Artes Mundi 11

Artes Mundi 11 (AM11) with Presenting Partner: Bagri Foundation, will for the second time be presented across Wales at five nationwide venues, providing even greater opportunities for national and international audiences to experience the show. The AM11 exhibition will comprise significant solo presentations of new and existing work of six of the world’s most important international contemporary artists:

Sancintya Mohini Simpson (born, lives and works in Brisbane, Australia) exhibiting at Chapter.
Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born in East Palo Alto, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA) exhibiting at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea.
Jumana Emil Abboud (born in Shefa’amer, lives and works in London, UK and Jerusalem) exhibiting at Mostyn in Llandudno.
Antonio Paucar (born in Huancayo, lives and works between Berlin, Germany and Huancayo, Peru) exhibiting at Mostyn in Llandudno.
Anawana Haloba (born in Livingstone, lives and works in Oslo, Norway and Livingstone, Zambia) exhibiting at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
Sawangwongse Yawnghwe (born in Shan State of Burma, lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) exhibiting at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

All artists will be represented in a group presentation at National Museum Cardiff, acting as a central focal hub, including ambitious new productions and major museum loans that speak to the fundamental core of each artist’s practice. The group show will allow thematic dialogue to be revealed between each artist, rooted in personal histories and storytelling that examine issues of loss, memory, and migration with consequent trauma and environmental cost.

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About the artist

Sancintya Mohini Simpson (b 1991) is a descendant of indentured labourers sent from India to work on colonial sugar plantations in South Africa. Her work navigates the complexities of migration, memory, and trauma — addressing gaps and silences within the colonial archive. Her work spans painting, video, poetry, and performance, reflecting on her maternal lineage through narratives and rituals.

Simpson has had recent solo exhibitions at Milani Gallery, Institute of Modern Art Belltower, Brisbane and 1ShanthiRoad Studio Gallery, Bangalore. Group exhibitions include the 2023 TarraWarra Biennial and the 2022 Busan Biennale. Simpson’s poetry is published in various journals, and her work is held in major collections, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Jameel, Dubai; KADIST, Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; she is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.