Glazed ceramic, mixed fabric
150 × 70 cm
Glazed ceramic, cotton fabric shredded sponge
Easter chick decorations
160 × 35 cm
textiled, glaze ceramic, embroidery, metal
variable dimensions
textiled, glaze ceramic, embroidery, metal
variable dimensions
glazed ceramics
15 × 30 cm
stoplight, underwear, cotton fabric
175 × 24 cm
Detail
Stoplight, underwear, cotton fabric
175 x 24 cm
Glazed Ceramic, cotton fabric
60 x 60 cm
Glazed Ceramic, cotton fabric
60 x 60 cm
Glazed Ceramic, cotton fabric
60 x 60 cm
Hay Fever exhibited at the MO Museum in Vilnius as part of Gen Z. All at Once, curated by Michal Novotný.
The title references seasonal allergies, in which inhaled pollen irritates the body, triggering a porous exchange between the organism and the environment. The work explores desire and symbiosis through a negotiation between symbolism and biology, positioning the body as an adaptive, permeable force. Gender-bending becomes a means of examining the mutability of organs and roles within both social and reproductive systems.
Working in video, ceramics and textile, Mara Verhoogt earned her Bachelor in Fine Art from the Chelsea College of Art in London in 2023. Her practice traces points of convergence between humans and non-human beings, using self-portraiture and body modification as ways of re-inventing and breaking out of pre-determined identity structures. She is a co-founder of the STOL Collective. She mounted her first solo exhibition at Catinca Tabacaru Gallery in Bucharest in 2024 and is co-represented by Catinca Tabacaru and eastcontemporary, Milan.
Education
- 2020-2023
- Chelsea College of Art in London
Solo Exhibitions
- 2025
- TBD, eastcontemporary, Milan (forthcoming)
- 2024
- I Want to Be The Moment in A Dream, Galeria Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest
Group Exhibitions
- 2026
- FOCUS, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław
- 2025
- Why We Should All Be Feminists , curated by Sabine Fellner & Alex Radu, /SAC, Bucharest, RO
Relationships. Space. Shelter, compiled by Natalia Barczyńska, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław
Another Time Has Other Lives to Live , Curated by Diana Marincu, Art Encounters Foundation, Timisoara, RO
The Third Space, Curated by 2nd World, presented by Galeria Catinca Tabacaru; Collateral Exhibition to the 6th Art Encounters Biennial; French Institute, Timisoara
Whatever is new about this show is not yet visible, Zina Gallery, Cluj
Aquarius Pavilion, Pharmakon Gallery, Bucarest
- 2024
- Corpus Plantisima, Galeria 15 Design, Bucharest
After The Orgy, Pharmakon Gallery, Bucharest
Here Was Once a Field by STOL collective, Suprainfinit (sequence space), Bucharest; curator: Daniela Custrin
- 2023
- Diploma Show, Chelsea College of Art, London
To see soil in my palm, Chelsea College of Art, London
Interim Show, Chelsea College of Art, London
Thought in Action, Chelsea College of Art, London
- 2022
- Prop Room, Safehouse 1, London
Candle burning ritual for Livia Rita concert, Avalon Café, London
Visions of the Unseen, Art Hub studios, London
Time Passing Over the Land, Avalon Café, London
- 2021
- Had a Dream You Won’t Understand, Goodbuy Gallery, Bucharest
Mystic Materialism Collective, Chelsea College of Art, London
Time Capsule, Goodbuy Gallery, Bucharest
Thought in Action, Chelsea College of Art London