In February 2026, the internationally acclaimed MAMA Mother Nature art project will be presented in Tirana, expanding its global dialogue on ecology, cultural memory, and shared responsibility toward the planet’s future. Curated to engage local audiences with a profound ecological narrative, this edition is hosted in partnership with the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Albania and Center for Openness and Dialogue (COD) - a leading Albanian cultural institution.

MAMA Mother Nature is an evolving international art project that debuted at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku in 2024 as part of the COP29 climate conference, and has since been presented in major cultural capitals including Manama (Bahrain), Rome (Italy), London Design Biennale (UK), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Berlin (Germany). Across these presentations, the exhibition has featured works by over 55 artists from more than 28 countries, to explore humanity’s relationship with nature and our collective responsibility to care for the Earth.

The Tirana iteration of MAMA Mother Nature will bring this international artistic vision to Albania’s vibrant cultural scene, inviting Albanian audiences to engage with artworks that speak to ecological consciousness, interconnection, and renewal. Each work encourages reflection on the planet not merely as a backdrop to human life but as a living, breathing presence that carries memory, wisdom, and life-sustaining force. 

The exhibition in Tirana arrives at a moment of deepening cultural exchange between Azerbaijan and Albania. Recent collaborations including major Azerbaijani carpet exhibitions and artistic programmes in Tirana testify to thestrengthening ties between the two nations through art and shared heritage. These initiatives have fostered dialogue, mutual understanding, and creative collaboration, contributing to a wider cultural rapport. 

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MAMA Mother Nature

An Exhibition on Ecology and the Future

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Welcome to MAMA Mother Nature — a poetic, urgent,

and sensory encounter with the living world.

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This exhibition invites you to experience nature not as scenery or resource,

but as a profound presence — a mother, a teacher, a keeper of memory and meaning.

It is a space where feminine energy is not confined to gender, but celebrated as

a symbol of renewal, intuition, resilience, and care.

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“MAMA” speaks softly and powerfully. It is both a word and a call — to protect, to nurture, to remember. The artists gathered here listen to rivers, seeds, and ancestral voices. They respond through ritual and imagination, offering works that embody vulnerability and strength, destruction and hope.

“We are not separate from nature — we are born of it,” reflects Leyla Aliyeva. “To forget this is to lose our roots. To remember it, through art, is to plant the seeds of tomorrow. In a world marked by profound change, art becomes a compass, guiding us back to nature’s rhythms, to its fragile strength, to its feminine wisdom. Through beauty, we can begin to remember who we are.”

Artworks in this exhibition span across forms — from tactile textiles to moving images — yet they all converge in a shared vision: that healing the planet begins with rethinking our place within it.

“With MAMA, we envisioned a space where art breathes with the Earth,” adds Emin Mammadov. “It is an invitation to listen — to the whispers of seeds, the grief of forests, the resilience of water — and to realize that ecological consciousness is not separate from culture, but at its very heart.”

You are invited to slow down. To notice. To feel. To reflect on your own ties to the Earth, and to ask: What does it mean to live with respect, with wonder, with responsibility?

MAMA Mother Nature is not merely an exhibition. It is a space for regeneration — a whisper that grows into a voice. A voice that says: we are still listening. We are still here.