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until 29.06. | #4219ARTatBerlin | DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM shows from 24. April 2024 the exhibition “Biodiversity and Betadiversity” by the artist Haley Mellin.
DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM are pleased to present our first solo show by artist and dedicated conservationist Haley Mellin (born in Northern California, works in New York). The exhibition, entitled Biodiversity and Betadiversity, opens during the festivities of Gallery Weekend Berlin, Friday, April 26, 2024, and is on view through June 29, 2024. The exhibition is open for previews on Wednesday through Friday, April 24–26, from 11 AM to 6 PM
In Biodiversity and Betadiversity, Mellin’s paintings and drawings underscore her lifelong commitment to environmental justice and the conservation and sustainable evolution of diverse ecosystems. In the body of work to be presented at DITTRICH& SCHLECHTRIEM, she focuses on a series of observational paintings and drawings of landscapes, both gestural and detailed, of the ecosystems she works to protect. Primarily working on location for inspiration, Mellin uses gouache and charcoal mediums for their non-toxic properties.
Haley Mellin, Northern Highlands, Gouache and ink on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, 45 x 62 centimeters,
Image courtesy of DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM and the artist
The resulting images are in conversation with the concepts of “legacy” and “permanence,” depicting conserved ecosystems through the various conceptual frameworks of the gallery/institution. Mellin’s practice intimates that just as one can be moved by a Goya centuries later, future generations will witness and learn from old-growth ecosystems who presence continues forward throug conservation declarations and again in paintings and drawings.
This is the first solo gallery exhibition by the artist in Berlin, following an early solo exhibition at Bischoff Projects in Frankfurt
Mellin was the 2023 Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitor at the American Academy in Berlin in joint residence with the Neue Nationalgalerie. As an artist dedicated to land conservation and through the nonprofit organization she founded, Art into Acres, she supported the permanent protection of 33 million acres of wild lands in collaboration with the arts community. She supports museums in Germany in their climate and sustainability education and evolution, including Neue Nationalgalerie, documenta, Hamburger Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bonn.
Complementing the exhibition, a panel conversation with Haley Mellin and fellow respected artists, curators, and specialists will take place in the gallery on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 4 PM, offering audiences a diverse understanding of current thoughts on climate, balance, the natural world, and environmental narratives and histories. Participating panelists will be announced prior to the event.
Haley Mellin, Detail of Mother’s Milk, Charcoal and Conte on primed canvas backside, 2023,
Image courtesy of DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM, Ofstudio photography and Giovanni’s Room
Haley Mellin Bio
Haley Mellin is an artist and land conservationist born in Northern California and based in New York. Haley organized the nonprofit “Art into Acres” to support large-scale land protection. On behalf of the art community, the nonprofit has supported 33 million acres of new protected landscapes ranging from indigenous conserved areas to national parks. To engage climate sustainability in art communities, Haley cofounded Conserve.org, the MOCA Environmental Council, Art and Climate Action, Artists Commit, GCC Los Angeles, and GCC New York. She initiated the first carbon emissions calculations and emissions reduction education for exhibitions at museums in the United States and Germany, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, MoMA PS1, ICA Miami, documenta, and Kunstmuseum Bonn, and she was the recipient of grants from the Teiger Foundation in 2022 and 2023 to do this work. Her undergraduate studies were completed at U.C. Berkeley, followed by a Ph.D. in visual culture and education at NYU Steinhardt.
In her two-dimensional art, Haley focuses on observational painting on locations that she has been working with colleagues to conserve. Her recent and upcoming exhibitions include The Journal Gallery, New York (2022); Micki Meng and Parker Gallery, New York (2023); Giovanni’s Room, Los Angeles (2023); and Hauser & Wirth, NewYork (2024). Museum exhibitions include MoMA Ps1, NewYork; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium and Museo Pino Pascali, Italy. She has given talks at the Studio Museum in Harlem, MoMA, Guggenheim New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Kennedy School for Public Policy and U.C. Berkeley. She was the joint Artist Fellow at the Neue Nationalgalerie and American Academy in Berlin as the 2023 Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitor. She is currently a resident artist in Silver Studios at the World Trade Center. Haley attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and is mentored by South African/Italian artists and educators rosenclaire.
VIP – Previews: Wednesday, 24. April until Friday, 26. April 2024, 11 am – 6 pm
Vernissage: Friday, 26. April 2024, 6 – 9 pm
Panel talk: Friday, 26. April 2024 at 4 pm
Exhibition period: Wednesday, 24. April until Saturday, 29. Juni 2024
To the Gallery
Title image caption: Haley Mellin, Painting outdoors, Cloud Forest, Northern Highlands, Image courtesy DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM and the artist
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