
Judita Židžiūnienė is a well known graphic artist and book illustrator. She
lives and works in Vilnius. In 2002 she graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Faculty of
Fine Arts, Graphics Department, where she obtained the Master’s degree. Professor’s A. Žvilius
works as well as his teaching were her early influences. In search of her personal style Judita
was regularly improving her skills at artistic plain-airs and individually, creating new forms and
expositions. Her artistic career was a success not only in Lithuania but also far beyond its
borders: personal and group exhibitions in Germany, Russia, Japan, France and other countries. Book
cover designs by Judita are presented on the stands of the most famous Publishing Houses of Lithuania.
Judita was able to express herself by using very different art techniques including etching, pastel
or painting on wood. While looking at her works it is not easy to recognise that all of them are
by the same artist — the variety is impressive, as if the vision of „elusive artist”. The etchings
by Judita represent classical graphics, often decorated with colours, with notable graceful
line. To describe them in one word: that’s elegant. Sensitive and subtle. The works are interesting
from the point of view of style: they join the text and the drawing revealing the deeper context. Pastel
is one of the favourite artist’s techniques. In her series of pastels she managed to touch and
sense the creative spaces of M. K. Čiurlionis. For a long time they were the great source of
inspiration and are still fascinating... Painting on wood, shading in Chinese ink on canvas
is one more artistic experiment, reflecting the depths of creativity and the flight of
spirit... As she is a dreamer...
In her works Judita tries to emphasise the aesthetic-spiritual and meditative function of
art, opposing the aggressive trends in contemporary art. She is not going to imitate
the traditional shapes as she is devoted to the subjective expression where the feelings, positivism
and conveyance of the state of mind are essential. The spiritual intention is important
to her in the true sense of the word, i.e. it is the aspiration to change the external appearances
and visual phenomena into the symbols of transformation.