Paul Maheke
Paul Maheke was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde and lives and works in London. In 2011 he completed an MA in art practice at l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy and, in 2015, a program of study at Open School East, London. Maheke was awarded the South London Gallery Graduate Residency 2015–16. His recent projects include Prix Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris; Performa 19, Abrons Art Center, New York; Elements of Vogue!, Chopo Museum, Mexico City; OOLOI, Triangle France-Astérides, Marseille; The Distance is Nowhere (in collaboration with Sophie Mallett), ICA Miami; Sènsa (in collaboration with Nkisi and Ariel Efraim Ashbel), Blockuniverse, London; Meetings on Art, performance art program at 58th Venice Biennale; A Fire Circle for a Public Hearing, Chisenhale Gallery, London; Letter to a Barn Owl, Kevin Space, Vienna; A cris ouverts, Biennale de Rennes; and Give Up the Ghost, Baltic Triennial 13, Tallinn.