Vytenis Burokas (b. 1990) is an artist and curator currently living in Vilnius, Lithuania. Burokas presents the series of drawings the Uncertainty Gardens – the inner landscapes with splintered traces of cultural influences which bridge the gap between language and image. Each Burokas’ work is a preparatory sketch for the next one, and a stain in one drawing can become a facial feature or a life line in the palm of another. In his latest research, V. Burokas merges his artistic practice with gardening, bridging the gap between a remote homestead and city life. Through an ethnological exploration of local history, cosmogonic gossip, and the legends that shape places and rural communities, he uncovers deeper cultural narratives. For him, art is a form of contemporary myth-making – an inquiry into storytelling, community, and the hands-on practice of gardening.

Vytenis Burokas has completed BA, MA, and art pedagogy studies in Contemporary Sculpture at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Between 2013 and 2014, he took part in the Rupert educational programme. The artist’s works have been displayed in both group and personal exhibitions, including Gardeners’ Fair, Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius (2026); Uncertainty Gardens, Drifts gallery, Vilnius (2025, solo); Art Rotterdam, duo show with Morta Jonynaitė, Rotterdam (2025); Hotel Warsaw Art fair, Warsaw (2024); Linings at Drifts gallery, Vilnius (2023, solo); Tracing the Outlines of Ukrainian History: Louder, Radvila Palace Museum of Art, Vilnius (2022); The Order of The Spur: These Boots Are Made for Walking, apiece, Vilnius (2022, solo); Growing Out? Growing Up? Contemporary Art Collecting in the Baltics, Zuzeum, Riga (2022); Avoidance, Futura, Prague (2021); Wanderings of Draught, Editorial, Vilnius (2020, solo); The Sea Monster, The Bear, lítost, Prague (2020); Sanatorium, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (2019); Play within the Walls of Academy, MOCAK, Krakow (2018).