ROMAS ASTRAUSKAS
Romas Astrauskas, an MFA graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York, is a Toronto based artist and writer. He has exhibited extensively throughout the city participating in numerous group and solo shows within the commercial gallery circuit and has also had work displayed in several museum surveys including appearances at the Power-Plant (Toronto), The Plug-In Institute (Winnipeg) and the Art and Culture Centre of Hollywood. Examples of work from his eclectic and varied output can be found in several numerous private and corporate collections.
Untitled (Basketball), 2017, acrylic on cardboard, 12 x 6.75 in (unframed), 18.5 x 13 in (framed)
Red Bird, 2017, acrylic on wood, 12 x 9 in
Man With Missing Tooth and Stove Pipe Hat, 2017, acrylic on wood, 13 x 9 in
Untitled (Snake), 2017, acrylic on wood, 10.5 x 9 in
Man With Pipe and Moon (raw cotton), 2017, acrylic on raw cotton, 24 x 18 in
High Life, 2017, acrylic on wood, 12 x 9 in
Untitled (Pepsi), 2017, acrylic on wood, 11 x 5.5 in
B. 1971, Toronto ON
EDUCATION
1997 MFA. Parsons School of Design, New York, NY.
1995 BA. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 More Than Two, Power Plant, Toronto
2013 Forgotten Luxury and Ideal Aesthetics, Galerie Youn, Montreal
2012 Like-Minded, Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg
2010 The Maker, LE Gallery, Toronto
2010 Full Service, Hunter + Cook, Toronto
2009 Bowie, Clark + Faria, Toronto
2007 We Share Our Blanket With The Owl, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2006 Scope Art Fair, Greener Pastures, Miami
2005 Behind the Wall of Sleep, Greener Pastures, Toronto
2005 Fantasy Island, Drake Hotel, Toronto
2004 Under the Sun, Greener Pastures, Toronto
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 An Antidote for Fear, Katherine Mulherin Contemporty Art
2014Sculpture, No Foundation, Toronto
2013Mirror to Wind andMoon, Galerie Youn, Montreal
2013Chances Are The Comets In Our Future, No Foundation (Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art) Toronto
2011 Fate is a Fool, Ruins, Toronto
2010 New Work, Gallery Moos (off-sight exhibition at the St. Lawrence Centre For The Arts), Toronto
2010 Zanatarash, LE Gallery, Toronto
2009 New Work (two man show with Josh Malcolm), LE Gallery, Toronto
2008 Plum + Trash Palace, Jspace, Toronto
2006 Sewers of Mars, Greener Pastures, Toronto