Solvej Helweg Ovesen (DK) is a Berlin-based curator and Programme Curator at the Humboldt Forum. She has curated exhibitions and projects internationally, including at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, n.b.k. – Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, the Riga Biennale and the Venice Biennale.
From 2015 to 2023, she directed Galerie Wedding – Space for Contemporary Art, Berlin. Her major projects include Sensorium at the Riga Biennale and influenza. theatre of glowing darkness at the Danish Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. She is co-founder and lecturer of CURARE. In 2024, she served as Programme Director of Fotografiska Berlin and, since 2025, as Programme Curator at the Humboldt Forum.
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13:40-14:40 (EN)
IBRAHIM MAHAMA | COLLABORATIVE CANVASES
From his open studio in Tamale, Ghana, Mahama transforms collective labour and everyday materials into monumental architectural works, exposing the enduring legacies of colonialism and the hidden systems that continue to shape global trade, migration, and memory. Through large-scale collaborations, he turns the act of making into powerful social and political gestures. Widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in contemporary art today, Mahama points to new ways forward, suggesting that beauty should be found in justice, collective labour, and historical truth.
Ibrahim Mahama (GH): Artist and Founder, SCCA Tamale
Moderator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen (DK): Curator and Cultural Theorist
Aarhus School of Architecture
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