Arvydas Baltrūnas was born in Vilnius in 1957. From 1975 to 1981, he studied the exact sciences at Vilnius University and attended the Vilnius School of Art. In 1981, he turned to fine arts and enrolled at the Vilnius Art Institute (now the Vilnius Academy of Arts), from which he graduated in 1987. He has been working as an educator for many years. Since 1988, he has worked at the Vilnius Schoolchildren’s Palace. From 1997 to 2015, he taught at the Vilnius Children’s and Youth Art School, and in 2000, he began working at the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art School. The painter has been an active member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union since 1992 and curates exhibitions. In 1994, he founded the group “Ė” with like-minded artists. He received the highest-level state scholarships in 2001 and 2008. He has held 32 solo exhibitions and participated in nearly 100 group exhibitions and plein air events in Lithuania and abroad.