BEGEGNUNG - Exhibition by Juan Carlos Rosa Casasola in Dialogue with the Participants of his Creative Workshops

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Opening Event on Saturday, 15 August, 10 - 12 h

Eszenzia, Danckelmannstraße 20, 14059 Berlin 

15 August – 20 September 2026
​Fr & Sat 10 -22 h, Sun & Mo 10 -17 h

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Begegnung is the german word for encounter: a meeting, a connection, a moment of exchange. 

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This exhibition brings together drawings and paintings created by myself and by participants of my creative workshops. It explores how painting can create moments of connection - with ourselves and with others - and how creative practice can 
support emotional healing. 

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we heal together consists of variations of a group embrace. The repeated image 
becomes a metaphor for the supportive role that community can play during difficult moments: the possibility of feeling held, understood, and less alone. The open 
brushstrokes and changing colour palettes reflect the uncertainty of healing as an unfinished process, shaped by moments of relief and doubt, connected to my 
experience of living with ongoing physical pain since October 2024. Some paintings include texts created with rhinestones and antidepressant pills. These fragments come from conversations, reflections, and the many perspectives I encountered while navigating this process. They explore the search for relief, the desire to 
understand, and the difficulty of knowing what might help.

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In ASL – healing & learning, two figures communicate through American Sign Language, expressing the words “healing” and “learning”. The body becomes a language to speak about an embodied process, something that is often invisible or difficult to explain.

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In autumn 2024, I began offering drawing, painting and mindful movement workshops as a way of creating spaces for connection and sharing the practices that supported my own wellbeing. Over time, these workshops became an important part of my artistic life. 

For this exhibition, I invited participants to exhibit works inspired by the exercises we explored together. Their drawings and paintings are not presented as student work, but as part of an ongoing dialogue about creativity and observation. Thank you to Adriana, Antonio, Basak, Cian, Denitza, Grégori, Hana, Hira, Ivan, Lilly, Petra, Samantha, Sandra and Yalda for exhibiting your works here with me.