Morelos’ practice is radically focused on material, space, and presence. Emerging from a worldview of the Andean region— and in dialogue with Minimal Art and Conceptual Art—she develops a distinct language between drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation. Natural materials act as carriers of time, process, and transience.
At the centre of the exhibition unfolds an expansive field of earth mounds and painted wooden slats: stacked, layered, loosely heaped—like farmland, topography, or archaeological traces. Walls and columns are covered with layers of earth; narrow paths lead through a dense atmosphere where connection to nature, indigenous spirituality, and colonial heritage converge. In this way, our alienated relationship with nature becomes sensually tangible—quiet, focused, and ultimately political.
The Kunstmuseum St.Gallen is pleased to offer free admission throughout the exhibition period once again. This is made possible by the generous sponsorship of SENN Resources AG.
The vernissage of the exhibition will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 13:00 in the presence of the artist. After the official opening speeches, an art conversation will follow, offering insights into her work and artistic practice.
Delcy Morelos was born in 1967 in Tierralta in the Córdoba region of Colombia and studied at the Cartagena School of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Bogotá.
Her works have been shown in numerous international solo exhibitions: El espacio vientre, MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2025); Madre, Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin (2025); Profundis, CAAC Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla (2024); Interwoven, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri (2024); El abrazo, Dia Chelsea, New York (2023); El lugar del alma, Museo Moderno, Buenos Aires; Between Rivers, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2024); Enie, Fundación NC-Arte, Bogotá (2018); Inner Earth, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg (2018). In 2022, she participated with the installation Earthly Paradise in the 59th Venice Biennale in the exhibition The Milk of Dreams.
Morelos has been awarded the Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design (2024) and the ARTnews Awards Established Artist of the Year (2024).
Delcy Morelos Las formas de la sombra (The Forms of the Shadow) March 21 to July 12, 2026, LOK by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Werkangaben:
Delcy Morelos, Las formas de la sombra, 2026 Peat earth, volcanic rock, reed, construction timber/reclaimed wood, Swedish paint, emulsion paint, reinforcing iron, jute twine, fragrance essence
5.6 × 29 × 26 m, Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery
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