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Annatta Baltrunas
Columbus Ohio 43201 United States Home Phone: 4406672464 Website: Annatta Baltrunas Artist Site
Bio
Annatta Baltrunas holds an Associates of Art in Art Facilitation, a Bachelor of Art in Psychology, and a Bachelor of Art in Studio Arts at The Ohio State University. Classically trained in studio art, Baltrunas worked on commissions while maintaining her studies. She has since sold art in open market events, branched out into fashion, and has made work for her curriculum. In 2025, Annatta joined the staff at the Ohio Craft Museum where she teaches Adult painting classes and shadows the Outreach Facilitator position.
Artist Statement
I am a Lithuanian-American painter based in Columbus, Ohio. My process of making is connected to my artwork archive, which I keep close by. I am constantly revisiting and reorganizing my works to better understand how my culture and love for nature holds symbolic value in my work as tenets of what my mind is naturally centered on. I strive to honor my roots and anxieties, all of which were captured on canvas and paper. I invent new ways to feature previously used materials or ideas while simultaneously bringing new life to my archive. I look forward to creating meaningful layers physically and metaphorically, that the artwork becomes a reflection of both past and current me from using my own cluttered photographs, drawings, and fabrics. I hope that others connect with the vulnerability that I show through color, symbols, and mixed media. I have learned how to honor not only the moment but also the materials required to challenge my memory, for both what it can and cannot hold. Accepting that every moment is unique and every past concept has endless evolution for future work.