Tuli Mekondjo

Hales is delighted to announce a solo presentation of video works by Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo. Exploring a medium central to Mekondjo’s rich multi-disciplinary practice, this focused display of three seminal time-based works, Afrotekismo (2020), Kalunga Ka Nangobe / God of Nangobe (2021) and Saara Omulaule: Black Saara (2023), highlights her rigorous engagement with video as a way to speak to Namibia’s colonial past and present.    

Works from this show have been in several recent institutional presentations, including Mekondjo’s first solo exhibition in Switzerland at the Kunsthalle Bern (2025); the 15th Edition of the Biennale de Dakar, Senegal (2024); and the National Museum of Cameroon (2023), among others. The exhibition coincides with Mekondjo’s major commission for the German Bundestag, Berlin and follows recent inclusions in the Stellenbosch Triennial, South Africa, and the Museo Novecento, Florence, Italy.