Artist-in-Residence
Taus Makhacheva
Taus Makhacheva (born 1983) 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. Her methodology involves reworking of materials, landscapes and monuments, pushing against walls, opening up ceilings and proliferating institutional spaces with a cacophony of voices.
Makhacheva holds a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths (2007) and has an MFA from the Royal College of Art (2013).
Selected exhibitions include the Gwangju Biennale (2023), Biennial of Difficult Heritage (2021), the Yokohama Triennale (2020), Lahore Biennale (2020), Kaunas Biennial (2019), Lyon Biennale (2019), Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2018), Liverpool Biennial (2018), Manifesta (2018), Yinchuan Biennale (2018), Venice Biennale (2017), Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art (2017), Shanghai Biennale (2016), Kyiv Biennial (2015), Sharjah Biennial (2013) and the Moscow Biennale (2011).
Selected сollections include the Centre Pompidou, Paris; The P. S. Gamzatova Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts, Makhachkala; Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, San Francisco; Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow; Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp; Sharjah Art Foundation; Tate Modern, London; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.