Premiere in Switzerland: First Solo Exhibition by Delcy Morelos
20.03.2026 | from Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
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20.03.2026, Delcy Morelos (*1967 in Tierralta, Colombia) transforms the Lokremise into a place not just to behold, but to experience with all senses: an expansive, ephemeral installation made of recycled earth, used wood, and fragrance essence. With minimal materials and an almost black, monochrome palette, she creates an intense environment where seeing, smelling, and moving coalesce into equally important forms of perception.
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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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
The Kunstmuseum St. Gallen is renowned for its attractive temporary exhibitions of contemporary and modern art, with an international appeal.
As the treasure chamber of Eastern Switzerland, the museum houses a rich collection of paintings and sculptures from the late Middle Ages to the present, showcased in a permanent exhibition. The building, constructed in 1877 by Johann Christoph Kunkler in neoclassical style, invites visitors to wander through art from the past and present.
The dialogue between old and new allows for a varied cultural experience, where international temporary exhibitions can be experienced or masterpieces of the past meet outstanding representatives of contemporary art!
Thanks to extensive art education, the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen is an attractive place for encounters with art from yesterday and today! The art zone in the Lokremise, the museum's second 'venue,' serves as a cultural laboratory for contemporary art.
The close proximity to KinoK and dance/theatre opens up fascinating content synergies, and the raw character of the interior enables process-oriented exhibitions and 'Artist-in-Residence' projects.
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Source: Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Press release
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