Exhibition Walkthrough with Neha Misra

Join artist Neha Misra for a public walkthrough of their Hamiltonian Artists exhibition, Climate Mandalas In A Burning World: Portals of Transformation.

On the heels of 2024, the hottest year on planetary record, Neha Misra नेहा मिश्रा centers collective ways of being and belonging as the portals of transformation that today’s age of climate change demands. Engaging sacred geometry rooted in the spiritual ecological traditions of Misra’s ancestral India, this presentation of new works contemplates the circle, or “Mandala” in Sanskrit, as an invitation to heal and to be made whole.

Grounded by an ambient soundscape produced in collaboration with Tvameva and Priya Parrotta, Misra’s immersive array of painted tapestries includes two interrelated bodies of work. Misra’s Elementary Mandala Portals render Ayurveda’s “Panchabhutas;” earth, water, fire, air, and ether—reimagined as spirit. In alignment, the Climate Solutions Mandalas on view were created through a mix of relational and conversational processes with five local, regional, and international organizations whose work Misra locates within circles of inspiration, community, and climate solidarity: Temperance Alley Garden (U Street Corridor, DC), Green Dharma, The North Carolina Climate Justice Collective, Remote Energy, and Women & Allies in Climate.