First comprehensive retrospective of Nijolė Šivickas de Mockus opens in Vilnius

The Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art, part of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, has opened "Nijolė Šivickas de Mockus. The Universe from a Spiral," the first comprehensive Lithuanian exhibition of the ceramic artist and sculptor. Over 200 works—including sculptures, paintings, graphic works, and drawings—were donated by the artist's family and shipped from her studio in Bogotá, Colombia, arriving at the Port of Klaipėda in early 2025. Šivickas de Mockus, born in Lithuania, studied in Germany before building her career in Colombia, where she developed a unique artistic style blending Lithuanian diaspora heritage with Colombian influences.