Manuela Morales Délano
b. Talcahuano, Chile, 1986Lives and works in Basel, Switzerland
Délano's practice spans various media, often resulting in site-specific installations that address the economic and social impact of colonial legacies. Her works often include abstract accounts of wealth accumulation, dominance, and devotion. This allows her to connect with specific contexts and geographies that she reconstructs and fictionalizes to create tensions between imposed narratives, vernacular legends, and history. Délano is a deft constructor of hi/stories, often applying the aesthetics of absurdity and camp to address these complicated relationships.
Education
2022 • MA Institute Art Gender and Natur, Basel, CH2010 • Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, CL
Public Collections
New Acquisition Annoucement, Fall 2024w/Kendra Jayne Patrick
Select Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 • (forthcoming) Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern, CH2024 • To be with our Mountain Eyes, la_cápsula, Zurich, CH
• Gradients of the Grotesque: A Stampede of Crocs, Buffalos and Gazelles, Last Tango, Zurich, CH
• Wabi Sabi, Kunstverein SALTS
• Zahltag, Spielact 6. Le Commun, Genéve, CH
• Gracias, thank you, Lokal-Int, together with Charles Benjamin, Biel, CH
• Aquí no hay nada pasando, Zabriskie Point, curated by Limbo, Geneva, CH
2023 • Twenty-First Century Occupational Adjustments and Considerations, Episode 7: Do You Care Too Much?, with Robyn Tsinnajinnie. Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern, CH
2022 •
Zapatería Zapatista, Oreilles Internaxionales, Basel, CH• Chasing Rabbits, Studio Merz curated by Isabela Manel, Berlin, DE
2021 • Paula, Pasta, Puno, Piedra, with Sergio Rojas at Villa Wenkenhof, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Basel, CH
Select Group Exhibitions
2024 • Regionale 25, A Private Smile, Kunsthaus Baselland, Kunst Raum Riehen, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
• Wabi Sabi, Kunstverein SALTS, Birsfelden, CH
• Gracis, thank you, with Charles Benjamin, Lokal-Int, Biel, CH
2023 • P23, Espace Arlaud Lausanne, CH
2022 •
Too many wonderful people not enough bikes, together with Charles Benjamin. Mario Kreuzberg (City Salts) Basel, CH
• Peace or Never, curated by Chus Martinez and Fernanda Brennen, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH
• Casa Tomada (House taken over), curated by Violeta Burckhardt and Andreas Wagner, Milieu, Bern, CH
• Fedora, Basel, CH
• Commercial Show, Oreilles Internaxionales, Basel, CH
• Casa Tomada (House taken over), curated by Violeta Burckhardt and Andreas Wagner, Milieu, Bern, CH
• Fedora, Basel, CH
• Commercial Show, Oreilles Internaxionales, Basel, CH
2021 •
Die Anderen - Spuren des Kolonialismus. Kasko, Basel, CH
• Arreglando el Pais - Chilean Conexion. Curated by Santiago Macauliffe, Berlin, DE
• Taco Estaca for Real Life Shoes, curated by Jeronim Horvat, Group Show at Atelierhaus Klingental, Basel, CH
• Inklusiv Arlesheim, Basel, CH
• Paula, Pasta, Puno, Piedra, Villa Wenkenhof, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Basel, CH
• Why do you invite me when you know how I get, together with Charles Benjamin and curated by Cassidy Toner for Rheum Room Basel, CH
• Taco Estaca for Real Life Shoes, curated by Jeronim Horvat, Group Show at Atelierhaus Klingental, Basel, CH
• Inklusiv Arlesheim, Basel, CH
• Paula, Pasta, Puno, Piedra, Villa Wenkenhof, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Basel, CH
• Why do you invite me when you know how I get, together with Charles Benjamin and curated by Cassidy Toner for Rheum Room Basel, CH
2020 •
Casa Chilena, curated by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz y Amarí Peliowski, Centro Cultural La Moneda Santiago, CL
2019 • Carta a los corazónes Indómitos, Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
• White Marriage, Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
2018 • Damas, Espacio Falso, Santiago, CL
2017 • Memories of a neighborhood / ZKU, Berlin, DE
2015 • My Game is Fair Game, Mommsen35, Berlin, DE
2014 • Selección Española, Museo Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, CL
Art Fairs
2024 The Salon - an invitational art fair by
NADA & The Community, Kendra Jayne Patrick, Paris, FR
2014 - 2016 • Espacio Falso, Santiago, CL
2019 • Carta a los corazónes Indómitos, Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
• White Marriage, Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
2018 • Damas, Espacio Falso, Santiago, CL
2017 • Memories of a neighborhood / ZKU, Berlin, DE
2015 • My Game is Fair Game, Mommsen35, Berlin, DE
2014 • Selección Española, Museo Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, CL
Art Fairs
2024 The Salon - an invitational art fair by
NADA & The Community, Kendra Jayne Patrick, Paris, FRCuratorial Projects
2016 • Present Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE - Basel, CH2014 - 2016 • Espacio Falso, Santiago, CL