About the work

Across various forms and disciplines, Maheke has sustained a long-term exploration into the ways that marginalised bodies and narratives are made visible and invisible. The artist has called in ghosts, spirits and non-human beings into his works to invite a re-orientation to the way that we are able to see, feel and listen. Resisting a probing of identity that sits solely within the framework of identity politics, Maheke’s trajectory has continuously been channelled through spectral sensations.

Date and country of birth

1985, FR

Career Highlights

Career highlights

“Sublevel: Politics of Light”, Tate Modern (2024);

“Shifted Realities”, Rudolfinum (2023);

Future Generation Art Prize (2021);

59th Venice Biennale (2022);

High Line New York (2022);

“A fire circle for a public hearing”, Chisenhale Gallery (2018);

“I lost track of the swarm”, South London Gallery (2016).