Akvilė Lesauskaitė is a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of fine art, fashion, and sustainability. Originally from Lithuania, she studied Painting at the Vilnius and Milan Art Academies before earning a Master’s in Business & Marketing. Her early career was immersed in publishing and cultural programming in Vilnius, where she co-founded and edited a fashion and urban arts magazine and contributed to a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage festival.

Her work is shaped by an acute sensitivity to material and form, informed by years spent collaborating with architects, interior designers, and property developers all over the world. Engaging with space, texture, and surface beyond the confines of traditional painting, she developed an interest in the ways objects and materials accumulate meaning over time.

This exploration extends to her use of unconventional media, particularly lipstick. By repurposing old, unused, and expired lipsticks, she interrogates themes of excess, obsolescence, and transformation, positioning discarded materials within a new visual and conceptual framework. Moving fluidly between figuration and abstraction, her work challenges distinctions between permanence and impermanence, consumption and preservation.

Now based in the US, Akvilė continues to experiment with materiality and process, drawing on her background in fashion and design to explore the shifting relationships between aesthetics, identity, and popular culture.

Solo Exhibitions

VAGA Bookstore (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Polhem PR Press Day, FW 2014-15 Installation, (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Creativity Week, ISM University of Management and Economics (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Illustrazione Milano, Concept Store Mulino Docksmart (Milan, Italy)

Group Exhibitions

Release The Beast, Multi-City Exhibition (Lithuania)

Akvile Lesauskaite & Dovydas Bou, Studio 9 (Vilnius, Lithuania)

ART VILNIUS '12, International Art Fair (Vilnius, Lithuania)

MENO CELĖS '12, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)

I See U See Me, Titanikas Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)

What? Where? When? Who with? Did What?, Fluxus Ministry (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Presentations and Awards

Speaker at LOGIN '21 (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Speaker at Advertising Week Europe (London, United Kingdom)

Global Lithuanian Leaders Awards 2017, nominee for promoting Lithuania abroad

Award from President Dalia Grybauskaitė for contributions to culture

Award from Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis for contributions to culture

Mentorship

Advisor for Global Lithuanian Leaders (2023 – Present)

Notable Clients

Mandarin Oriental

Magnum

Lipton

Philips

Selfridges & Co.

Moët & Chandon

KIKO Milano

Portrait by Ania Hoppner