Gaya Lastovjak, The Bad Advisor

Gaya Lastovjak

Education: Master’s degree in art history from the University of Warsaw.
A contemporary figurative artist who creates three-dimensional works using her own technique involving papier-mâché, canvas, and oil paint.
In each of her works, the artist explores the human condition; she is fascinated by other people and the issues associated with them, and observing diverse social circles has become a gateway to various paths of introspection.
The figures in her works assume poses characteristic of human beings, thereby highlighting specific social issues such as loneliness, limitation, pressure, or anonymity. The current themes of her work focus on issues related to perception and transformation, but above all on empathy and the depiction of various human emotional states. The serious subject matter contrasts with the harmonious form of the paintings. The canvases, covered mainly in white paint, are static; color is replaced by shadow, and they balance between painting and sculpture, lending both disciplines a new dimension.

Gaja Lastovjak’s art defies all classifications and definitions; it is subtle yet critical. The artist has participated in numerous exhibitions, both solo and group, and has collaborated with galleries including: Galeria Next, Saatchiart, ArtMo, ArtinHouse, Singulart, Monshareart Gallery in Milan, Polskajungart in Vienna, and Art Show International Gallery in Los Angeles, as well as with auction houses such as Desa Unicum, DNA, SDA, and Fineart’s. Her paintings have been featured in international exhibitions in Austria, Portugal, and Italy, and many have been acquired by private collectors from Switzerland, the U.S., Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and other countries.
In addition, she works with paper sculpture and installation, as well as performance art and happenings.

EXHIBITIONS

2025 “Vibrations,” group exhibition, Monat Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2025 “100 Friends,” group exhibition, Grunwald Art Gallery, Grunwald, Poland
2025 “Paris Winter Art Boutique,” group exhibition, Espace Sorbone 4, Paris, France2024 October Art Showcase at Red Gallery, solo exhibition, Tarnów, Poland
2024 Tarnów Art Biennial, group exhibition, Mościce Art Center, Tarnów, Poland
2024 “House of Art,” group exhibition, The Fusion Art Gallery, Villa El Martinete, Marbella, Spain
2024 LABO Sculpture Biennial, group exhibition, ToTuart Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2024 “Who Ar(T) You? Miami Edition,” group exhibition, Emporium Brazil Design Gallery, Miami, USA
2024 “Open Art”—group exhibition, Artist Space, USA
2024 “Shadows” – group exhibition, Royal Blue Gallery, United Kingdom
2024 “Figurative”—group exhibition, Light Space & Time Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
2024 “Open Art”—group exhibition, Grey Cube Gallery, USA
2024 “Dualism,” solo exhibition, Jatki Art Gallery, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland
2023 “Christmas Exhibition,” group exhibition, DNA Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2023 Warsaw Art Fair, solo booth + happening, Expo XXI, Warsaw, Poland
2023 Rome Art Week, group exhibition, represented by Arte Borgo Gallery, Palazzo Cancelleria Vaticana, Rome, Italy
2023 14th Florence Art Biennale, group exhibition, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2023 “Serenity,” group exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2023 Artexpo Basel 2.0, Artbox Project, group exhibition, Basel, Switzerland
2023 “Connections” – group exhibition, Museo Venanzo Crocetti, Rome, Italy
2023 “Artists on the Rise”—group exhibition and auction, Chinwe Russell Art Gallery, Doncaster, United Kingdom
2023 “Combined” – group exhibition, MicksArt Gallery, Emmen, Netherlands
2023 “In Bloom” – group exhibition, The Gallery by Mui, Washington, D.C., USA
2023 “Figures or Faces” – group exhibition, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, USA
2023 “Open Art” – group exhibition, Art Room Modern Art Gallery, United Kingdom
2023 “Gaya Lastovjak” – solo exhibition, Marvelous Art Gallery, Pool, United Kingdom
2022 19th Warsaw Art Fair, group exhibition, Expo XXI, Warsaw, Poland
2022 “Sweet Dreams (They’re Made of This)” – group exhibition, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2022 “We, the Contemporary” – group exhibition, Palazzo Velli Expo, Rome, Italy
2022 “Dreams” – group exhibition, Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2022 Venice Art Biennale – “We Are Reversal” – group exhibition, Musa Pavilion, Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice, Italy
International Contemporary Art Fair / Monaco Art 3F, group exhibition, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2022
“The Other Art Fair Virtual Edition” – group exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
“New Generation” – group exhibition, IAA Gallery, Miami, USA, 2022
“Artists Drawing and Painting the Human Figure” – ArtisTTable 44th Edition – group exhibition, ArtisTTable Gallery, Acme, USA, 2022
“Artist Choice VIII” – participation in an international juried visual arts exhibition, Camelback Gallery, Denver, USA, 2022
“Downtown Chiado 22—9th edition”—group exhibition, Atelier Natalia Gromicho, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022
“All Women” – group exhibition, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, Missoula, USA, 2022
“Christmas Art.” – group exhibition, Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2021/2022
“Art Walkway” – group exhibition, Cael Pipin Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2021
“Gaya Lastovjak” – solo exhibition, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2021
“Savasana”—a project created in collaboration with Wojciech Kukuczka, Full Moon Art Fest, Chorzów, Poland, 2021
“Connected” – solo exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, 2021
“Natural elements” – group exhibition, Divulgarti Gallery, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy, 2021
Included in the permanent collection, Polskajungart Gallery, Vienna, Austria, 2020
“The Unfinished” – participation in the 5 STACJA art festival (Negatyw Gallery), Katowice, Poland, 2017
“Shapes” – solo exhibition, BWA, Sandomierz, Poland, 2016
“Colorlessness” – solo exhibition, Ludowy Theater, Kraków, Poland, 2015
“Preservation” – solo exhibition + happening, Negatyw Gallery, Katowice, Poland, 2015
“Critical Forms” – solo exhibition, DNA Gallery, Wrocław, Poland, 2015
“Opening of a Single Painting” – solo exhibition, Stu Świec Theater, Kraków, Poland, 2014
“Chessboard” – solo exhibition, Alchemia, Kraków, Poland, 2014
“The Distorted” – solo outdoor exhibition / performance, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
“Sculpted from Bodies” – solo exhibition, Schody Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2010
“Alchemia” – solo exhibition, Hydro4, Warsaw, Poland, 2009
“Differences” – solo exhibition, Polyester, 2008/2009, Warsaw, Poland
“Interactions” – group exhibition, The Two of Us Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2008
“Good Centimetre” – group exhibition, Śródmieście Cultural Center, Warsaw, Poland, 2008

COMPETITIONS

2023
Honorable Mention, 14th edition of the Itsliquid competition, Italy
Special Mention, 6th Artist Grant Competition, Teravarna Gallery, USA
Artist of the Month, June 2023, Camelback Gallery, USA
Nomination, Art Talent Fair, Italy
Nomination, BBA Artist Prize, Germany
Certificate Award, Figurative Painting February, Global Painting Conclave, Canada
Honorable Mention, Open Category, Art Room Gallery
Honorable Mention, 5th Figurative Competition, Art Show International Gallery, USA
Special Award, Global Talent Art Prize, United Kingdom

2022
Silver Award, Global Painting Conclave – Portrait Category, Canada
First Place, Art Brut / Turmoil Category, American Art Awards, USA
First Place, Artist Grant – Spring, Art Show International Gallery, USA
Nomination, Premio Combat Prize, Italy
Finalist, International Art Award, USA
Second Place, Figuratively Speaking Competition, ArtisTTable Gallery, USA
Honorable Mention, 3rd Figurative Competition, Art Show International Gallery, USA
Nomination for the Yicca Art Prize, Italy
Bronze Award, “Artist Choice VIII” International Visual Arts Competition, Camelback Gallery, USA
Honorable Mention, “Open” Category, Art Show International Gallery, USA
Merit Prize, “3rd Portrait” category, Art Show International Gallery, USA
5th Place, Top 10, Category: Three-Dimensional Works, “All Women” Art, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, USA
Special Recognition Award, 3D Art category, “All Women” Art, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, USA
Accepted to participate in the 14th Florence Art Biennale 2023

2021
Recognition Prize, Palm Art Award, Germany
Talent Prize, 2nd Figurative Art Competition, Art Show International Gallery, USA
4th place in the Sculpture-Representation category, American Art Awards, USA
Nomination (twice), Yicca Art Prize, Italy
Nomination, Boynes Artist Award, Australia
Nomination, Global Art Award, Japan