Marija Čipkutė's exhibition "This Is My Body"

On September 3rd, at 6:00 PM, the "Meno parkas" gallery will open a solo exhibition by artist Marija Čipkutė titled "This Is My Body". The main theme connecting the works exhibited is female fertility and its profound transformation through pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. The Christian world knows that "This Is My Body" is followed by the words: "which is given for you". The body embodying the miracle of the Eucharist becomes so only after transformation and symbolic sacrifice. Similarly, a woman's body is sacrificed to carry life. A sacrificed woman's body is proud and sacrally meaningful, as it is through it that the will of the cosmic, archetypal principle manifests – a new cycle of life and death begins from it. For this reason, the Mother Goddess holds a special place in various cultures, religions, and mythologies. In Marija Čipkutė's exhibition, the Mother Goddess appears in different forms – as the Virgin Mary, the ancient Egyptian goddess of stars and the universe Nut, or the artist herself, whose personal experience inspired the creation of works that have become intimate relics of reflection on motherhood. Archetypal images of the life-creating force intertwine in the works into a multifaceted universal mythology of motherhood, surrounded by superstitions, rituals, beliefs, dreams, and uncertainty. Jolanta Marcišauskytė-Jurašienė Marija Čipkutė (b. 1993 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Spain and Lithuania. She holds a Master's degree in Painting from the Vilnius Academy of Arts and a Master's degree in Art Research from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has participated in residencies in Iceland and Portugal, and in exhibitions in Lithuania, Spain, the Czech Republic, Austria, and elsewhere. In her work, personal experience intertwines with cultural, mythological, and ritual layers, and manual labor becomes a way to experience and reflect on a slow, dedication-based creative process.

The exhibition is part of the "Meno parkas" gallery project "Eteris. 2026". The project is partially funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. The exhibition will be open at the "Meno parkas" gallery until October 2nd. Gallery opening hours: Tue-Fri: 11:00–18:30 | Sat–Sun: 11:00–16:00 | The gallery is closed on Mondays and public holidays.