Photo by
Tobias Canales

I am an illustrator and comic author from Kaunas, currently based in Strasbourg. I explore visual storytelling in various forms ranging from comics and cinema to art installation and dance, merging the intimate, the dream-like and the political in my work. I have been creating editorial illustrations for the independent journalism platform NARA since 2017, and illustrated several books for adult and joung audiences. In 2023
I received the “Illustration of the year” award in the Lithuanian Publishers’ Association awards K.A.2023 for my illustrations in Jurga Vile’s book “Nukritę iš mėnulio. Sapnas apie Oskarą Milašių ir kitus paukščius”. In 2024 I gratuated from the Haute école des arts du Rhin
illustration department.

In 2024, I published my comic book “The Murmur of the Shadows”, which explores the collective memory and trauma of the russian occupation of Lithuania. I'm currently working on a large volume graphic novel with autobiographical motifs, to be published by the French publishing house Çà et là in 2026.

I am also the co-founder of the Lithuanian Illustrators’ Association “ėėė”. For any inquiries or propositions please contact us via social media or email.

I am open to projects in the fields of illustration, comics, animation, editing and graphic design.

For commissions and collaborations contact me at ularugyte@gmail.com