BIO

Sarune Kaupas (b. 1976, Lithuania) is a visual artist based in Oslo whose multidisciplinary practice explores the poetic and symbolic potential of materials to reflect on identity, belonging, and transformation

ARTIST STATEMENT

My artistic practice unfolds through a multidisciplinary approach at the intersection of painting, textile, drawing, and installation. I work with both traditional media—such as oil, acrylic, and ink—and materials that carry their own symbolic resonance: found textiles, soil, salt, bread, soap, and interior paint. These materials carry traces of life and memory, becoming integral to the narrative of each work.

I am interested in how the sensory and the symbolic meet within visual form, and how the histories of materials can convey experiences connected to identity, community, and transformation. My practice is guided by a desire to listen to the silent stories embedded in materials and to explore their poetic and social dimensions.

After completing my Master’s degree in Site-Specific Art at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, I worked for a decade within an artist collective in Lithuania, focusing on oil painting and drawing that explored urban environments, people in motion, and everyday observations. The work was grounded in craftsmanship, material understanding, and poetic attention to the human and the urban.

Today, my practice has evolved toward conceptually driven, relational, and process-oriented projects. Materiality remains at the core of my approach—both as a poetic language and as a means of social reflection. I see my artistic work as a continuous dialogue between material and meaning, between personal experience and shared structures.