Body Issues is the first solo exhibition of work by Megan Mirro and consists of handbuilt ceramic wall hangings that blend imagery from avant-garde films, mythology and the artists’ own subconscious. Ceramic relief scenes from Agnès Varda's Le Bonheur ("Happiness"), Věra Chytilová's Daisies, and Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon, are hung next to popcorn-filled, open-vessel abstract busts of each director, inviting visitors to mindfully consume these stories of rebirth as they would take in frescoes and communion at a church. Reinterpretations of the Venus of Laussel along with Greek and Roman mythological versions of Venus and companions explore ideas of desire, fertility, creation, and collective care. Mirro shares a look at her own struggles seeking wholeness and invites the viewer to consider how protecting bodily autonomy and sharing emotional vulnerability are crucial for the collective.

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Megan Mirro is a multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland, California, who is heavily influenced by cultural stories and her surrounding creative community. Learning how to work in ceramics from coworkers after hours at Creative Growth Art Center, she now works from her home and studio at The Dome, an historic artist live/work warehouse started in the 1970s by ceramic world icons Peter Voulkos and Marilyn Levine. Mirro embraces her lack of formal training with a playful, experimental approach to handbuilding and enjoys hosting community clay workshops as a way to share access to the cathartic medium. In addition to her ceramic work, she is a freelance designer and is currently digitizing her family’s archive, shooting Super 8 home movies, and tending to her garden with her partner, Logan, and cat, Racha.