Talissa Mehringer

Talissa Mehringer is a German/Mexican multimedia artist + photographer based in Berlin. Daughter of anthropologists, she was lucky to travel extensively as a child. At the age of six, she accompanied them on a trip to Brazil as part of their fieldwork, where she was initiated into the Canela tribe during a village ceremony surrounded by the lush green of the Amazon rainforest. At the age of 7, her family moved to Tanzania where she was allowed to witness and participate in ceremonial...See more

Talissa Mehringer is a German/Mexican multimedia artist + photographer based in Berlin. Daughter of anthropologists, she was lucky to travel extensively as a child. At the age of six, she accompanied them on a trip to Brazil as part of their fieldwork, where she was initiated into the Canela tribe during a village ceremony surrounded by the lush green of the Amazon rainforest. At the age of 7, her family moved to Tanzania where she was allowed to witness and participate in ceremonial festivities of the Maasai people. The beautiful sound of their singing and terracotta-red dyed fabrics, colorful beaded jewelry, and elaborate hairstyles were incredibly inspiring to her young mind. Many of these early life experiences ignited a deep passion for adventure, history, and learning. She studied film and media arts in New York where she developed her surreal + theatrical style. Her photography work is cinematic in that the pages of her books unfold frame by frame weaving visual narratives through phantasmagoric spaces and environments. Her work has been exhibited at festivals + galleries internationally across the U.S. and Europe. www.TalissaMehringer.com See less