Jurgis Mikševičius was born 1923 in Šiauliai, to parents engineer Medgard and Physician Elena. He finished the boys’ “Aušra” gymnasium in Kaunas in 1941. After the family left Lithuania, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt since 1946. With professor Paul Thesing’s studio, he studied the theory of colors and design of the basics of abstraction. Students were educated according to the principles of the Bauhaus School. A year of study in Germany matured J. Mikškevičius as an artist, formed his system of aesthetic values, then developed his artistic taste.

In 1948, the artist emigrated to Australia, where he initially worked at a migrant camp in Bates (New South Wales), later in construction in Canberra, the capital of the country. A year later, J. Mikševičius became the first Lithuanian member of the Canberra Artists’ Union. In 1953, the artist moved to Sydney, where he participated in the activities of the Contemporary Art Association, was one of the Baltic Artists’ Group “Six Directions” founders. He organized joint exhibitions with Lithuanian artists Algirdas Šimkūnas, Henrikas Šalkauskas and others, whilst working as an art educator.  

In the years of study, Mikševičius was interested in religious and philosophical texts of Hinduism, Indian art. He traveled around India and practiced Buddhism. About 1978 Mikševičius withdrew from the public artistic life, but did not abandon his work, he painted until the last days of his life. The artist died at his home in Bensville in 2014 and his ashes were scattered in the vicinity of the house.