Presentation by Taus Makhacheva
Artwork and Image Credit: Taus Makhacheva,
Charivari, 2019, mixed media installation, sound
Friday, 3 April 2026
4:30 PM
At FICA Reading Room, New Delhi
Taus Makhacheva creates works that explore the restless connections between historical narratives and fictions of cultural authenticity. Often humorous, her art considers the resilience of images, objects and bodies emerging out of stories and personal experiences that complicate notions of empires. Her methodology involves reworking of materials, landscapes, and monuments, pushing against walls, opening up ceilings and proliferating institutional spaces with a cacophony of voices
Architect: Maria Serova
Text: Alexander Snegirev
Costume design: Panika Derevya
Commissioned by YARAT Contemporary Art Space (2019), production supported by Jameel Arts Centre (2022)
Image: After Rain, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2024, image courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, photo by Marco Cappelletti
About the artist:
Taus Makhacheva holds a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths (2007) and has an MFA from the Royal College of Art (2013). Institutional solo exhibitions: Jameel Arts Center, UAE; Fries Museum, Netherlands; Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Switzerland; The Tetley, UK; Kadist, France; Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands. Selected exhibitions include the Bukhara Biennial, Uzbekistan (2025); Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, Saudi Arabia (2024); 14th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2023); Biennial of Difficult Heritage, Russia (2021); Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2020); Lahore Biennale 02, Pakistan (2020); Kaunas Biennial, Lithuania (2019); 15th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, France (2019); Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Latvia (2018); Liverpool Biennial, United Kingdom (2018); Manifesta 12, Italy (2018); 2nd Yinchuan Biennale, China (2018); 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Italy (2017); 1st Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, Russia (2017); 11th Shanghai Biennale, China (2016); 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Russia (2015); Kyiv Biennial, Ukraine (2015); Sharjah Biennial 11, UAE (2013).