DATE: 5 June – 20 June 2026
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, 5 June
The exhibition “Postformers”, presenting the final projects of MA Ceramics students of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, brings together the artistic research of a new generation of artists for whom ceramics functions not merely as a material, but as a mode of thinking, observation, and interpreting the world.
The exhibition marks a moment of creative transformation – a stage at which years of study, experimentation, uncertainty, and individual inquiry take public form. While the exhibition encompasses diverse themes, technologies, and artistic strategies, all of the works are united by a sensitive engagement with materiality and with the contemporary human condition. The participating artists explore both personal and collective experiences.
In Matas Gaučas’s project “Imagined Inhabitants”, ceramic objects are placed anonymously in public spaces across Vilnius without official permission, thereby questioning the status of the artwork, the meaning of site, and the city’s response to anonymous interventions. In Eglė Kulbytė’s work, childhood photographs transferred onto clay become a sensitive exploration of memory and sisterhood, where deformation and the resistance of the material embody the effects of time.
Vytautė Latožaitė’s installation reflects on the integration of artificial intelligence into everyday life and the ethical questions surrounding technology, while fragile ceramic forms contrast with the illusion of control produced by algorithms. In Emilija Griciūtė’s works, ceramics and animation merge into a field of micro-narratives examining everyday rituals, consumer culture, and the monotonous rhythm of contemporary life.
In Gedvardas Simonenko’s project, Baltic mythology merges with contemporary pop culture and digital technologies. Using 3D modelling and clay printing, the artist creates mythological characters inspired by the aesthetics of video games and manga, transforming traditional iconography into a contemporary visual narrative. Rugilė Jakšaitytė-Brežinskė’s work “Shelter” addresses inner human states in the face of the threat of war. Constructed from black ceramic slabs, the shelter becomes a symbolic structure of protection intended not for the physical body, but for the vulnerable human psyche.
The “Postformers” exhibition reveals the field of contemporary ceramics as one open to experimentation, research, and interdisciplinarity. It is an exhibition about transformation – of material, image, technology, and the human being itself.
Participating artists: Matas Gaučas, Emilija Griciūtė, Rugilė Jakšaitytė-Brežinskė, Eglė Kulbytė, Vytautė Latožaitė, Gedvardas Simonenko
Organised by: Pamėnkalnio Gallery and Vilnius Academy of Arts
Sponsored by: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Lithuanian Artists’ Association
