Mira Putnam

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Mira Putnam, born in Philadelphia in 1991, is an interdisciplinary artist working in Brooklyn and Queens, NY. Her work transforms diverse materials into thought-provoking sculptures, offering viewers a glimpse into the intricate connections between human experiences, the natural world, and the mysteries of space.

Drawing inspiration from an eclectic array of materials—stoneware, discarded objects, photography, clay, and recyclables—Putnam's sculptures exist in their own dimension, evolving into forms that evoke a sense of both the vastness of space and the depths of the sea, as if unearthed from the core of the Earth. Putnam’s work is an attempt to bridge the gap between artist and telescope. Looking is the purpose of both the telescope and the artist; the artist sacrifices the accuracy of a telescope for a tactility that inspires understanding and makes remote things (people, places, ideas, time) accessible and felt.

Putnam has a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and recently completed her MFA in Sculpture at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. She was awarded the Bard MFA Teaching Fellowship in 2022 during which she developed and taught an experimental ceramics course alongside Professor Julianne Schwartz. Putnam is also a teacher in the New York City public school system, teaching K-12 art with Studio in a School.

In the last two years, Putnam has exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery (NYC), Kai Matsumiya (NYC), Andrew Edlin (NYC), Fjord (Philadelphia), Alyssa Davis (NYC), 182 Ave. C (NYC), and 123 Astronaut (Los Angeles). She has participated in residencies at Wassaic Project, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, and The Brush Creek Center for the Arts. In addition to physical exhibitions, Putnam’s original radio play–Cruise Play—written in collaboration with artist Ryan Bush (Ficus Interfaith), was recently commissioned and aired in two parts by Montez Press Radio (NYC).