Petras Rakštikas - painter, poet, prose writer. Born on 18 December 1956 in Šiauliai. In 1980 he graduated from Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute (now Šiauliai Academy of Vilnius University) as a teacher of drawing, drafting and works. From 1983 to 2016 he worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Arts of ŠU. Since 1996 Associate Professor. Areas of activity: painting, graphics, sculpture, ceramics, photography, literature. He has held over 40 solo exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. Worked as a teacher at the Kuršėnai Art School. Currently, he is an educator of the gallery "Laiptai". In 2006 he was awarded the Šiauliai City Culture and Art Prize for the promotion of the art of the word and artistic versatility, combining art and literature. He has published nine books of poetry, prose and methodological books. The poster features a photograph by Vilmantas Dambrauskas. The Šiauliai Art Gallery (Vilniaus g. 245) will be open until 16 March 2024.