Lithuanians in the News
13th January 2019
Australian Lithuanian Sydney Artist Eva Kubbos Honoured by a Retrospective Exhibition in Vilnius
Portrait of Eva Kubbos by fellow Sydney Australian Lithuanian artist
Leeka Kraucevičiūtė – Gruzdeff. Photo courtesy Kasiulis Museum
A retrospective exhibition of the works of the distinguished Australian Lithuanian artist Eva Kubbos was opened at the Vytautas Kasiulis art museum in Vilnius on December 20, 2018.
The exhibition, “Eva Kubbos: tarp horizontų (between horizons)”, will be open for three months until March 10, 2019. It is a fitting tribute to the artist in her 90th year and in conjunction with Lithuania’s 100th Independence Anniversary celebrations during 2018. Taking part in the press conference during the opening of the exhibition were the director of the Vytautas Kasiulis museum, Ilona Mažeikienė, with curator of the exhibition, Regina Urbonienė. Ilona’s and Regina’s recent visit to Australia made this exhibition possible. Vytas Juška, former President of the Sydney Lithuanian Community and currently residing in Vilnius, shared reminiscences of Eva Kubbos and the Sydney artistic scene during his time in Sydney.
“Without a name”, an abstract by Eva Kubbos.
Photo courtesy Kasiulis Museum
Eva Kubbos was born in Lithuania, received her early training in post-war Germany and has lived in Australia since 1949, settling in Sydney in 1960. During a distinguished artistic career she has been a foundation member of the Sydney Printmakers Society, a member of the Contemporary Art Society since 1961 and of the Australian Watercolour Institute since 1963. She has been a winner of the prestigious Wynne Prize by Art Gallery of NSW in 1963, 1970, 1971 and 1979. The Pring Prize, for the best landscape executed in watercolour by a woman, was awarded to her eight times between 1970 and 1984. She has taken part in numerous personal and group exhibitions in Australia and overseas. (For further information please see on this website: Culture/ Arts/ Eva Kubbos).

Further information:
https://www.ldm.lt/paroda-eva-kubbos-tarp-horizontu/
http://www.slic.org.au/Culture/Eva.htm