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.

A second institutional acquisition will be announced this spring. 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 opens 24. May 2025. 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). 

CURRICULUM VITAE. 

FORTHCOMING
Presenting the artist’s first Solo Exhibition with the gallery
• Bern
24. May - 5. July. 2025



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