The desire for being many: Oct-Dec 2025 and ongoing, Berlin
Curatorial Project: co-curated by Lillian Morrissey, Kira Del, Laura Seidel, Katharina Koch, Sylvia Sadinski, assistant curator Neda Naujokaitė.
Under the title The desire for being many, the Berlin based spaces Neun Kelche and alpha nova & galerie futura and the artist Lillian Morrissey, present a joint exhibition across multiple spaces and a programme of events for the period October-December 2025. Platforming intersectional, transnational FLINTA* artistic, activist and discursive critical approaches, the project will address the highly topical issue of reactionary, anti-feminist and LGBTQI-phobic backlash in contemporary right-wing politics. The project The desire for being many not only aims to take stock and highlight the dramatic reactionary-antifeminist developments of recent years, but also to create counter-publics and strengthen alliances of solidarity in the spirit of author, philosopher and activist Ewa Majewska. The result is a polyphonic, diverse network of positions that serves as a starting point for resistance against Backlash 2.0. Kick-off panel discussion held at the Gunda Werner Institute, (In Kooperation mit dem Gunda-Werner-Institut), funded by: Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt, in partnership with Missy Magazine.
Angular Studios: Oct 2023 and ongoing, Berlin
Artist Studio Community Project: co founded by Lillian Morrissey and co-directed with Artists Emma Wilson, Sarah Reva Mohr, Shannon Turner, and others.
Established as a non-hierarchical, informal artists studio collective in 2023, the Angular Studios artist community is located on Josef-Orlepp-Strasse in Lichtenberg in an old factory which used to produce ball bearings. The Angular Studios community is comprised of three self-governing spaces, made up of singular and mixed studios, as well as a woodworking and ceramics workshop. Artists include: Frank Jimin Hop, Maria Salcado, Lillian Morrissey, Emma Wilson, Daniela Medina Poch, Jonas Buessecker, Hauk & Pluempe, Wagehe Raufi, Sarah Reva Mohr, Martin Doerr, Shannon Turner, Bella Bram, Emil Urbanek, Mara Kirchberg and others.
Hostile Imaginary: 13.04.24- 03.05.24, Berlin
Curatorial Project: Group exhibition at Gr_nd, co-curated by Lillian Morrissey and Tiziana Krüger, with an essay by Julia Meyer-Brehm.
When is an object hostile - and when is it harmless? Where and how is the distinction made between defensive mechanism and weapon? Billie Clarken; Tiziana Krüger; Lillian Morrissey and Anica Seidel address these questions in their group exhibition "hostile imaginary". In it, they examine the complex visualisation of tensions, threats and hostilities in contemporary pop culture and society - no matter how subliminal they may be. Using various media, sculptural objects and materials, the artists explore cultural narratives and images that subtly influence our perception of violence. They contrast everyday objects and places, cartoonish forms, soft surfaces and fragile materials with sharp edges and ambiguous bodies that oscillate between attraction and hostility. All works are positioned in grey areas: thus, a protective space or seemingly harmless scenario can carry a hidden threat as brutal as a naked weapon, reflecting our paranoid anxieties and revealing a fragile sense of security.
Join the Dots: 2012 - 2017, Sydney
Artist Run Initiative: Co-founded and co-directed by Lillian Morrissey, Jola Jones, Tyler Freeman-Smith, Adam Kennedy, Tasman Munro, during the period 2012-17 (now under new management).
Join the Dots is a thriving artist run creative hub founded in 2012 with a strong mission to support the arts, culture and inclusive community building in Marrickville, (Cadigal and Wangal land) Sydney. The space is run by a community of volunteers, operating as a not-for-profit with the intentions of providing affordable studio, event, exhibition and flexible use spaces for community members and practitioners to develop their work, experiment, collaborate and exhibit. The space includes 12 studios of different sizes, a communal space that’s great for events and workshops, a street front art gallery (SWAMP Gallery)/rehearsal space, fully equipped woodworking workshop, ceramic kilns, and laneway space. Past events range from fundraising events to community theatre, workshops, exhibitions, swap-markets, gigs, film screenings and panel discussions.
