermore, Krista Augius’ great uncle Maironis is one of the most famous lithuanian poets and spiritualists having also written one of Lithuania’s national anthems, Lietuva Brangi. He is honored on the 20 litas currency of Lithuania and his home is now a cultural museum in Kaunas, Lithuania.  

Being mainly a self taught artist from childhood, Augius studied the Mische technique in the hometown of Salvador Dali, in Cadaques, Spain where her paintings took on a new depth, color and detail.  Her painting teachers, Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffman are accomplished artists and were contemporaries of Salvador Dalí. 

Augius’ personal life challenges of experiencing murder, sexual assault, emotional journeys of betrayal and surviving illness shaped the depth and fortitude of her character, the depth of her heart, her art, her artistic expression and her spiritual path. This path has offered her insight and inspiration with deep connection to the flight of the soul and the plight of humanity. And so, she follows in her family’s footsteps as an artist and a spiritualist.