Mia Risberg is a visual artist based in Michigan. Born in Sweden, she lived in various countries before immigrating to the U.S as a young adult. She attended Pratt Institute and Hunter College in NYC, graduating from the latter with a BA in Fine Arts. Her solo exhibits are Glimpses, an Interactive Exhibit at the Aquarium Gallery (Ann Arbor, MI), Breathing Spaces at Soft Projects (Ypsilanti, MI), and Quiet Contemplation at Studio Break Gallery (West Chicago, IL). She has exhibited at various U.S. venues, and contributed work to the 2021 Art on a Postcard Summer Auction, as well as The Ukraine Art Sale, in London, UK. Mia’s work has been featured in several publications such as ArtMaze Magazine, Create Magazine, Friend of the Artist, and is included in the Flat Files of PeepSpace, New York. She is the founder of 813 Microgallery, a minute space where she shares art with her community and showcases, on a small scale, the work of diverse artists. 

My paintings and drawings depict places and people that appear to hold secrets. Informed by personal memories, photographs, and imagination, I render fleeting moments, contemplative landscapes, and partially revealed or enigmatic figures. In my drawings on paper, I render plays of light and shadows, or quiet places. I capture the stillness in moments I perceive through soft colors and minimized compositions. This simplification process allows me to distill what I see into something that is not only new, but also calmer and more orderly. The meditative act of drawing offers a respite from our chaotic external world and serves as a pause button.

Exhibition:

In The Middle With You