Supermrin

I had the pleasure of sitting down with the immensely talented @supermrin , whose insight and artistry made for a truly inspiring conversation. @silverartprojects 🎙️ Excited to share this conversation with you all! @wtc @silversteinproperties We talk about her journey from architecture to fine art, working with foraged trees and a self-developed grass-based bioplastic, and how landscapes, especially the global lawn, carry capitalist and colonial histories. We also dive into site-specific process, ritual, community science, and making work that feels botanical, human, and alive all at once.
 This episode is about cycles, growth, and remembering our connection to the earth.
Now live on all platforms. 🌿 @cincyartmuseum Supermrin is a sculptor and installation artist whose work merges foraged trees with a self-developed grass-based bioplastic to explore the capitalist and colonial systems embedded in landscapes, particularly the global lawn. Her ongoing project, FIELD, intertwines biophilosophy, decolonial theory, and material science, and was featured in Towards Another Architecture: New Visions for the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2024). She has exhibited internationally across venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Untitled Art Fair Miami, and the Italian Virtual Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Supermrin has received major grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Franklin Furnace Fund, NYFA, and the Ohio Arts Council. She currently serves as Area Head of Interdisciplinary Practice at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Art, is an artist-in-residence at Silver Art Projects in the World Trade Center, and a research fellow at Genspace in Brooklyn. All episodes are now available to watch on YouTube & Instagram, and to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. #silverartprojects #silversteinproperties #wtc #tariktalk #tariktalkartpodcast

Meet 2026 Artist Fellow Supermrin (@supermrin ) ✨ Born in Delhi, India, Supermrin (Mrinalini Aggarwal) makes drawings and sculptures from foraged trees and a bioplastic she synthesizes from waste grass clippings. Weaving together biophilosophy, decolonial theory, architecture, and speculative fiction, her work interrogates the capitalist and colonial logics embedded in the global lawn. A recipient of the Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grant. For the Fellowship Anniversary, Supermrin presents FIELD [monsoon] — an architectural fragment becoming living organism. Arched walls infilled with translucent drawings of grass and trees, a thatched roof that gathers rain, and a plant in a vessel of grass-based bioplastic that gradually outgrows and ruptures its container. A slow choreography of growth and decay unfolds on the East River waterfront. On view Fall 2027 at Socrates Sculpture Park. #SocratesAnnualFellowship #ArtistsChooseArtists

Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Seminar students of Associate Professor Emil Robinson and Assistant Professor Mrin Aggarwal present One Hundred Books, now on view at Tabula Rasa Gallery. The exhibition features three books from each student that have shaped their thesis work and artistic practice, alongside draft proposals open for feedback and critique. Plan to spend some time there before April 24, and join us for the reception on April 23, from 4–6 pm. Students included in the show are: Tarus Adams, Lamia Aldaoushi, Elena Bleyer, Malia Brown, Phoebe Cannon, Valeria Casas-Lopez, Mia Charlton, Ruby Cheistwer, Alex Copenhaver, Alex Cribbin, Noah DeCurtins, Leila Denbow, Daniel Dickerscheid, Chris Edge, Kallista Edwards, Abby Fadel, Maddie Fair, Seth Hartenstein, Mk Hensley, Jorge Hernandez Cabrera, Rett Kaufman, Emily Korth, Sophia Linkous, Millie Mascall, Alayssa Moe, Caroline McKenzie, Eleonora Nezhivyasova, Emma Thomas, Valerie West, Alexis Willis, Kiera Yeck, and Haley Zuch.

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with the immensely talented @supermrin , whose insight and artistry made for a truly inspiring conversation. @silverartprojects 🎙️ Excited to share this conversation with you all! @wtc @silversteinproperties We talk about her journey from architecture to fine art, working with foraged trees and a self-developed grass-based bioplastic, and how landscapes, especially the global lawn, carry capitalist and colonial histories. We also dive into site-specific process, ritual, community science, and making work that feels botanical, human, and alive all at once.
 This episode is about cycles, growth, and remembering our connection to the earth.
Now live on all platforms. 🌿 @cincymuseum Supermrin is a sculptor and installation artist whose work merges foraged trees with a self-developed grass-based bioplastic to explore the capitalist and colonial systems embedded in landscapes, particularly the global lawn. Her ongoing project, FIELD, intertwines biophilosophy, decolonial theory, and material science, and was featured in Towards Another Architecture: New Visions for the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2024). She has exhibited internationally across venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Untitled Art Fair Miami, and the Italian Virtual Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Supermrin has received major grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Franklin Furnace Fund, NYFA, and the Ohio Arts Council. She currently serves as Area Head of Interdisciplinary Practice at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Art, is an artist-in-residence at Silver Art Projects in the World Trade Center, and a research fellow at Genspace in Brooklyn. All episodes are now available to watch on YouTube & Instagram, and to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. #silverartprojects #silversteinproperties #wtc #tariktalk #tariktalkartpodcast

I’m proud to share that @silverartprojects , the artist residency I’m part of, is hosting its annual Silver Gala on November 20th at @wtc — honoring @SwoonHQ and this year’s incredible resident artists, including myself. Silver Art is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to support emerging and mid-career artists by providing free, year-long studio spaces and career development opportunities in the heart of Lower Manhattan. This residency has made a difference in my life by giving me a space to create work and supporting the growth of my practice in NYC. I’d love to invite my community to attend this year’s Silver Gala and support an incredible organization that continues to empower artists like me. A portion of each ticket is tax deductible. 🎟️ Tickets are available at the link in my bio — and you can use my code [Supermrin10] for 10% off. Here’s to celebrating the arts and community, together. #SilverGala2025 #SilverArt #WorldTradeCenter

What a year its been, making, researching, and developing FIELD's bioplastic material tests! Join our biomaterials group open studio next MONDAY (Nov 10) @genspacenyc to see the process and results!! FREE and OPEN to ALL Thank you @sophiakroto for your hard work developing this research with @daapsoa ! Many thanks to @awaw.award @nyfacurrent for the supporting this work. This workshop is part of Supermrin's ongoing project FIELD, an evolving body of sculpture, and research that examines the global lawn as a site of ecological, colonial, and material entanglement using grass bioplastics and foraged plant matter. During the evening, we will share open-source testing protocols for bioplastics, including methods for evaluating strength, biodegradability, and lightfastness, and discuss how these experiments can shape sustainable art and design practices. Event details • What: Open Studio: Bioplastic Testing with Supermrin • When: Monday, November 10, 6:15–9:00 pm (doors at 6:00 pm) • Where: Genspace, Brooklyn, NY /e/november-gbs-open-studio-bioplastic-testing-with-supermrin-registration-1925602903119

🖼️🎙️NEW EPISODE🖼️🎙️ Season 23, Episode 1, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the immensely talented @supermrin , whose insight and artistry made for a truly inspiring conversation. @silverartprojects 🎙️ Excited to share this conversation with you all! @wtc @silversteinproperties Supermrin is a sculptor and installation artist whose work merges foraged trees with a self-developed grass-based bioplastic to explore the capitalist and colonial systems embedded in landscapes, particularly the global lawn. Her ongoing project, FIELD, intertwines biophilosophy, decolonial theory, and material science, and was featured in Towards Another Architecture: New Visions for the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2024). She has exhibited internationally across venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Untitled Art Fair Miami, and the Italian Virtual Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Supermrin has received major grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Franklin Furnace Fund, NYFA, and the Ohio Arts Council. She currently serves as Area Head of Interdisciplinary Practice at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Art, is an artist-in-residence at Silver Art Projects in the World Trade Center, and a research fellow at Genspace in Brooklyn. All episodes are now available to watch on YouTube & Instagram, and to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. #silverartprojects #silversteinproperties #wtc #tarikmendes #tariktalk #tariktalkart #tariktalkartpodcast #tariktalkpodcast #worldtradecenter #art #silverartprojectsresidency

Breaking news: I'm excited to share that I'm a 2025 Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) Environmental Art Grants recipient! Looking forward to ongoing collab with @genspacenyc , developing FIELD’s material research with grass biomaterials and bioplastics! AND working this year at @silverartprojects on a suite of immersive sculptures that will be exhibited @westonartgallery next year, accompanied by public programs that invite audiences to engage directly with community science. Many thanks to this year’s jury, grateful to @awaw.award and @nyfacurrent for the recognition and support! Many thanks also to ALL the organizations and humans who have supported my work these past few years. Full details at nyfa.org/news

Say hello to Supermrin! Get to know one of the many talented artists in CAC’s “Ohio Now: State of Nature” exhibition. Supermrin is a Cincinnati artist who creates sculptures and installations from foraged trees and a unique bioplastic made from grasses. Her work is inspired by the fields of bio philosophy, architecture, decolonial theory, material science, and speculative fiction. These inspirations come together in Supermrin’s art to reflect an imagined phenomenon of being overcome by a larger, vegetal force. Transforming organic materials into placental membranes that are suspended between states of life and death, Supermrin mirrors this sensation of an uncanny possession by alien life. This reflects her own feelings of alienation and migrant identity. Come see Supermrin’s work at Contemporary Arts Center, up through Sept. 7. “Ohio Now: State of Nature” is co-organized by Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and Museum of @mocaCleveland , OH. The exhibition is curated by Theresa Bembnister, DJ Hellerman, Megan Lykins Reich, and Christina Vassallo. The presentation of “Ohio Now: State of Nature” at CAC is supported by Lucinda Barnes, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Bruce Lazarus & Phil Weintraub, Barbara K. Myers, P&G, and The Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation. 📷 (headshot) Supermrin. Image courtesy of the artist. Supermrin, “FIELD birch [family secrets],” 2023, grass bioplastic, birch limbs, 60 x 24 inches, produced at Sculpture Space, Utica. Image courtesy of Supermrin.

FIELD [A loud bang breaks through the sheet of quiet; she shouts, slaps the man apparently asleep on the seat behind her - he is poking her bum with his feet. He runs to the rear of the bus, mutters inaudibly, and she, charging at him, slipper in hand cusses, whacks - her friend pins him down, but he wriggles out of grasp. In unison, every one of us rose, separated the three and we threw him out of the moving bus into the empty desert below. A sense of camaraderie falls upon us; our bus rolls onwards to its destination.] 2025 Grass bioplastic, branches, turmeric 85x66x3inches Installation view, Ohio Now: State of Nature. Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2025. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. On view @cincycac

So grateful to @gthornbury @jaredowensart  @bykeithmartine @shannon.bender  @_mon527 for welcoming me to @silverartprojects for this wonderful yearlong residency. I’m a bit emotional - always homesick, and today, thinking of all my friends and my sweet family all so far away. Being an artist, and an immigrant, takes its toll. But never could I have imagined being in this incredible space in this magnificent city - nyc you are as close to home as home can ever be. Thank you to the amazing jurors for this year’s residency award, for selecting my humble work for this opportunity to grow and connect. SWOON (Caledonia Curry) @swoonhq Eddie Martinez @eddie.martinez.studio Allison Glenn @msallisonglenn Ernestine White-Mifetu @ernestinewhitemifetu Jonathan Gardenhire @jonathangardenhire Magnus Resch @magnusresch Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn @jeannegr  @salon94 Steve Wilson @steveredglasses Extra love to @genspacenyc - the best place in Brooklyn, I’m excited to get back to the lab and get cooking! I can’t wait to meet the rest of the our cohort @playtime_lyl @lauralappi @iamjamelrobinson @asiastewart @anoushka @jaiquan_fayson @kimmah_dennis @kamaupatton @aristotles_abstractions_ @danamariebullock @kristina_bivona @angela__china Marcus Manganni Walter Steding Tamar Rubenstein @asifhoque @lindsaybriadams @spanditamalik Debra Cartwright @tura__oliveira @jaredowensart @r.craig.t1 @_mon527 @aizaahmedstudio