María Berrío: Songlines

María Berrío: Songlines traces the arc of the last ten years of the artist's practice with attention to her work’s material structure and conceptual underpinnings. Working at a large scale, in a process she describes as “painting with paper,” Berrío builds scenes out of cut and torn papers that blend myth and folklore with the contemporary world. Berrío embraces multiple storylines, inspired by personal and shared mythologies drawn from across time and geography, ranging from the Colombian countryside of the artist’s birth, to ancient Greek mythology, from contemporary migration crises, to a changing climate. These many references coalesce into vibrant compositions opening onto new worlds.

Published on the occasion of a nationally touring exhibition, Songlines includes texts by Berrío, Katherine Brodbeck, co-curators Lauren Schell Dickens and Leslie Ureña, and an interview with the artist by Valéria Piccoli, alongside copious illustrations and details of Berrio's spellbinding work.

Published by by Inventory Press & Minneapolis Institute of Art & San José Museum of Art: 144 Pages, hardcover. This free exhibition is on view September 12, 2026 - January 10, 2027 (G275 - G276).