Curated by Clodagh Molloy with the support of Donner wie Blitz, Munich, "Fertile Ground" is an exhibition running throughout March 2025, coinciding with Munich Jewellery Week/Schmuck 2025. This exhibition explores themes of creation, nurturing, and transformation through jewellery, sculpture, body adornment, and writing.
Bringing together works by 38 international artists, makers, and writers, the exhibition delves into the fertile space where ideas of motherhood, care, and creation intersect with the forces of Mother Nature. It reflects on the joys, pressures, and challenges of these roles while also embracing the choice not to pursue parenthood. The show examines fertility in all its forms—biological, intellectual, and environmental—and considers how nurturing, whether of life, ideas, art, or the natural world, shapes personal and artistic expression.
"Fertile Ground" also acknowledges the profound relationship between humans and nature, emphasizing how creativity mirrors the cycles of growth, care, and transformation seen in the natural world. The exhibition invites visitors to engage with a wide array of perspectives, exploring the interconnectedness of making, nurturing, and the environment as sources of inspiration and reflection.
The exhibition features works by:
Aimee Howard-Clinger, Aisling Higgins, Anna Talbot, Anne Earls Boylan, Annelieke Landré, Annika Ingelaere, Ariel Lavian, Caoimhe McGuckin, Chloe Darke, Clare Poppi, Clodagh Molloy, Francesca Santa Subito, Holland Houdek, Ingrid Berg & Sayaka Ito, I-Ying Chiang, Jaki Coffey, Jennifer Wells, Julie Usel, Karin Kent, Lorena Lazard, Lorna Keighron, Maria Camera-Smith, Maria Hanson, Miranda Wagman, Misha Mclean, Nora Sarlak, Rachel Colley, Sam Gleeson, Sara Marzialetti, Sarah Drew, Sunyoung Cheong, Victoria Bulgakova, Wiebke Pandikow, Xiao Chen, Yael Friedman Yayo, Yayan Zhang, Zoe Clark