“ANIMA MUNDI”
Painting Exhibition by Momo Lima
🗓 September 2 – September 30, 2025
📍 Bushnell-Sage Library, 48 Main Street, Sheffield, MA 01257
🎉 Reception (vernissage): Friday, September 5, 5:00–7:00 PM
"Anima Mundi"—the soul of the world—is the invisible thread that runs through all life. In this body of work, Momo Lima explores the spiritual essence that connects nature, memory, and ancestral symbolism. Her paintings serve as intuitive maps of inner and collective landscapes, where abstraction and organic form merge into emotional and symbolic narratives.
With layered textures, vibrant colors, and sacred motifs, Lima invites us to reflect on transformation, belonging, and the timeless bond between the visible and the unseen.
_________________________________
Artist Statement – Momo Lima
My work maps unseen landscapes—spaces shaped by memory, nature, and ancestral symbols. Through an intuitive dialogue with materials, I explore the fluid territory between abstraction and figuration, where organic forms emerge as emotional and spiritual markers.
Rooted in meditation and a deep connection to the natural world, my practice is influenced by ancestral memory, dreams, and encounters with diverse cultures. I often incorporate symbolic elements—echoes of ancient rituals, botanical motifs, and sacred patterns—to create visual narratives that speak to transformation, impermanence, and the invisible threads connecting all living things.
Each piece is a quiet invocation, a layered reflection on belonging, inner worlds, and the cyclical rhythms of life. By blending mixed media, vibrant textures, and expressive forms, I aim to create artworks that invite introspection and offer space for contemplation and connection.
_________________________________
Momo Lima (Montserrat Francés Murias) is a Spanish artist and designer based in New York. Her work moves fluidly between abstraction, and visionary botany to create dreamlike visual narratives.
Deeply inspired by meditation, nature and travel, Momo´s practice explores the ancestral ties between past, present, future. The persistence of memory, and the fluidity of identity. Her paintings, performances, and mixed media installations reflect a sensorial dialogue between the visible and the unseen. Charged symbols, intuitive geometry, vibrant colors, and rich textures evoke inner landscapes where emotion, perception, and the sacred converge.
Guided by the motto: "Don´t control it -just guide it", her creative process embraces spontaneity, movement, and deep listening. Momo aims to create art as a bridge: between generations, cultures, and dimensions of consciousness.
_________________________________
She holds a Bachelor of Design by ELISAVA - Barcelona School of Design and Engineering (1997-2001). Her interdisciplinary background informs her commitmen.
More info: www.momofrances.wordpress.com
_________________________________
GROUP EXHIBITION
1998 “Premier” Performance/Live painting Barcelona (Spain).
2005/06 Base Elements Gallery, Barcelona (Spain).
2007 Galerie Nathalie Duchayne, Saint Tropez (France)
2008 Galería Bonita Works, Barcelona (Spain).
2008 Sala Miscelänea, Exhibition “Skate Paint or Die”, Barcelona (Spain).
2008 RESIDENCE. International Art Festival of Maharés (Tunisia).
2010-2011 RESIDENCE. Art Festival SoleiLua, Salardú, Vall d’Aran (Spain)
2013-2014 Sala Fénix, ECO ART, Barcelona (Spain).
2014 Restaurant Verderame, MO, Barcelona (Spain).
2014 Art Street, Live Painting. Dia de la Dona, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain)
2015 RESIDENCE Montenegro Arte Galeria, LANDSCAPES, Pipa (Brazil).
2015 Macoco, Exposición "A MEMORIA DAS PEDRAS", Pipa (Brazil).
2016 "OS CUATRO ELEMENTOS BY MOMO", Macoco, Pipa (Brazil).
2016 "CAMINHOS, ARTHURI & MOMO" at Between Food & Gallery, Natal - RN (Brazil)
2017 "CORES DE TRANCOSO" Exhibition in "Casa da Cultura" Trancoso, Bahia (Brazil)
2017 RESIDENCE. Street Art, Mural painting at PEDASI ART FESTIVAL (Panama)
2023-24 "HOLIDAY" Exhibition at Labspaceart, Hillsdale, New York (USA)
2025 GREENPOINT GALLERY, NYC
SOLO EXHIBITION
2000 "Pocimita MOntseFrances", Bar Sotto Zero, Barcelona (Spain).
2001 "GUSTO VERTE", Restaurante Gusto, Barcelona (Spain).
2002-2005 "VACA FELIZ", Ombú, Barcelona (Spain).
2003 "SANTUARIO DEL ARTE", Hospital del Arte, Barcelona (Spain).
2005 "ERES SOL", Bar Sol de nit, Barcelona (Spain).
2006 "DALÍ UNIVERSAL", Restaurante Can Rin, Cabrils (Spain).
2006 "EN EL LIMBO", Restaurante Samsara, Barcelona (Spain).
2007-2008-2009 "LA PECERA PLÁSTICA", Restaurante Cervantes, Barcelona (Spain).
2007 “MIX MO” Restaurant La Cantina, Place des Remparts, Saint-Tropez (France).
2007 “UNIVERSAL”, Sala IMPART, Barcelona (Spain).
2008 “AMULETO”, Convento de Sant Agustí, Barcelona (Spain).
2009 “COMO PEZ EN EL AGUA”, Centro Cívico Can Castelló, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona (Spain).
2009 "MOntserrat Frances", Hotel Eurostars, Barcelona (Spain).
2011 “PROYECTO SERESTAR”, Restaurant Guixot, Barcelona (Spain).
2012 “PROYECTO SERESTAR”, Venus Delicatessen, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 “DEGUSTACIÓN DE FLAMENCO”, Sala Fénix, Barcelona (Spain).
2013 “CIRCUS”, Club Verde, Barcelona (Spain).
2014 "QUÉ VIVA LA VIDA", A.M.M.A, Barcelona (Spain).
2015 "OS CUATRO ELEMENTOS BY MOMO", Macoco, Pipa (Brazil).
2017 RESIDENCE at Art Hostel, Arraial do Cabo, RJ (Brazil). Exhibition: "LOVE BAHIA, TRIBO PATAXÓ",
2017 "OVNI EN PANAMÁ", Santosha House, Pedasí, (Panama).
2018 "COLORES DEL PARAISO" at Bajo Café, Playa del Carmen, (Mexico).
2018 "MOARTS AT PAQUINO" Tulum (Mexico).
2021 "WHISPERING MOUNTAINS, TALKING STONES" Art exhibition at Mr. Happy, Anza California (USA).
2024 RESIDENCE at Random Harvest, Craryville, New York (USA), Exhibition and Workshop:"THE SECRET MEANING OF FLOWERS".
2024 "MORE IS MORE" at Random Harvest, Craryville, New York (USA).
2025 "ANIMA MUNDI" Painting Exhibition by Momo Lima at Bushnell-Sage Public Library, Massachusetts (USA).
_________________________________
"Momo Lima (Montserrat Francés Murias) is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist based in New York. Her work explores the fluid space between abstraction and figuration, weaving symbols, textures, and intuitive forms into spiritual, emotional, and botanical narratives. Inspired by meditation, nature, and ancestral memory, she creates art as a bridge between generations, cultures, and inner worlds."
_________________________________
More info:
https://momofrances.wordpress.com
Find Momo Lima on social media:
IG: @MOARTPROCESS
FB: MO.MAGNETICART
