Artist Marius Jonutis has been collaborating with Vilnius City Art Niche since the gallery's inception. This year, the gallery celebrates its 22nd exhibition season, and Jonutis has been organising solo exhibitions here for 21 years. 

Speaking about his exhibition "From Paradise", Jonutis said that last year he illustrated the book of Lithuanian erotic fairy tales "Adam missed Eve". This is the sixth book of fairy tales illustrated by the artist, published by the Lithuanian Institute of Literature and Folklore. "The adventures of Adam and Eve are quite entertaining and fun, and it was not boring to draw them, and I will show the whole collection of forty paintings in this exhibition, hoping that the audience will not be bored either," said the artist about the forthcoming exhibition.

The exhibition "From Paradise" will feature around 40 illustrations of "Adam misses Eve" painted on canvas, and will also display a complete and accurate map of Paradise to help viewers find their way around.

At the exhibition, the artist will also show wooden illustrations for the book "Vilnius Legends", which was published last year for the anniversary of Vilnius.

M. Jonutis graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a degree in graphic arts, and has held more than 50 group exhibitions and more than 60 solo exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. The artist mainly creates sculptures, painted wood reliefs, paintings, graphic works and illustrates books. Due to the topicality of his themes and the simplicity of his expression, his work is of interest to a wide range of art lovers and collectors, and his works have been acquired by a large number of Lithuanian and foreign collectors.

M. Jonutis's exhibition "From Paradise" at the Vilnius City Gallery "Meno Niša" will be open until April 20.

Vilnius City Municipality is a sponsor of the Vilnius City Gallery "Meno Niša".