Kunsthalle Bern is pleased to present a new solo exhibition by Edgar Calel.

Edgar Calel (*1987) belongs to the indigenous Maya-Kaqchikel community in Guatemala. He was born in Chi Xot or San Juan Comalapa, where he lives and works. Calel studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Guatemala City. Calel does not understand his multimedia practice as art in the Western sense, but rather as Naoj—an expression of collective knowledge, spiritual experience, and cultural memory of the Kaqchikel. He gained international recognition through contributions to the 11th Berlin Biennale (2020), the Carnegie International (2022), and biennials in Liverpool, Gwangju, and São Paulo (2023). Works by Calel can be found in the collections of the Tate Modern, the Museo Reina Sofía, and the National Gallery of Canada, among others. The Sculpture Center in New York presented a solo exhibition of Edgar Calel's work in 2023, and in 2025 he was part of a group exhibition at the Tate Modern in London.