Mia creates abstract paintings (ranging in size from 6" x 6" to 36" x 60") that can be interpreted as imaginary worlds. Her fascination with exposing microscopic details, has led Mia to scan her small paintings and produce enlargements that reveal surprising elements of the painting process.
Fractured Legacy is a photo-based installation that Mia created in the mid-1990s exploring her identity as a child of German Jewish refugees. The art now resides in Germany and is being shown on an ongoing basis.
Mia’s public art projects are designed to resonate with the location where they will be placed. She explores connections between the natural environment and the places where we live, our personal memories, and our collective civic and cultural stories.
Mia Weinberg uses her scanner to create digital photograms that call attention to the tiniest fragments of organic matter. She believes there is potential in the microscopic to reawaken us and bring us face to face with something we too often forget: that life on this earth is full of wonder, full of mystery.