BERLIN.- Artuner is presenting The Tactile Mind, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Pia Krajewski, alongside Habitats, a solo exhibition of Ana Elisa Egreja at Direktorenhaus Museum in Berlin during Berlin Art Week. The exhibitions will open on September 14th and run through September 28th and coincide with the release of Pia Krajewski's catalogue, The Tactile Eye, produced by Artuner.

The exhibition The Tactile Mind will feature a new series of paintings by Pia Krajewski. Locked in whimsical dispute between mechanistic imagery reminiscent of weaving machines and soft billowing forms—Krajewski's paintings enter the fantastical. Animated by hues of yellow, the monochrome approach highlights the pattern-making and rhythmic compositions and the protean nature of reality. Settled within a defined artistic language, Pia explores the creation of textiles from a thread to mechanical intervention. Krajewski extrapolates the idea of a thread, studying how line informs and produces form.

Krajewski's practice draws inspiration from a wide array of sources, extrapolating details from architectural ornaments, mechanisms, and textiles. The paintings occupy a space between representation and materiality; the playful approach to scale disarms orientations and recognition.

Pia Krajewski (b. 1990 Cologne, Germany) lives and works in Berlin and studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Recent presentations include a solo exhibition of her work Sight and Touch by Artuner in Milan (2021) and in group exhibitions, Kunst Jetzt! at the Städtische Galerie in Lüdensheid (2022); From Michelangelo to at the Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (2021-2022); Uno, Nessuno, Centomila by Artuner in Turin (2021). Krajewski is the winner of the NRW State Parliament Prize (2022) and the Winsor & Newton Residency Prize (2019).

Habitats, features a new series of paintings by Ana Elisa Egreja pondering architecture and the construction of living environments. In this body of work, Egreja contemplates the interiors of the Mexican architect Luis Barragán. At the beginning of the year, Egreja visited Mexico City to see many of Barragán’s sites—who considered the practice of architecture to create an “ecosystem”. In Ana Elisa Egreja’s paintings, this view translates into the coexistence of reality and the fantastical. Ana Elisa Egreja depicts strong South American narratives in constantly shifting states of consciousness, touching on magical realism.

Ana Elisa Egreja’s art merges traditional and vernacular narratives evoking collective memories and coalescing them with artistic currents throughout time into a new synthesis.

Ana Elisa Egreja (b. 1983, São Paulo) lives and works in São Paulo and studied at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado. Solo exhibtions of hers have been held at Fabulações at Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahial (2019); Fazer Realidade (2021) at Galeria Leme; and is part of the permanent collection of Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. Group exhibitions of hers include Lost and Found Paradis by Artuner in Paris (2019). She is the recipient of the MARP’s Acquisition Prize (2007) for ‘Ribeirao Preto; MAM’s Acquisition Prize (2008 and 2009), Premio Energias na arte's Incentive Prize (2009).