Draft:Nijolė Šivickas

Nijolė Šivickas de Mockus
Born(1927-05-25)May 25, 1927
DiedSeptember 13, 2018(2018-09-13) (aged 91)
EducationKunstakademie Stuttgart
Known forSculpture
MovementExpressionism

Nijolė Šivickas de Mockus (September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was a Colombian-Lithuanian painter and sculptor most noted for her ceramic sculptures. Born in Kėdainiai, Lithuania, she emigrated with her husband to Colombia in 1950.

In 1955, Nijolė Šivickas had her first solo exhibition at the National Library of Colombia, however it was not until 1964 when she started developing ceramics that incorporated German expressionism influenced by pre-Columbian cultures of the Andes.[1]

Biography

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Willi Baumeister


She would arrive to Puerto Colombia along with about 600 other Lithuanians

Cromos

In 1958, Nijolė would Juozas Bagdonas (painter)


Antanas Mockus

Exhibitions

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Select exhibitions

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Selected works

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  • Pareja rota (2001), cast iron and metal, Odinsa Art Collection, Bogotá[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "ESTUDIO. NIJOLĖ ŠIVICKAS". www.mambogota.com (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Bogotá Museum of Modern Art. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Nijole Sivickas - Pareja rota". arte.odinsa.com (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: ODINSA. 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2024.