Justina Moncevičiūtė is an artist based between Berlin (DE) and Trakai (LT). Her art practice explores the intersection of sculpture and textiles. Her artworks are often composed of non-textile materials such as clay, porcelain, or glass. Through the adept use of weaving techniques, they acquire the distinct kinetics of fabric, allowing them to be folded, draped, hung, or laid down—opening up a spectrum of possibilities for interaction.
At the core of her work lies an inquiry into material identity, its transformations, and its fluidity. By deliberately contrasting rigid substances with the flexibility of textiles, she challenges established biases—especially those related to gender, cultural, and social hierarchies. With her pieces, she creates moments of convergence in which materials negotiate their boundaries, dissolve distinctions, and propose new states of coexistence.
Moncevičiūtė lectures at various universities and conducts workshops for students and children. In these workshops, Justina encourages participants to explore 'textility' within spatial and artistic contexts.
Recent:
2024 Residency at the Nida Art Colony (NAC), LT
2024 Neringa Municipality Scholarship, LT
2024 Artist’s Work Stipend, Lithuanian Council for Culture
2024 Shortlisted for the 15th Westerwald Prize 2024, Ceramics of Europe, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
2024 Workshop "Plural Spaces. Sculptural Matter of Textility, Berlin Summer University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin DE
2022 Artist’s Work Stipend, Lithuanian Council for Culture
2022 Two group exhibitions-T-E-X-T-I-L-E-. Artists and their works from the universe of fabrics and inter-weaving techniques, drj art projects and HAUNT//frontviews e.V., Berlin DE
2020 COLLECT, Somerset House, London UK
2019 ORIGINAL BAUHAUS: THE CENTENARY EXHIBITION, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin DE
Publications:
2024 15th Westerwald Prize 2024. Ceramics of Europe, exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978-3-89790-731-7
2023 -T-E-X-T-I-L-E-. Artists and their works from the universe of fabrics and inter-weaving techniques, exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978-3-948617-17-2
2019 ORIGINAL BAUHAUS: THE CENTENARY EXHIBITION, exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978-3-7913-5903-8