Goddesses 3.o

Group Show on View February 5- April 10, 2026

Kresge and Pascal Galleries, Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey | Mahwah, NJ

GODDESSES 3.0 is conceived as a contemporary, feminist inquiry into the idea of the goddess – not as a fixed mythological figure, but as an elastic framework through which artists address power, embodiment, ritual, resistance, and cultural memory. The exhibition places historical feminist practices in dialogue with contemporary work, foregrounding both lineage and reinvention across generations and media. In addition to video, drawing, performance, sculpture, prints, and multimedia, various items from popular culture are represented. A number of historically significant artists are featured, and works on view include the pioneering Dara Birnbaum video Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman from 1978. Other represented artists include:  Vanessa Beecroft, gwen charles, Myrlande Constant, Mary Beth Edelson, Chitra Ganesh, Geri Hahn, Donna Kessinger (video documentary), Pat Lay, Mariko Mori, Julie Ann Nagle, Carolee Schneemann, and Nancy Spero.

The exhibition was curated by Sydney O. Jenkins, Director of the Art Galleries, and feminist artist and curator Donna Kessinger.

In a Whisper, Hearts Stopped, left, with Myrlande Constant to the right

Hearts Bloom, interactive performance on March 25th

Chamomile flowers and blooms from my garden were painted onto a cast of my pregnant belly in a healing ritual to spark intimate conversations about fertility struggles.

I ground a mixture of chamomile, ranunculus, red clover, cinnamon, ginger with egg yolk, vinegar and water to make an egg tempera ‘paint’ out of ingredients that boost fertility.