Mira Modly

Distilled to its essence, the landscape is color and form. I attempt to capture the ephemeral and sensual qualities of these spaces. My investigations are visceral and rely as much on intuition and collective memory as technique. I embrace the tension between representation and abstraction.
Mira Modly has traveled the world as an artist and art educator. Her work is in private collections in the United States, Europe, Tunisia, and Turkey. An accomplished art educator, Mira has taught visual art at varied institutions on four continents. She currently resides in Germany.
Mira received her degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has participated in group and solo exhibitions over the past 30 years and regularly participates in art residencies including the Baer Art Center in northern Iceland in 2019.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993

2022 Glossa Culture and Arts Center, "Facing East", Skopelos, Greece

2017 "Meditations Between Space and Place" Fleming Gallery London, UK

2017 "Istanbul; Hüzme ve Hüzum" Studio M2 Istanbul, Turkey

2013 Municipal Kafeneo "Paintings by Mira Módly" Skopelos, Greece

2007 Espace Imagín "Paintings by Mira Módly" Carthage, Tunisia

2003 Galerie Essádi "Meditations sur L’horizon" Carthage, Tunisia

2001 Dupreau Gallery "Paintings by Mira Módly" Chicago, Illinois

2000 Ukranian Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated Group Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

1998 Gallery II, The Latin School, "Paintings by Mira Módly" Chicago, Illinois

1997 Beverly Arts Center, "Works by Mira Módly and Will Gallagher" Chicago, Illinois

1997 South Shore Cultural Center, "Women of Vision", Chicago, Illinois

1996 Around the Coyote Gallery "The Trickster", group show Chicago, Illinois

1996 Louise Grayson Gallery "Gallery Artists" Petosky, Michigan

1991 World Tattoo Gallery "One Year Anniversary Show" Chicago, Illinois