(Re-)discover EPO collection artist Isa Melsheimer in Berlin

In a new Berlin performative exhibition, the artist from the EPO art collection will showcase works highlighting her unique approach to exploring relationships and interactions between architecture, natural materials, and form.

Isa Melsheimer, an artist represented in the EPA art collection, will be participating at a performative exhibition in Haus Kunst Mitte in Berlin from 18 January to 15 March 2025. The artist acts as archaeologist of often forgotten or neglected buildings, recreating their distinctive shapes both from her study and from her vivid re-imagining of the forms and the spirit of the structures. Her work ‘Gebäude (Brandwand)’ from 2007 (EPO) is an impressive illustration of this approach.

Exploring urban living spaces and the conditions of their design and environmental change,  Melsheimer uses simple materials such as concrete, plants, fabric or yarn. Known for her engagement with the history of architectural styles—especially the legacy of Modernism and 1950s-70s examples of concrete architecture — Melsheimer’s works are expressions of her intense research as well as formal investigations of metamorphic spaces created by man and shaped by nature and technology.

The Berlin apartment block ‘Haus Kunst Mitte’, built in 1870, provides an authentic setting for Isa Melsheimer's exploration of architecture and social space. Its original function as a living space, which is reactivated through performances and installations, creates an exciting dialogue with Melsheimer, who looks at architectural and social themes in a poetic yet analytical way between abstraction and concrete references.