Jan 30-Aug 2, 2026 Homing Instinct Letting Go of the Shore Jan 30-Aug 2, 2026 Jan 30-Aug 2, 2026 Homing Instinct Letting Go of the Shore Homing Instinct: Letting Go of The Shore is a 26-minute multi-screen film installation by New York-based filmmaker Lydia Dean Pilcher. It is based on a short story of the same name by Cincinnati-based author Dani McClain, published in the anthology Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements . Presented on a continuous loop, this immersive story focuses on human resilience in the face of climate crises. Set in a near-future world of rising sea levels, it follows two friends, Raven and Paloma, as they decide how to respond to a federal order to evacuate coastal regions within 30 days and permanently relocate elsewhere. For Pilcher and McClain, confronting fossil-fuel dependence and resource depletion requires not just policy change, but new narrative approaches to inspire connection and transformation. Weaving together reality, dreams, and the metaphysical, Homing Instinct draws upon science fiction and Afrofuturist concepts and integrates dance, poetry, and striking visual design (shaped by art director Syou Nam Thai) to convey the emotional weight of facing change and trusting the unknown. It also reminds us that we are not part of nature, but nature itself. Lead support provided by Dick & Doreen Cahoon Community partner: ThirdSpace Reading Room About the Artists Dani McClain DANI McCLAIN McClain reports on race, parenting and reproductive health. Her writing has appeared in outlets including "The New York Times," "TIME," "The Atlantic" and "Harper's Bazaar." Her work has been recognized by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and she has received a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. McClain is a contributing writer at "The Nation." She was a staff reporter at the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" and has worked as a strategist with organizations including Color of Change and the Drug Policy Alliance. Her book, "We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood," was published in 2019 by Bold Type Books and was shortlisted in 2020 for a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. She was the Cincinnati Public Library's writer-in-residence in 2020 and 2021. Lydia Dean Pilcher LYDIA DEAN PILCHER Pilcher is a two-time Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated producer. She is founder of the New York-based production company Cine Mosaic, working in the international landscape of cinema and multicultural storytelling. Before transitioning to writing and directing, she produced more than 40 feature films and series working with directors including Mira Nair, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Wes Anderson, Barry Levinson, George C. Wolfe and Kathryn Bigelow. Her director credits include the World War II female spy thriller "A Call to Spy" and the climate narratives "Radium Girls" and "Homing Instinct." She works with the UNFCCC initiative Entertainment and Culture for Climate Action and is a leader in the film and television industry promoting climate storytelling in entertainment and media. Pilcher teaches Climatic Change: Storytelling Arts, Zeitgeist and Our Future as an interdisciplinary course at the Columbia University Climate School in collaboration with the School of the Arts. Installation Images

Jul 14-Sep 30, 2018 Cyprien Gaillard Nightlife Jul 14-Sep 30, 2018 ∆ Cyprien Gaillard, Nightlife (Film Still), 2015, 3D motion picture, DCI DCP, 14:56 min. Copyright Cyprien Gaillard. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers. Soundtrack © BLACK MAN’S WORLD Performed by Alton Ellis, (P) 1970 Sanctuary Records Ltd., a BMG Company, Courtesy of BMG Rights Management GmbH. Written and composed by Alton N. Ellis, published by Haka Taka Music. Courtesy of Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG © BLACK MAN’S PRIDE featuring the performance of Alton Ellis is licensed by Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio Limited,. 13 Studio One Boulevard, Kingston 5, Jamaica. Written and composed by Alton Ellis, published by Third Side Music o/b/o Jamrec. Music,, Courtesy of Rückbank Musikverlag Mark Chung. ∆ Cyprien Gaillard, Nightlife (Film Still), 2015, 3D motion picture, DCI DCP, 14:56 min. Copyright Cyprien Gaillard. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers. Soundtrack © BLACK MAN’S WORLD Performed by Alton Ellis, (P) 1970 Sanctuary Records Ltd., a BMG Company, Courtesy of BMG Rights Management GmbH. Written and composed by Alton N. Ellis, published by Haka Taka Music. Courtesy of Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG © BLACK MAN’S PRIDE featuring the performance of Alton Ellis is licensed by Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio Limited,. 13 Studio One Boulevard, Kingston 5, Jamaica. Written and composed by Alton Ellis, published by Third Side Music o/b/o Jamrec. Music,, Courtesy of Rückbank Musikverlag Mark Chung. ∆ Cyprien Gaillard, Nightlife (Film Still), 2015, 3D motion picture, DCI DCP, 14:56 min. Copyright Cyprien Gaillard. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers. Soundtrack © BLACK MAN’S WORLD Performed by Alton Ellis, (P) 1970 Sanctuary Records Ltd., a BMG Company, Courtesy of BMG Rights Management GmbH. Written and composed by Alton N. Ellis, published by Haka Taka Music. Courtesy of Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG © BLACK MAN’S PRIDE featuring the performance of Alton Ellis is licensed by Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio Limited,. 13 Studio One Boulevard, Kingston 5, Jamaica. Written and composed by Alton Ellis, published by Third Side Music o/b/o Jamrec. Music,, Courtesy of Rückbank Musikverlag Mark Chung. Jul 14-Sep 30, 2018 Cyprien Gaillard Nightlife Much of Cyprien Gaillard’s work investigates the eccentricities, buried histories, and inherent cycles of renewal and decay in the urban environment. Through film, video, sculpture, photography, and various interventions in public space, Gaillard presents narratives and forms that reflect upon the often unacknowledged histories of monuments, cities, and landscapes. Shot entirely at night over the course of two years, Nightlife (2015) connects a series of seemingly unrelated natural and cultural phenomena throughout Cleveland, Los Angeles and Berlin. Organized into distinct chapters, the three-dimensional film brings together an obscure yet significant mix of historical monuments and occurrences to form a hyper psychedelic experience. Support for MOCA Cleveland’s presentation of Cyprien Gaillard: Nightlife is provided by Étant donnés Contemporary Art, a program of the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Foundation . Étant donnés is developed in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, with lead funding from the Florence Gould Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Chanel USA, the ADAGP, the French Ministry of Culture, and Institut Français. Generous support also provided by Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels and Sprüth Magers . Sherwin-Williams is the official paint of moCa Cleveland. All current exhibitions are funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Leadership Circle gifts from anonymous donors, Yuval Brisker, Joanne Cohen and Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen and Kevin Rahilly, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, Michelle and Richard Jeschelnig, Donna and Stewart Kohl, Jan Lewis, Toby Devan Lewis, and Scott Mueller. All moCa Cleveland exhibitions are supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, and the continuing support of the Museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. Presented as a part of FRONT Internatinal Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. About FRONT International FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art is an exhibition comprised of artist commissions, performances, films, and public programs that will launch its inaugural edition in July of 2018. An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises, in collaboration with museums, civic institutions, and alternative spaces across Cleveland, Akron and Oberlin, will showcase an ambitious roster of projects, including performance and theater throughout the landscape and built environment. With a roster of national, international and area-based artists at all points in their career, FRONT will examine the ever-changing and politically urgent conditions of an American city.

Aug 28, 2026-Mar 7, 2027 Tishan Hsu permeable surface Aug 28, 2026-Mar 7, 2027 ∆ Tishan Hsu, Emergent Mesh , 2025 (still). Real-time Video. © 2025 North First Studio / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Lisson Gallery. ∆ Tishan Hsu, Emergent Mesh , 2025 (still). Real-time Video. © 2025 North First Studio / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Lisson Gallery. ∆ Tishan Hsu, Emergent Mesh , 2025 (still). Real-time Video. © 2025 North First Studio / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Lisson Gallery. Aug 28, 2026-Mar 7, 2027 Tishan Hsu permeable surface For over forty years, Tishan Hsu has explored the increasing interconnectedness of the human body with technology, resulting in a visual language that merges digital imagery, industrial materials, and biomorphic forms to create uncanny works. Trained in both classical fine art and architectural design, Hsu’s work bridges Renaissance technique with futuristic sensibilities. He traces our deepening entanglement with screens and systems and how they mediate our experience of the world. This exhibition presents a career-spanning selection of works, including Hsu’s first and most recent video works: Folds of Oil, 2005 and emergent mesh, 2025. permeable surface , demonstrates Hsu’s consistent inquiry into perception, the body, and how technology is transforming our sense of reality, revealing the tactile and psychological impacts of our digital age. All exhibitions at moCa supported by About the Artist ∆ Tishan Hsu Tishan Hsu Tishan Hsu (b. 1951, Boston, MA) lives and works in New York, NY. Recent solo exhibitions include Tishan Hsu at MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland (2024); Secession, Vienna, Austria (2023–24); and Liquid Circuit at SculptureCenter, New York, NY (2020), which traveled to the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2021). Hsu's work has been featured in major international exhibitions including The Milk of Dreams, the 59th Venice Biennale (2022), the Carnegie International (2022), and the Gwangju Biennale (2021), and it is included in the New Museum's large group exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future that inaugurated their expanded building in 2026. Hsu’s work is held in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, both in New York, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Tate Modern, London, UK; M+, Hong Kong; and numerous other international institutions. Hsu received a B.S. in Architecture and Environmental Design (1973) and a Master of Architecture (1975) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also studied film at Harvard University’s Carpenter Center. He has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Pratt Institute, and Harvard University . Selected Works

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Feb 16, 2018-Feb 23, 2019 Claudia Comte Zigzags and Diagonals Feb 16, 2018-Feb 23, 2019 ∆ Installation view, Claudia Comte: Zigzags and Diagonals . Photo: Field Studio. ©MOCA Cleveland 2018. ∆ Installation view, Claudia Comte: Zigzags and Diagonals . Photo: Field Studio. ©MOCA Cleveland 2018. ∆ Installation view, Claudia Comte: Zigzags and Diagonals . Photo: Field Studio. ©MOCA Cleveland 2018. Feb 16, 2018-Feb 23, 2019 Claudia Comte Zigzags and Diagonals Claudia Comte (1983, Grancy, CHE) is a Swiss artist whose sculptures, large wall paintings, and immersive installations emerge from the artist’s interest in the shapes and forms of Modernism. For each new wall painting Comte creates a series of compositional parameters through which she builds striking optical designs that entirely reshape the architecture and space. Zigzags and Diagonals is the inaugural wall painting in a new and ongoing series of wall-based installations by contemporary artists in MOCA’s unique and visionary architectural spaces. Major support for Claudia Comte: Zigzags and Diagonals is provided by Joanne Cohen and Morris Wheeler. The exhibition is also made possible with the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, and the City of Lausanne. All current exhibitions are funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Leadership Circle gifts from anonymous donors, Yuval Brisker, Joanne Cohen and Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen and Kevin Rahilly, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, Michelle and Richard Jeschelnig, Donna and Stewart Kohl, Jan Lewis, Toby Devan Lewis, and Scott Mueller. All MOCA Cleveland exhibitions are supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, and the continuing support of the Museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. Installation Images

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Tue.-Fri. December 2, 2025 Art Fairs NOW: Art Basel Miami Beach -Dec 5, 2025 at Art Basel: Miami Beach moCa NOW Donor Event: Invitation Only JOIN TODAY Exclusive Art Basel: Miami Beach access experience, featuring private tours, an intimate dinner, and a cocktail invitation. *Travel and accommodations not included. ART NOW Donor members will receive email communications on how to RSVP. Curator Level & above

Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 Maggie Menghan Chen Body Building Exercise Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 ∆ Maggie Menghan Chen, Body Building Exercise, 2020 (still). Video, sound; 4 minutes 36 seconds. ∆ Maggie Menghan Chen, Body Building Exercise, 2020 (still). Video, sound; 4 minutes 36 seconds. ∆ Maggie Menghan Chen, Body Building Exercise, 2020 (still). Video, sound; 4 minutes 36 seconds. Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 Maggie Menghan Chen Body Building Exercise With a 2020 social media release in response to global quarantine, Maggie Menghan Chen’s Body Building Exercise offered a playful response to her depression and sedentary lifestyle during COVID-19. After a week in bed during lockdown, Chen began this project to create a message of optimism, solidarity, and joy. Body Building Exercise combines performance, spirituality, and the broadcast power of digital culture. It features Chen and Vivian Yao dancing to the soundtrack created by Shanghai-based producer and PC Music-affiliate, felicita. Liu Cunjun‘s videography references the user interface of an arcade dance machine, and Chen and Yao wear costumes designed by Yu Wei, styled by Morrissey Yang and S/ash. The tutorial incorporates dance and music elements from Zumba, hip hop, krump, vogue, and ultimately metal to offer an outlet for the pent-up energy of an international community in isolation. Now, five years after the start of the pandemic, moCa Cleveland presents this artwork for the first time to give museum visitors a chance to release energy and emotion by moving together in public. About the Artist ∆ Maggie Menghan Chen Maggie Menghan Chen Maggie Menghan Chen (b. 1998, Beijing) lives and works in Beijing and London. She obtained her MA degree in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts following her BA degree in Art History at New York University. Installation Images

Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 Dana Oldfather Flyfall Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 ∆ Dana Oldfather, Flyfall , 2022 (detail). Drawing, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist ∆ Dana Oldfather, Flyfall , 2022 (detail). Drawing, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist ∆ Dana Oldfather, Flyfall , 2022 (detail). Drawing, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 Dana Oldfather Flyfall Luminous and dreamlike, Dana Oldfather’s paintings depict an imagined view of the world, one that prompts an introspective look at the layers and language of the human experience. Her portrayal of women engaged in everyday actions and tasks–climbing, swinging, stumbling, sneezing, loading the washing machine–merge current events, art history, folktales, and personal experience to evoke the emotional complexities of real life situations. In Flyfall (2022), a site-responsive drawing for moCa’s Kohl Atrium, a series of female characters are intertwined with a flock of Canadian geese. Rising up the three-story wall, the hybrid creatures appear to be simultaneously flying and falling. Both resilient and defeated, free and tethered, the figures capture the inherent tension of “fight or flight”—the term for our automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as mentally or physically frightening, the response that prepares us to fight or flee. The richly imagined scenario in Flyfall and the range of possible interpretations that rise to its surface offer a reminder that our present moment is distinguished by a prevailing condition of groundlessness and uncertainty. Are the women and the geese fighting or are they working together? Are they separate entities or a hybrid form? What and how are they feeling as they wrestle together? By embracing ambiguity, Oldfather reminds us that teetering off the edge can mean both the brink of collapse and the steadying of one’s step before taking flight. Both flying and falling are possible, but how we decide to interpret the story is up to us. Major support for Dana Oldfather’s Flyfall is provided by Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler. About the Artist Dana Oldfather Dana Oldfather currently works and lives just outside in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has been presented at the Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI; Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York; Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN; Museum of Contemporary Cleveland; The McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, Youngstown, Ohio; The Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN; and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She is the recipient of the William and Dorothy Yeck Award for Young Painters, two Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards, and a Satellite Fund Emergency Relief Grant from SPACES Gallery, The Warhol Foundation, and The Cleveland Foundation. Her work has been published in Beautiful/Decay, ArtMaze Magazine, and The Art of Spray by Lori Zimmer.

Jun 28-Dec 29, 2024 Message from Our Planet Digital Art from the Thoma Collection Jun 28-Dec 29, 2024 ∆ Penelope Umbrico, 48,586,054 Suns from Sunsets from Flickr (Partial) 11/05/20, 2020. Wall installation of 1,440 color photographs on paper, and tape. ∆ Penelope Umbrico, 48,586,054 Suns from Sunsets from Flickr (Partial) 11/05/20, 2020. Wall installation of 1,440 color photographs on paper, and tape. ∆ Penelope Umbrico, 48,586,054 Suns from Sunsets from Flickr (Partial) 11/05/20, 2020. Wall installation of 1,440 color photographs on paper, and tape. Jun 28-Dec 29, 2024 Message from Our Planet Digital Art from the Thoma Collection Message from Our Planet brings together 19 software, video, and light-technology artworks from 17 international artists working at the forefront of digital and electronic art. The exhibition proposes that media technologies, from vintage devices to cutting-edge digital algorithms, offer distinct ways for artists to communicate with future generations. Themed like a global time capsule, the group of artworks reflect the artifacts and ambitions of contemporary life. Curated by the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Foundation Additional support provided by the Anselm Talalay Photography Endowment. Featured Artists: Brian Bress, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Hong Hao, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Claudia Hart, Jenny Holzer, Lee Nam Lee, Christian Marclay, Paul Pfeiffer, Tabita Rezaire, Michal Rovner, Jason Salavon, Elias Sime, Skawennati, Penelope Umbrico, UVA (United Visual Artists), and Robert Wilson Exhibition Images Message From Our Planet: Digital Art from the Thoma Collection , installation views at moCa Cleveland, 2004. Photos: Jacob Koestler. Select images: Robert Wilson, LADY GAGA: Mademoiselle Caroline Riviere , 2013. Digital video (with sound); Jenny Holzer, Red Tilt , 2002. Custom electronics (silent), double-sided light-emitting diode signs with Taitron diodes, stainless steel housings and bezels; Claudia Hart, The Ruins , 2020. Digital video (with sound); Paul Pfeiffer, Caryatid (Stiverne) , 2018. Digital video (silent), chrome 32" CRT monitor

Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 Jerome AB At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 ∆ Jerome AB, At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing , 2021 (still). HD Video, Color, Sound, 9 min. Courtesy the artist ∆ Jerome AB, At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing , 2021 (still). HD Video, Color, Sound, 9 min. Courtesy the artist ∆ Jerome AB, At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing , 2021 (still). HD Video, Color, Sound, 9 min. Courtesy the artist Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 Jerome AB At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing Jerome AB’s At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing (2021) is a mixed-media installation, movement video, and soundscape. A case study in surrender, the work consists of an artifact, once buried beneath compounded terrain, now displayed within the museum walls. Its provenance unaccounted for, the 12’ high metal structure operates like a time capsule, nestled in excavated ground. Inside the enclosure is a three-dimensional video file, attempting to relay a psychological unraveling captured in real time. Past glitches of lapsed memories, the video’s subject comes to a road diverged. In one instance, we can choose to find comfort in the cards we have been dealt, to live life on life’s terms. In another, our circumstances can feel like they are closing in on us, with the only option left to fight. What starts as one figure, splits, and fragments into a multiplicity of being. At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing explores the existence of two seemingly opposing truths that can co-exist as one reality. Set to a deteriorating meditative score, a self-help spiral featuring multi-instrumentalists Eartheater and Jasminfire, AB’s At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing explores what it means to relinquish control and to find courage in faith. Jerome AB’s At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing is organized by Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo) as part of Toby’s Prize, a biennial award made possible by Toby Devan Lewis. About the Artist Jerome AB Jerome AB (b. 1991, Nairobi, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist and creative director based in Los Angeles, CA. Trained as an architect actualized through dance, his work is a translation of movement architecture and spatial choreography. AB’s performance pieces, films, installations, and sonic sculptures are all rooted in creating worlds that represent physical manifestations of psychological landscapes. Reoccurring motifs of exploration include queer futures, ancestral connection, healthy masculinity, and the occasional internet purge. AB has created work for and alongside artists such as Blood Orange, Bobbi Salvor Menuez, Kanye West, Caroline Polachek, Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), poet Precious Okoyomon, photographers Paul Sepuya and Michael Bailey-Gates, filmmaker Alima Lee, and Brooklyn-based dance duo FlucT. His work has been featured at institutions such as MoMA PS1, LACMA, National Sawdust, Knockdown Center, Navel, and Lever House as commissioned by Performa.

Feb 2-May 26, 2024 Andrea Bowers Exist, Flourish, Evolve Feb 2-May 26, 2024 ∆ Andrea Bowers, Rights of Nature I, 2022, neon. Photo: Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography ∆ Andrea Bowers, Rights of Nature I, 2022, neon. Photo: Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography ∆ Andrea Bowers, Rights of Nature I, 2022, neon. Photo: Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography Feb 2-May 26, 2024 Andrea Bowers Exist, Flourish, Evolve LA-based artist Andrea Bowers bears witness in her work, drawing attention to and inspiring movement around the most urgent issues of our time. Her drawings, sculptures, installations, and films chronicle and preserve history as it occurs, documenting collective action and amplifying the labor and lived experiences of activists dedicated to socio-political change. Developed through an ongoing partnership with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and activist Tish O’Dell, Exist, Flourish, Evolve is a new, multi-site, multimedia campaign that builds awareness and action around the dangers facing Lake Erie and all of the Great Lakes ecosystems. It features a monumental neon sculpture installed on a waterfront balcony of the Great Lakes Science Center; a documentary investigating the impact of factory farming on Lake Erie’s ecosystem; and a presentation in moCa’s Lewis Gallery that includes a newly-created drawing of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, first-of-its-kind legislation protecting an entire US ecosystem that is part of the global Rights of Nature Movement. Bowers was raised in the small town of Huron, Ohio and spent her childhood on the shores of Lake Erie, connecting to the lake itself like a member of her family to be cared for, cherished, and protected. Yet, Lake Erie and its watershed are abused and endangered by corporate practices such as contaminant dumping, toxic runoff from industrial farming, and the introduction of non-native invasive species. Exist, Flourish, Evolve demands justice for the Great Lakes, urging us to prioritize the preservation of our natural ecology over industrialization and capitalism. Within moCa’s gallery, a timeline connects Bowers’s new and recent artworks with historical facts and archival materials using two catastrophic climate events as bookends to Bowers’s life thus far: the 1969 fire on the Lake Erie-connected Cuyahoga River (a result of oil slicks covering the water) and the massive 2014 algae bloom that blanketed Lake Erie and invaded Toledo’s water systems, preventing residents from using tap water. From the Maumee to the Cuyahoga, the works in Exist, Flourish, Evolve come together to share the histories of our water, demonstrate the interconnectedness of ourselves and our natural world, and remind us, as Dr. Vandana Shiva states, “nature is not out there; we are a part of it.” Commission sponsorship provided by Generous support from Chuck & Char Fowler, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, and Nicholas & Erin Reif Community Partners: About the Artist Andrea Bowers. Courtesy Fondazione Furla Andrea Bowers (b. 1964, Ohio) is a Los Angeles-based artist who has been recording and amplifying the work of activists present and past for more than two decades. Her multi-media practice includes drawing, video, sculpture, and installation work that foregrounds the experience of the people who dedicate their time and energy to the struggle for gender, racial, environmental, labor, and immigration justice and those who are directly affected by systemic inequality. Over time, her different bodies of work have become a document of the changing language, prerogatives, and dynamics of social justice movements. In 2021 a major mid-career survey of Bowers’s work curated by Michael Darling and Connie Butler opened at the MCA Chicago and traveled to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2022. Other recent solo exhibitions include Grief and Hope , Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany and Light and Gravity , Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany. In September 2022, Bowers opened a solo exhibition including both new and existing work at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Milano as part of an exhibition program organized by the Fondazione Furla. Bowers is represented by Vielmetter Los Angeles, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Kaufmann Repetto, and Jessica Silverman Gallery. Installation Images Andrea Bowers, Exist, Flourish, Evolve. Installation views at moCa Cleveland, 2024, and Great Lakes Science Center exterior, 2024. Photos: Jacob Koestler

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Thu. January 14, 2027 In Response w/ Art Therapy Studio 6-7:30PM at moCa Cleveland Free w/ Registration SIGN UP Slow down, reconnect, and discover the restorative power of making. Inspired by works on view in moCa Cleveland's galleries, this guided, hands-on workshop invites you to explore creativity as a tool for reflection, mindfulness, and well-being—no artistic experience required. Through simple materials and thoughtful prompts, you'll create in a welcoming, judgment-free environment designed to reduce stress and spark curiosity. Space is limited; advance registration is recommended.