Madeleine Bialke, Walk with me, 2025 (150 x 200 cm)

Newchild is pleased to present Eidolons, a solo exhibition by Madeleine Bialke. The Newchild team invites you to join them for the opening on Saturday, 30th of August from 12-18h in the presence of the artist. 

The exhibition will run through October 9th, 2025. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder Walking into Madeleine Bialke’s second solo exhibition at Newchild feels like stepping into a haunted forest of memory—an unearthly terrain where the living and the spectral converge. 

Eidolons, a term borrowed from Walt Whitman meaning “spiritual images of the immaterial” captures the essence of this new body of work, painted over the course of this year, and born from a brief but profound journey through California’s Sequoia National Park. 

Madeleine Bialke, Life on earth, 2025 (150 x 130 cm);

Earlier this year, just days before wildfires swept through the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego, Bialke spent two days walking among some of the oldest living organisms on Earth, 300 kilometers north of Los Angeles. 

The immensity of the redwoods—giants that have witnessed millennia—left an indelible impression on the artist. 

“The trees themselves are ghosts in my mind,” she reflects, “they hold a presence, a purpose, but they are now immaterial—images in a visual diary.” 

Madeleine Bialke, Ghost town, 2025 (150 x 200 cm) 

Opening hours: Newchild is open Wednesday to Saturday from 13-18h. Gallery visits between Sunday and Tuesday are also available by appointment. Please note that Newchild gallery is currently closed until August 29th in preparation for the upcoming exhibition.

 Madeleine Bialke, Deathbed, 2025 (120 x 100 cm);