Tuli Mekondjo

“Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo beckons viewers into a transient performance, as the sounds of typewriters, steam train engines thundering through the hinterlands, and the ghostly winds of the Namib Desert come to life on a projector.”

“Deeply attuned to the ancestral realm and engaged in the work of reclaiming and repurposing colonial-era photographic archives, Tuli Mekondjo is a modern figure whose purpose, practice and visual language stretch deep into the past and well into the beyond.”

“With scenography inspired by Tuli Mekondjo's ritualistic shrines and cultural dolls, the artist whistles and whips a horse tail in an invocation of the ancestors, who she and Hango embody.”

“Namibian visual artist Tuli Mekondjo has made history as the first Namibian to join the Bundestag's permanent art collection in Berlin.”

“in 2022 became the first black Namibian woman to exhibit in the United States.”

“Last weekend, the interventions opened with Tuli Mekondjo and Hafeni Muzanima's 'Limbadungila' urging a return to 'cultural-spirituality' discarded in the throes of urban migration and Ten Ten's exploration of the sound of Katutura in 1971 at the Katutura Community Arts Centre.”