Plural art fair 2025

Karen Tam re-interprets the Chinese tradition of dreamstones. Originally constructed from thinly sliced Cangshan marble, these cast resin dreamstones recall not only the variegated patterns of geologic material but also historical ink landscape painting. This series will also be highlighted at the 2025 Liverpool Biennial.

With “Chiromancies,” a series of paintings begun in 2008, Moridja Kitenge Banza creates a cartography in which history, memory, and territory are in dialogue. He unveils a semi-fictional universe, where the inscription of his potential, current, and past narratives of place are sublimated in pictorial space. This series will be featured at the Universal Expo 2025 in Japan and at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris.

The work of Sri Lankan-born artist Rajni Perera explores diasporic mythology through the lens of science fiction. Currently, works from the Phylogeny series are prominently featured at the Sharjah Biennial.

Manuel Mathieu’s art investigates themes of historical violence, erasure, and resilience as well as cultural approaches to physicality, nature, and spiritual legacy. He is currently preparing a major solo exhibition at Phi.

In her drawings, Shuvinai Ashoona reveals the profundity of Indigenous Inuk cosmogonies. She reveals an existence in which species are interdependent and creates a universe unmediated by the supremacy of the human species. The next exhibition at Galerie Hugues Charbonneau: Shuvinai Ashoona & Padloo Samayualie.

Maria Hupfield is deeply invested in embodied practice, Indigenous feminisms, and ethical collaborative processes. The Wexner Centre for the Arts is currently presenting a solo exhibition of Hupfield’s work.

Kimberly Orjuela’s work explores the ways in which we can decolonize our minds and rewrites undervalued histories with clay. Through this process, she preserves her culture and honours her Indigenous Columbian ancestors. Her work is currently featured in an exhibition at the Utah MoCA.