Young Lions contest poster by Felix Zilinskas in Barcelona

Felix Zilinskas Felix Zilinskas born in Caracas, Venezuela on February 08, 1974. He received a scholarship at the age of 15 and parallel to his high school studies he studied art at the Cristobal Rojas National Art School. He works as an art director and creative director for various advertising agencies while maintaining a parallel career in the art world. Over the years, he has participated in several collective and individual exhibitions in Venezuela, the United States of America, England, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Spain, deciding to move to Barcelona, ??Spain, in 2011, where he currently resides. Felix Zilinskas mixes a blatant handling of color, a unique stroke technique, and a deep level of human thought—a combination that hypnotizes his audience, creating what he calls “pause to think.” This strange combination has allowed it to impact modern culture. Artist Statement You don’t choose art. Art chooses you! Art is a personal need, done from the primitive essence of a being seeking a connection with something superior and transcendent to his reality. When you understand this, you know that as an artist, you are nothing more than a key capable of opening some doors that people can identify with. You understand that your personal experiences no longer belong to you; now, they are tools that come together to create a new language. Working in advertising gives me the ability to tell stories through images. I learn that what begins as a mistake, like rebellious lines that often intertwine without apparent meaning, transforms into a moment, a fragment of a story that now, as a spectator you can make it your own to complete it or interpret it according to your reality. Achievements 2022-Collective Exhibition - Innovation and Sustainability, Vienna - Austria 2022-Collective Exhibition - ARTIST 360, Barcelona - Spain 2021-Exhibition FIra Internacional dÁrt de Barcelona -Museu Maritim / Barcelona - Spain. 2021-Collective Exhibition - International Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Brussels, Belgium. 2021-Collective Exhibition - Discovery Art Fair. Frankfurt, Germany. 2021-Collective Exhibition - Sonia Monti Gallery. Paris France. 2021-Collective Exhibition - Gaudí Gallery. Madrid Spain 2021-Collective Exhibition - Liquid Gallery. Barcelona, ??Spain 2020- Publication of the compilation book "Between Lines" 2020-Collective Exhibition - ARTIST Madrid within the framework of the ARCO Madrid Festival-,Spain 2020-Launch of the Book "Between Lines"-,Barcelona, ??Spain 2019-Participation in the International event ART Battle / Barcelona-, Spain 2019-Individual Exhibition “Between the Lines” El Carmel Cultural Center / Barcelona, ??Spain 2018-Individual Exhibition "Between the lines" Saint Gervasi Cultural Center / Barcelona, ??Spain. 2017-Collective Exhibition “Black and white” La Julia / Barcelona, ??Spain 2016-Collective Exhibition “ART BASEL” Wikot Art Space/ Miami, USA 2015-Collective Exhibition “SCOPE Art Miami” Scope Gallery/ Miami, USA 2014-Individual Exhibition “Except for me and my monkey” Untitled Gallery/ Barcelona, ??Spain 2014-Individual Exhibition “Except for me and my monkey” Le antiq Vallcarca / Barcelona, ??Spain. 2013-Collective Exhibition “Showcase Casa Batllo” Global Art Agency Gallery / Barcelona, ??Spain 2013-Individual Exhibition “The Hallucinogenic Art” Starbucks Muntaner /Barcelona, ??Spain 2013- Collective Exhibition “Free” Untitled Gallery / Barcelona, ??Spain 2011- Collective Exhibition “99 and ½ artists” Maxo Gallery / Barcelona, ??Spain 2009- Collective Exhibition "a thousand faces" Ateneo del Hatillo / Caracas-, Venezuela 2009- Collective Exhibition "New Talents" Museum of Fine Arts / Caracas, Venezuela 2008- Collective Exhibition "a thousand faces" Ateneo del Hatillo / Caracas, Venezuela 2007-Collective Exhibition "a thousand faces" Ateneo del Hatillo / Caracas, Venezuela