Kapwani Kiwanga's Carry Me / Carry On runs at Galerie Tanja Wagner on Pohlstraße from 20 November 2026 to 22 January 2027. It is her fifth solo show with the gallery, two years after she represented Canada at the Venice Biennale. Entry is free.
Kiwanga was born in Hamilton, Canada, and holds French and Canadian citizenship. She trained in anthropology and comparative religion before turning to art, and her work often starts from research into how materials, plants and objects travel, and what power and labour they carry with them. She won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2020, the Sobey Art Award in 2018 and the Joan Miró Prize in 2025. Her Venice pavilion, Trinket, was built around glass seed beads, once a currency of colonial trade.
What to expect
The show has two parts. Five textile works come from the Carry Capacity series, some first shown at her 2026 solo exhibition at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona and some new. Alongside them is Stick Figure, a new group of unique sculptures that combine hand-carved wood with hot-sculpted glass. The title plays on both meanings of carrying: bearing a load and keeping going.
Good to know
- Dates: 20 November 2026 to 22 January 2027
- Opening: Friday 20 November, 6–9pm
- Where: Galerie Tanja Wagner, Pohlstraße 64, 10785 Berlin
- Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am–6pm. Free.
Nearby
Sean Scully's Block opens the same evening at Galerie Max Hetzler, two minutes away on Potsdamer Straße.