Miriam Poletti
Miriam Poletti (she/they) lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Their artistic practice focuses on textile sculpture and participatory tactile experiences. Their work explores softness as a fundamental act of community-building and is strongly influenced by their interactions with the people they collaborate with. The creative process functions as a model for social relations: through collaborative workshops, the artworks are the result of a collective effort, challenging the traditional notion of authorship to encourage participation and solidarity.
The tactile nature of the fabric becomes a medium for encounter, where skin and fiber intersect. Touch is not forbidden, but actively encouraged. Visitors are invited to physically interact with the artworks: by embracing them, holding or gently touching them. By engaging with these textile environments through their own bodies, viewers move beyond passive consumption to become active co-creators and part of a living, supportive network.
Selected Exhibitions and Screenings
2026 Songs of Uprising, Pandora Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2025 The Art of Activism, Prague City Gallery, Prague, Czechia
2025 When the body is queer, I feel free, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2025 .linkinglives//., Bardo Projektraum, Berlin, Germany
2025 Berlinale, Galeria Azur, Berlin, Germany
2025 AlterNative, 90mil, Berlin, Germany
2024 A Thousand Gestures, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2023 Postcards for Palestine, Claire de Rouen Books, London, UK
2023 Postcards for Palestine, Berlinskej Model, Prague, Czechia
2023 Objects of Care, Backhaus Projects, Berlin, Germany
2023 Unveiling Structures, Kogo Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2023 On the Texture of Feelings, Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Lichtblick, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany
2020 What is Fear?, Hošek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2020 What is Fear?, virtual exhibition and short film festival, Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019 Un/real Desires, SomoS Art House, Berlin, Germany
2018 Gut Feelings, Centrala, Birmingham, UK
2018 Collection Croisière, Nouvelle Collection Paris, MO.CO. La Panacée, Montpellier, France
2018 It's My Pleasure, Artburst Berlin, OKK Organ kritischer Kunst, Berlin, Germany
2018 Love & Politics, Chaosmos, Athens, Greece
2018 Endangered Bodies, School of Art and Humanities, FLUL, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 Queertech.io = ART (URL, IRL), ACMI, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Techne Space, virtual exhibition, The Wrong, New Digital Art Biennale
2017 There Are No Girls on The Internet, virtual exhition, Localhost Gallery, Minecraft 1.12.2
2017 Mutual Feelings 2: VR Cybertwee HQ, The Alibi, London, UK
2017 your / body ////// as / a / torchlight /, E/laboratory, Paris, France
2017 Queertech.io = ART (URL, IRL), BLINDSIDE's PLAY2, Federation Square Big Screen, Melbourne, Australia
2017 High Sugar // Heavy Metals, Palazzo Pascoli, Pavia, Italy
2016 Cybertwee Virtual Headquarters, virtual exhibition, Cybertwee HQ App
2016 Sguardi sulla pietra, Tones on the Stones, Historic Quarry of Croppo of Trontano, VCO, Italy
2016 Era pacifica pare, Careof, Milan, Italy
