Manuela Morales Délano
b. Talcahuano, Chile, 1986Lives and works in Basel, Switzerland
Education
2022 MA Institute Art Gender and Natur, Basel, Switzerland2010 Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
Public Collections
• Kunstsammlungen Kanton Basel-Landschaft (Baselland Switzerland)• Kunstkredit Basel Stadt (Basel, Switzerland)
Select Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2026• “Cuesta” with Charles Benjamin, Instituto Tele Arte, Santiago, Chile
2025
• L'Argent Comme Seul Lien, 2025, La Capsule 1 at Halle Nord, Geneva, CH
• Mystery Land, Portland, Zürich, CH
• Nachbarn, Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern, CH
• Neutro, with Charles Benjamin, Mae West Lausanne
2024
• 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• Twenty-First Century Occupational Adjustments and Considerations, Episode 7: Do You Care Too Much?, with Robyn Tsinnajinnie. Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern, CH
2021 Paula, Pasta, Puno, Piedra, with Sergio Rojas at Villa Wenkenhof, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Basel, CH
Art Fairs
2025• Basel Social Club with Kendra Jayne Patrick, Basel, CH
• Gallery House Zurich, with Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick, Zurich, CH
• The Salon - an invitational art fair by NADA & The Community, group presentation with Kendra Jayne Patrick, Paris, FR
Select Group Exhibitions
2026
• Deep Roots, Monte Verita Foundation, Locarno, CH
• Más acá de lo (ir)rea, curated by Helvetropicos Group exhibition at Villa Bernasconi, Geneva CH
• Pray & Play, Basel Social Club, Monk Contemporary, Basel, CH
2025
• unbekannt bekannte Orte, Trudelhaus Baden, Baden, CH
• Tales of Resistance in the Valley of the Disenchanted, Sonnenstube, Lugano, Switzerland, CH
• Lanterns, 13 Vitrine, Lausanne, CH
• To be with our mountain eyes, La cápsula, Zurich, CH
• Shop windows in the city, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH
• Nos Miran Las Plantas, en TEOR/éTica y el Lado V. San Jose, Costa Rica, CR
• The 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts curated by Chus Martínez, SI
• Les Urbaines, Lausanne, CH
2024
• Regionale 25, Kunsthaus Baselland, Kunst Raum Riehen, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Palazzo; all Basel, CH
• Gradients of the Grotesque: A Stampede of Crocs, Buffalos and Gazelles, Last Tango, Zürich, CH
• To be with our Mountain Eyes, la_cápsula, Zürich, CH
• Deep Roots, Monte Verita Foundation, Locarno, CH
• Más acá de lo (ir)rea, curated by Helvetropicos Group exhibition at Villa Bernasconi, Geneva CH
• Pray & Play, Basel Social Club, Monk Contemporary, Basel, CH
2025
• unbekannt bekannte Orte, Trudelhaus Baden, Baden, CH
• Tales of Resistance in the Valley of the Disenchanted, Sonnenstube, Lugano, Switzerland, CH
• Lanterns, 13 Vitrine, Lausanne, CH
• To be with our mountain eyes, La cápsula, Zurich, CH
• Shop windows in the city, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH
• Nos Miran Las Plantas, en TEOR/éTica y el Lado V. San Jose, Costa Rica, CR
• The 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts curated by Chus Martínez, SI
• Les Urbaines, Lausanne, CH
2024
• Regionale 25, Kunsthaus Baselland, Kunst Raum Riehen, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Palazzo; all Basel, CH
• Gradients of the Grotesque: A Stampede of Crocs, Buffalos and Gazelles, Last Tango, Zürich, CH
• To be with our Mountain Eyes, la_cápsula, Zürich, CH
• Zahltag, Spielact 6. Le Commun, Genéve, CH
2023
• P23, Espace Arlaud Lausanne, CH
• Chasing Rabbits, Studio Merz curated by Isabela Manel, Berlin, DE
• P23, Espace Arlaud Lausanne, CH
• Chasing Rabbits, Studio Merz curated by Isabela Manel, Berlin, DE
2022
• Too many wonderful people not enough bikes, together with Charles Benjamin. Mario Kreuzberg (City Salts) Basel, CH
• 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
• 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
2014 - 2016 Espacio Falso, Santiago, CL
• 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
Curatorial Projects
2016 Present Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE - Basel, CH2014 - 2016 Espacio Falso, Santiago, CL