in conversation with
Hendrik Backerra
^(ANSC)

Thursday, July 17
7 pm – 9 pm
Galerie Hell
Spittastr. 2
10317 Berlin

Free Entry!

ABOUT THIS SALON

Please join us for a conversation with artist Mira O’Brien on the occasion of her solo exhibition at Galerie Hell. O’Brien’s paintings explore our evolving relationship with nature and plants in the age of AI and climate change. Her interdisciplinary practice spans both art and pedagogy, as she seeks to shift our perception of ecology and the way it intersects with our lives. Using the 17th century sub-genre of Sottobosco (forest floor) painting as her starting point, she seeks to challenge the paradigm of the early-Enlightenment era in order to imagine alternative futures that blur the boundaries between natural and artificial. 

Hendrik Backerra will engage Mira O’Brien in a conversation about her work, a conversation that we invite you to be part of. The exhibition tour and conversation will be followed by an informal reception with drinks and snacks. 

Mira O’Brien is an American visual-artist based in Berlin since 2008. Her practice includes painting, installation and pedagogy, with a focus on the human relationship with nature. She received her BA from UCLA (2004) and her MFA from Yale (2008). She is the recipient of many awards and residencies; recently her exhibition, publication and workshop series “A Curious Herbal” was awarded the Draussen Stadt grant by the Berlin Senate. Her work has been included in institutional exhibitions at venues such as Documenta (13), Torrance Art Museum, Kunsthalle CCA Andratx, New Mexico Museum of Art and others; as well as galleries such as David Zwirner in NY and ChertLüdde’s project space in Berlin. She has had solo exhibitions in Berlin, Zürich, Venice, San Francisco and Cologne; and group shows all over the world. She is the founder of the Berlin Drawing Room, an independent art school.