Jovita Sakalauskaite Akgun — Artist. Academic. Visionary.

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Jovita Sakalauskaite Akgun - is a Dubai-based artist, designer, and academic whose work sits at the intersection of fine art, material culture, and luxury design.

Born in Lithuania, shaped by years of study and practice across Europe and Turkey, and rooted today in the UAE — her creative journey spans continents, disciplines, and three decades of uncompromising craft.

Every JOVI Creative piece begins where all great art begins: with a hand-drawn sketch, a vision, and a refusal to compromise.

Academic Excellence

2009 — Master of Fine and Applied Arts, Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, Lithuania

2014 — Doctor/Competency in Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

2018 — Associate Professor in Design, awarded by the Interuniversity Council, Turkey

Recognised on the World Stage

Since 2004, Jovita has exhibited her work across four continents — from China and India to France, Spain, Uruguay, and beyond.

In 2017, her fiber art installation at the VII Biennial Internacional de Arte Textil Contemporáneo in Uruguay received an Honorable Mention and was acquired into the permanent collection of the World Textile Association — a recognition reserved for works of lasting cultural significance.
Her works are held in institutional and private collections across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including the archives of the Vilnius Academy of Arts and the Kommagene Museum.

In 2018, she was invited as Guest Lecturer at the Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing, and the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, China — two of Asia's most prestigious creative institutions — sharing her expertise in textile and mixed media art with the next generation of designers.

Dubai. By Choice.

The UAE's spirit of ambition, its reverence for craftsmanship, and its appetite for the extraordinary aligned perfectly with Jovita's vision. Here, she founded JOVI Creative — a studio dedicated to collectible sculptural mosaic art and luxury interior pieces that transcend decoration.

"This is not décor. This is collectible art for your walls."

Made by Hand. Made Once.

Every JOVI Creative piece is handcrafted in Dubai. No mass production. No shortcuts. Each mosaic is conceived, sketched, and assembled entirely by hand — singular in its making, lasting in its presence.