Manuela Morales Délano

b. Talcahuano, Chile, 1986
Lives 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.

She has participated in institutional exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel (Basel, CH); Kunsthaus Baselland (Basel, CH); Museum Tinguely (Basel, CH);  Museo Solidaridad Salvador Allende (Santiago, CL); and Kunsthalle Palazzo (Liestal, CH). 

Her first solo exhibition with the gallery, Nachbarn, took place this past spring. She has participated in group exhibitions at City SALTS (Basel, CH); Espace Arlaud (Lausanne, CH); Mileu (Bern, CH); Last Tango (Zurich, CH); la_cápsula (Zurich, CH); Kunstverein SALTS (Birsfelden, CH); Kunst Raum Riehen (Riehen, CH). 

CURRENT


FORTHCOMING
L'Argent Comme Seul Lien, 2025
solo exhibition
La Capsule 1 at Halle Nord 
•  Geneva
Opens 13. November
Through 21. December. 2025
curated by Elise Lammer

unbekannt bekannte Orte
group exibition
•  Baden, Switzerland
Opens 13. Nov. 2025


CURRICULUM VITAE. 


Cruel Nature Has Won Again, 2023
printed in Hahnemühle photo ras baryla
11¾ x 15¾ inches
30.00 x 40.00 cm

Collection Kunstkredit Basel Stadt  (Basel, Switzerland)