Professional artist Rita Gaiziunaite-Kapoutsi
Rita Gaiziunaite-Kapoutsi is a professional artist recognized internationally for her original artwork. Her pieces are dominated by light, nature, and inner balance, forming a quiet relationship between image, material, and viewer.
Learn about the professional artist
Artist biography
Rita Gaiziunaite-Kapoutsi was born in the town of Biržai, Lithuania, in 1967. Today, the painter lives and works in Germany, spends part of her time in Greece, and returns to Lithuania for short creative visits, maintaining close ties with her origins and early creative impulses. Different cultural and natural environments shape her visual language and style, which is revealed in her works.
Rita is a professional independent artist, founder of RITELART academy, and a member of the Professional Artists’ Union (PSDR) and the Eurasian Artists’ Union. Her work focuses on creating original artwork and original paintings based on a sense of material, mastery of technique, and a consistent dialogue with nature.
Professional artist’s creative path is closely linked to the field of contemporary art. Rita’s works are regularly exhibited at international exhibitions, recognized in competitions, and published in art publications, forming a strong and recognizable position for the author in an international context.
Artistic manifesto
In my creative work, I seek light—not only in color, but in a state of being.
It is important to me that a painting calms, heals, and allows the viewer to touch silence.
Light, to me, is a living matter—it transforms mood and connects a person with nature and their inner world.
Painting is not the reproduction of an image.
It is the translation of a state into color and movement.
Each layer emerges from sensation rather than from a predetermined plan.
While creating, I enter into a dialogue with the material, allowing texture and paint to speak first.
Nature is my constant teacher.
Water, sky, earth, and the path of light through them become metaphors for the human journey.
My goal is not to replicate the world, but to reveal how it feels from within.
Each work is a quiet promise to myself—to create beauty that inspires a lighter way of being.
Artistic practice
Rita’s art is the result of consistent work in the studio and a deep relationship with materials and techniques. As a professional artist, she creates original, hand-painted paintings and design elements in which creativity is understood not as a pre-planned result, but as a constant dialogue between surface, material, and light.
Rita combines traditional painting with experimental solutions, exploring the possibilities of surface, texture, and layering. This multidisciplinary artistic practice allows her to expand visual and material boundaries, while providing a wider range of means to express creative ideas. Materials are no longer just a means to an end in the professional artist’s work – they become active participants in the process, dictating the rhythm, density, and visual balance of the work.
Materials and techniques used
01. Oil painting
02. Acrylic painting
03. Watercolor
04. Resin art (epoxy art)
05. Alcohol ink art
06. Mixed media
Exhibitions, awards and publications
Rita Gaiziunaite-Kapoutsi’s work is regularly featured on the international art scene – her pieces are exhibited in group and curated exhibitions in various countries across Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, where her paintings are valued for their visual quality, materiality, and sense of inner calm.
Professional artist’s works have won awards in international art competitions, including the Best Art Awards, Golden Time Talent, and Luxembourg Art Prize, confirming the professionalism and institutional recognition of her work.
Rita’s works are also featured in international art publications. In 2025, the artist’s painting was featured in Art Ideal Book, Volume 5, published by the Circle Foundation for the Arts (France), which publishes selected artists from around the world who stand out for their aesthetic and artistic value.
Selected works
To get the full feel of the author’s creative direction and artistic language, it’s most important to see the artwork itself.
“ASTERI” LIGHT – CONNECTION
RITELART-22-002
The Pearl Road
RITELART-25-019
A Tale of Water and Sky
RITELART-25-047
The Harmony of Nature
RITELART-25-051
Reflection of a Golden Evening
RITELART-25-043
Olive Grove
RITELART-24-007
Breathing Water
RITELART- 25-015
The Ring of Love
RITELART-25-002
A winter morning in the mountains
RITELART-24-003
Professional engagement
Rita Gaiziunaite-Kapoutsi is not only an active independent creator, but also an art educator who shares her experience and professional knowledge with other emerging artists. She is a curator at the international art school ARTMODERN (Finland). In this role, Rita works with both novice artists and experienced creators, encouraging them to develop their own artistic position. Curatorial work has become a natural extension of her own artistic experience – not through theoretical teaching, but through real professional dialogue and support.
In addition, Rita is the founder, mentor, and educator of the RITELART Academy, inviting both experienced and beginner artists to discover their own direction and explore vibrant creative techniques through practical workshops.
