Photo of Eleni Maria Berg
Finding our Place, 2023
Gouache and colored pencil on paper
18” x 24”
Eleni Maria Berg is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist working primarily with painting and ceramic sculpture. Eleni’s personal identity as someone born in the Bay Area by a family of immigrants from both Central and South America influences her work in every aspect. Our relationship to nature and animals, the erasure of indigenous culture and practices for self preservation, and the “culture” of mass consumption and waste many of us have now due to imperialism are all themes Eleni wants to discuss. Identifying herself as a product of Eurocentrism by exploring her Mestizo ancestry is crucial to the development of Eleni’s practice.