An artist with a free spirit, exploring her life from the inside out
Krista Augius’s work channels the luminous frequency of a mystic artist, integrating symbolic imagery with tangible reality to evoke transformative healing and awakening. Her creative practice—deeply inspired by the intertwined realms of nature, neuroscience and meditation—invites viewers to perceive the unseen, reconnect with inner truths, and embrace a process of alchemical transformation where personal wounds are transmuted into embodied wisdom. Operating as both a mirror and a gentle disruptor of illusion, Augius’s art softens hardened spaces and inspires a dialogue between the inner and outer worlds. In doing so, she artfully embodies the roles of Dream-Weaver and Truth Illuminator, encouraging a remembrance of wholeness and soulful authenticity in those who experience her visionary work.
Augius has exhibited in international art fairs and institutions, including the LA Art Show, SF Art Market, and a cultural exhibition in Palermo, Italy, in collaboration with the Lithuanian Consulate. Her work has also been displayed at the MAACA Museum in Italy and, in 2024, also had a show and was acquired as part of the permanent collection at the Samogitian Museum in Lithuania. Beyond the fine art world, her paintings have appeared in major motion pictures such as Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious 7, and Truth Be Told. Her talent has also been recognized by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and Vice President of Saatchi Art, as part of the platform’s selection of todays top emerging artists.
Primarily self-taught, Augius deepened her expertise in the Mische technique under the guidance of renowned painter Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann in Cadaques, Spain, who were of Salvador Dalí’s contemporaries. Augius holds a bachelors degree in biology and is a doctor of physiotherapy, both of which inform her artistic approach through an intricate understanding of anatomy and neuroscience. Her understanding of eastern healing traditions, including meditation and energy work, further influences her creative process and artistic philosophy.
Born in 1978 and raised in Chicago, Augius now resides in Los Angeles, where she maintains her art studio in Malibu that recently survived the devastating wildfires. She comes from a distinguished lineage of artists, including her grandfather, Paulius Augius-Augustinavičius, a celebrated graphic artist, and her great-uncle, Maironis, one of Lithuania’s most revered poets and spiritualists who wrote Lithuania’s national hymn.
Coming from a lineage of artists
Augius’ ancestors are artists; writers, painters, lithographers, poets, singers, and also spiritualists & scientists.
Krista takes pride in being from a family of artists such as her grandfather, Paulius Augius, a graphic artist and lithographer, her grandmother Danute Lipciute/Augius, a poet and writer, grandmother Irena Barzdukas a painter, grandfather Kazys Barzdukas a freedom fighter and singer and her great uncle Maironis a prominent lithuanian poet and spiritualist who wrote Lithuania’s national anthem, ‘Lietuva Brangi,’ “Precious Lithuania”. Maironis is honored on the 20 Litas currency in Lithuania.
‘Paulius Augius died unexpectedly following a short illness on December 7, 1960. There is no question that he was one of the most creative graphic artists that emerged from the Lithuanian countryside during a relatively brief period of Lithuanian independence. He and his colleagues from the Kaunas Art School set the standards and direction that have been followed by Lithuanian graphic artists in his homeland and beyond Lithuania. The future generations of artists no doubt will be indebted for the high artistic tradition which Paulius Augius helped to establish. Even beyond the significance of Augius to the development of Lithuanian graphic art, his work is of universal value. This is testified by the numerous international exhibits of his works and their ownership by internationally renown museums.’ LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Volume 14, No.1 - Spring 1968
Artist for life.
It’s a sensitive soul that feels everything, it’s a strong one that shares it. KA