MARIJA GILIOVA is an artist-illustrator and art therapy practitioner-consultant. She is actively involved in social work, studies art therapy methods, and applies them in practice. In 2013, she completed her studies in art (design) at Šiauliai University, and in 2015, she received a master's degree in creative industries from Vytautas Magnus University. She is interested in psychology, psychotherapy, social and artistic projects, children's literature, and book illustration. "I am dynamic and expressive, but these qualities, pulsating with life and energy, are tempered by my sensitivity and gentleness towards my surroundings. The environment, which is by nature the beauty of Creation, mysterious and diverse, has a great significance in my work. It is endlessly changing, evolving with me and speaking its own language, immortalizing the unique story of each moment in its own way. My work is a source of inner experiences and changes, where every detail has its own symbolic meaning, experienced feeling, taste, and smell. Although I have been creating since I was a child, using everything that has enriched my creative journey with experience, knowledge, and experimentation, I am convinced that true creativity is born in simple everyday life and in the depths of the human heart.