BEGEGNUNG - Exhibition by Juan Carlos Rosa Casasola

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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 means encounter: a meeting, a connection, a moment of exchange. This exhibition reflects my understanding of creative practice as a space where personal experiences can be transformed through making, sharing, and being with others.

The exhibition brings together drawings and paintings created by myself and by participants of my creative workshops. It explores how painting can support processes of healing: as a way to process emotions, create moments of presence, and reconnect with oneself.

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The series “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.

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Some works include texts made 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 work uses the body as a language to speak about an embodied process, something that is often invisible or difficult to explain.

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The exhibition also includes an emotional map tracing my personal journey through pain, recovery, creativity, and work. In 2024, during a period of loneliness and unemployment, I started offering drawing and mindful movement workshops as a way to create connection and share the activities that supported my own wellbeing. These workshops became an important part of my recovery: a space where creativity, learning, and community meet.

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For this exhibition, I invited participants from my classes to share drawings and paintings created during workshops or inspired by exercises we explored together. The works include portraits, still lifes, landscapes, flowers, animals, abstract explorations, and experimental approaches to self-image and expression.

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Together, these works create a portrait of my current artistic practice and open a reflection on the relationship between creativity, care, and the human need for connection.