Since its founding in 2020, Berlin’s art hub HALLEN has developed into a central platform for contemporary art. During Berlin Art Week in September 2025, the exhibition will take place for the sixth consecutive year. Over the years, HALLEN has steadily expanded and now offers over 9,000 square meters of space to showcase numerous works by international artists.
HALLEN provides the ideal stage to present current trends in contemporary art. In recent years, the event has established itself as one of the most exciting and diverse presentations of modern art, and the 2025 exhibition will undoubtedly be another highlight.
Japanese-American artist Makiko Harris (b. 1989) delves into themes of hybridity, ambiguous identity, and the fragile performance of femininity, while interrogating broader questions of agency and power. In her installation Glass Ceiling 2—crafted from hand-welded chains and reflective acrylic—Harris draws on the feminist notion of the glass ceiling, evoking the invisible yet rigid barriers that restrict women’s advancement within patriarchal structures. The fractured surfaces and mirrored layers become metaphors for a fragmented identity and the constructed self, revealing how societal expectations shape and constrain female subjectivity. Through this multi-layered, spatially complex installation, Harris invites viewers to confront the blurred boundaries between empowerment and limitation, visibility and invisibility.