Magical Mushrooms
A Variation of Tiny Paper, Paint & Textile Art for the group curated show:FRIENDS OF THE MUSHROOM
Studio Swimmingpool
Demminer Str. 32, Berlin, Germany
opening: International Mushroom Day
October 15th, 2025, 7-10 pm
Exhibition duration: October 15 - November 2, 2025
Finessage: November 2nd, 2025, 5-10pm
The largest living organism on record, Mycelium connects trees & other plant life in a complex symbiotic system, decomposing dead matter into something deliciously wonderful in the form of fruiting bodies; our friends, the mushrooms. This is why we commemorate our love and appreciation of the mushroom in an art exhibition at Friends of the Mushroom.
Tiny Art Mushroom Edition
Tiny paintings of various mushroom and insect species in A voluminous spectrum of vibrant colors. Which ones are edible? which ones are poisonous? which ones teach you the deep soul of our earth?
Illuminated neon paint with a blacklight & seen up close with a provided microscope.
Medium: arcylic paint on compressed card
Sizes: 4 cm tall x 4 cm wide
5 cm tall x 5 cm wide
6 cm tall x 6 cm wide
Lets Go Foraging!
Little colorful mushrooms are hidden all over the gallery. It is your mission to spot & find them.
medium: melted plastic beads
size: various small sizes from 2cm-6cms tall
Little colorful mushrooms are hidden all over the gallery. It is your mission to spot & find them.
medium: melted plastic beads
size: various small sizes from 2cm-6cms tall
Magical Mushroom World’ Wardian Case
Based on antique Victorian Wardian cases that functioned as incubating ‘green houses’ for household plants and herbs.
Machine cut and handmade assembled paper pastel neon structure with clear PVC windows. Comes with interior hand crafted & painted neon mushrooms, embellishing jeweled moss, glittering grass, sparkling rainbows, beaded posts.
medium: mixed-media sculpture with paper, glitter & PVC
Rectangular size: 15 cm tall x 6.5 cm wide x 14cm long
Hexagonal size: 15 cm tall x 7.5 cm wide
Shroom Bloom
A Cluster of mushrooms burst from a color backdrop, to compile the collaborative and outter worldly shapes of such fruiting bodies, all orchestrated together.
medium: acrylic painting on compressed card
size: 22cm tall x 18cm wide
*~Shroomland~*
An encapsulated bountiful mushroom landscape, a portion of fantasy held in a bell jar. Representing the gap mushrooms bridge between the magical and the mundane, held in plushy moss and maintained by fey folk, a mushroom world is a preternatural reality.
medium: mixed-media sculpture with paper, wool, glitter, metal, paint, plastic.
size: 28cm tall x 23cm diameter
The Real World
A multicolored painting depicting the deep dive into the physcodelic world of psilocybin mushrooms.
My experiences have always taken me on a journey of color. Since color is the language I usually convey in my art, the peeling back of several constructed mental layers into what is referred as ' the real world', everything becomes as colorful and vibrant as my subconscious sees on a consistent basis. patterns and shapes outline the interconnectivity of energy and a spectrum of colors vibrate amongst them. It feels as though my vision bleeds radiant rainbows and all I can do is observe.
medium: acrylic & plastic gems on wood
size: 30cm tall x 26cm wide
We are Mushrooms having a Human Experience
'The Purpose of this work is to embody the mushroom. Instructions: Imagine a mushroom of your choice, before removing your shoes and taking to this grassy island carpet, physically, mentally and spiritually become the mushroom. Sit, Lay down and connect with other mushroom embodiers. You may close your eyes to do so, while embracing and empathizing with the fruiting body of your choice. Ask yourself: How does this mushroom feel? What sensations can be felt through my sensory palette? Embody as long as you need, but remember to hold space for other mushrooms to sprout around you.
medium: textile wool, cotton & acrylic yarns
size: 120cm wide x 150cm long
Artist Curated Group Show
Featuring the work of:
Ellen Van Benschoten
Kasia Dudziak
Lacy Barry
Moritz Kolf
Nelja Stump
Sandra Brix
Friends of the Mushroom is in collaboration with
Kiosque Berlin Agentur & Wodkasoda Studio
Photography copyright Lacy Barry 2025