Nambowa Malua – Solo Exhibition “How Shared Is The Ground?”

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An exhibition exploring African ceremonial traditions, grounding, connectedness, and collective balance. Painting and mixed media merge ritual, body, and cosmic imagery.
Namibian painter and performance artist Nambowa Malua understands the human body as a vessel of memory, ritual, and transformation. His works move between intimacy and cosmos, the visible and the invisible. Shaped by his cultural background and global influences, he weaves together ancestral veneration, ceremonial practices, healing traditions, trance, and retro‑Afrofuturism.

This exhibition explores how selected African ceremonial traditions use movement, music, and touch to cultivate balance, regulate the nervous system, and strengthen communal harmony. Through painting and mixed media, the artist engages with ritual forms of grounding, connectedness, and embodied experience.
Balance is understood not as an individual state, but as something practiced and shared collectively.

Malua’s immersive visual worlds invite wonder, introspection, and a sense of connection between the visible and the unseen.

Vernissage – 18 June 2026, 18:00–21:00
Join us for the opening of the exhibition with the artist present. An evening of encounter, conversation, and first immersive impressions of Nambowa Malua’s work.

Apéro – 19 & 20 June 2026
A relaxed gathering in the gallery, offering space for dialogue and a deeper look into the artworks. An opportunity to connect with the team and the exhibition in an informal setting.

Live Painting – 26 June 2026, 19:00–21:00
Experience Nambowa Malua’s performative painting process live. A rare moment where ritual, movement, and artistic energy unfold directly in front of the audience.

-> Saturdays on appointment

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Gallery|Studio Luzern
Maihofstrasse 32
6004 Luzern

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