Faktura Lithuanian , b. 1995
Ervinas Blažys–Faktūra constructs images from discarded materials, allowing paper, found objects, and architectural fragments to become new forms of structure.
Ervinas Blažys–Faktūra is a Lithuanian interdisciplinary artist working across relief, sculpture, and installation. Using paper, industrial fragments, and urban debris, he constructs works that occupy the space between painting and object, transforming ordinary materials into carefully ordered structures.
His practice grows from sustained observation of the built environment. Discarded objects, architectural details, and overlooked surfaces are collected, layered, and reassembled until they lose their original function and acquire a new visual logic. Rather than representing the city, Blažys–Faktūra allows its materials to become the work itself, revealing new relationships between structure and material.
Ervinas Blažys–Faktūra studied Economics at Vilnius University and Kyungpook National University before completing an MA in Technology and Innovation Management at ISM University of Management and Economics. Recent solo exhibitions include Extraterrestrial at Galerija VARTAI (2025), Spinning with Rats at Urban Spree, Berlin (2025), and The Most Important Quality at Autarkia, Vilnius (2022).
Ervinas Blažys–Faktūra is represented by Galerija VARTAI.
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Ervinas Blažys–Faktūra begins with materials whose previous function remains visible. Paper, sand, rope, branches, and fragments collected from the urban environment are cut, layered, and assembled until they begin to function as constructed reliefs rather than conventional paintings.
The city provides both material and method. Architectural details, neglected objects, and industrial remnants are removed from their original contexts and reorganised into new structures whose meaning emerges through accumulation rather than representation. His works often resemble fragments of buildings, maps, or archaeological remains while resisting any single reading.
Paper occupies a central position within the practice. Built layer by layer, then partially concealed or excavated again, its surface records the process of construction as visibly as the finished image. Rather than masking the material, Blažys–Faktūra allows it to determine the structure of each work.
Across installation and object-making, the artist continues this investigation of construction and transformation. His works ask how familiar materials acquire new meaning once removed from their everyday function, suggesting that the overlooked fabric of the city already contains the possibility of another architecture.
EDUCATION
2022 – Technology and Innovation Management (MA), ISM University of Management and Economics, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2021 – UX/UI Design Specialisation, Skylab Academy, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2020 – Economics (BA), Vilnius University, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2017 – International Economics (Exchange Programme), Kyungpook National University, Daegu (South Korea)
RESIDENCIES
2025 – Urban Spree Residency, Berlin (Germany)
2024 – St. Blandine Residency, Metz (France)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 – Spinning with Rats, Urban Spree, Berlin (Germany)
2025 – Phase 1, Lvovo Business Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2022 – The Most Important Quality, Autarkia, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2025 – RAVE NATION: To Freedom by the Rhythms of the Night, 1992–2004, Lukiškės Prison 2.0, Lithuanian National Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2025 – Open Corner, Corner Hotel, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2024 – Expo. OPIUM XV: Come as You Are, Gallery 1986, Vilnius Gallery Weekend, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2024 – SPECTRUM 2, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2023 – To Take on Notice, SODAS 2123, Vilnius (Lithuania)
COMMISSIONS
2024 – Ūkas (Mist), River Sound Festival, Kernavė (Lithuania)
2024 – PO TOLO, Yaga Gathering, Lithuania
2024 – Visual and Artistic Concept, Audra Festival, Pergalė Steel Factory, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2023 – TrES-2b Port Antenna, Audra Festival, Kaunas Artists' House, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2023 – Riversound Solstice, Kernavė (Lithuania)
2023 – Wound-up Apricot, Drobė Factory, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2022 – Wound-up Apricot, Pergalė Steel Factory, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2022 – Visual Concept, Artcue, Lelija Factory, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2022 – Wound-up Apricot, Lelija Factory, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2022 – Visual and Artistic Concept, Audra Festival, Pergalė Steel Factory, Kaunas (Lithuania)
AWARDS
2025 – Finalist, Zabolis Art Prize
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