Works
Nona Inescu is fascinated with mutations, anomalies, and curiosities. Her sculptures, photographs and videos explore the interconnectedness of environments and their entities, as well as how they shape vulnerable bodies. Her work focuses on symbiotic visions of the Earth in which the boundaries between humans and more-than-human entities that shape the material world begin to blur.
Can a hand merge with a plant or be absorbed by a flower? Can two palm branches embrace and touch each other like two hands intertwining their fingers? In Rosa Canina and Brugmansia, Nona Inescu uses tactile exploration of nature to build bridges between the human world and nature. The hand becomes an agent and material that influences the environment, while also being shaped by it. In The Cathedral, plants and steel come together to form an arch like in a Gothic cathedral—a reference to Auguste Rodin's sculpture of the same name depicting two hands about to intertwine. The palm branches attached to the steel are a reflection of the metamorphosis, durability, and vulnerability of the materials that surround us. They are delicate gestures that grow alternative ecosystems and gardens, hybrids that reflect the harmonies and tensions that interconnect us.
Rosa canina, 2021-2024
Archival pigment print
100 × 70 cm
Brugmansia, 2021
Archival pigment print
100 × 70 cm
The Cathedral, 2023
Steel, fan palm leaves
100 x 200 x 20 cm
Galerie im Körnerpark
27 June – 7 October 2026
Galerie im Körnerpark
Schierker Straße 8
12051 Berlin
With works by Ana María Millán, Anaïs Senli, Ella C Bernard, Kamal Aljafari, Martins Kohout, Nooshin Askari, Xenia Bond, Zuzanna Czebatul
Bärenzwinger
19 February – 10 May 2026
Bärenzwinger
Im Köllnischen Park
10179 Berlin
With Ran Zhang and Lolo & Sosaku
Galerie Im Turm
11 February – 15 March 2026
Galerie im Turm
Frankfurter Tor 1
10243 Berlin
Screening programme with video works by Crystal Z Campbell, Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard & Zayne Armstrong, John Smith, Laura Nitsch, Marta Popivoda.
With a shadow intervention from Anaïs Senli & Eduardo da Conceição.
Kunstraum Bethanien/Kreuzberg
18 October 2025 – 11 January 2026
Kunstraum Bethanien/KreuzbergMariannenplatz 2
10997 Berlin