In The Mothers In Me Will Meet You There, New York–based artist Nicole Cooper presents nine figurative oil paintings that examine the emotional terrain of climate crisis through the lens of what she describes as “Active Hope.” Rather than addressing climate change through data or didactic imagery, Cooper centers the human body as a site where anxiety, grief, love, and possibility coexist.
Rendered in vibrant color and energetic brushwork, the paintings merge human figures with elemental environments—rippling water, burning ground, swirling air—collapsing boundaries between body and landscape. These hybrid spaces suggest interdependence across generations and between humans and the living planet, framing climate change not as an abstract future threat but as an intimate, embodied condition.
Cooper’s work engages a gap between awareness and action, focusing on emotional states that can both motivate and immobilize response. By giving physical form to these feelings, the exhibition proposes connection as a prerequisite for collective movement. The paintings do not resolve ecological crisis but instead create space for reflection, vulnerability, and shared responsibility.
Public programming accompanying the exhibition extends this ethos. In addition to the opening reception, Cooper will lead a ClimART Café, a guided listening circle designed to pair emotional expression with art-based dialogue, reinforcing the exhibition’s emphasis on communal processing.
Exhibition Information
Location: The Centerpoint Gallery at Anthroposophy NYC, Chelsea
Website: https://www.anthroposophynyc.org/nicole-cooper
Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 1–5 PM
Exhibition Dates: February 9 – March 27, 2026
Featured Work
Nicole Cooper
Weaving Possibilities, 2024
Oil on canvas
40 × 40 inches
