Kunsthalle Bern is pleased to present a new solo exhibition by Lin May Saeed.

Lin May Saeed (1973–2023) was a German-Iraqi artist and animal rights activist. The question of coexistence between humans and animals also found its way into Saeed's artistic practice. She worked primarily with sculptures, often made from simple materials such as Styrofoam, and developed a visual language that intertwined mythological, religious, and activist narratives. Her works and writings proposed a compassionate reconception of the relationships between species and depicted liberation and reconciliation as sculptural and social acts.

In 2023, the artist passed away shortly before the opening of her solo exhibition The Snow Falls Slowly in Paradise at the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin. Posthumously, her work was presented in solo exhibitions at GAMeC (Bergamo, 2024), Sapieha Palace in Vilnius (2025), and Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre (2025). Her work was also on view at Manifesta 15 (Barcelona, 2024), Biennale Gherdëina 9 (Ortisei, 2024), and the 9th Berlin Biennale (Berlin, 2016). Her group exhibitions include presentations at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2018), Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (2021), and Museo Castello di Rivoli (2018). Her works are included in major collections, including the Centre Pompidou Paris, the National Museum of Art in Oslo, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Westfälisches Landesmuseum, and the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany.