Biography

blaxTARLINES is an open-source art collective, pedagogical experiment, and art-labour movement hosted by the Department of Painting and Sculpture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. Bringing together artists, curators, teachers, technicians, students, and cultural workers, the collective explores shared models of art-making, learning, and self-determination. The collective co-develops curricula, experimental hubs, residencies, and public-access spaces. Through them, blaxTARLINES articulates solidarity, post-Western pedagogy, and the relationship between local contexts and global exchange as outlets through which to practice universal politics. The coalition’s work has been presented in major exhibitions including the 61st Venice Biennale, In Minor Keys (2026); Fragments of a World After Its Own Image at APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia (2025); Silent Invasions: The Art of Material Hacking, Amasaka Gallery, Masaka (2023–2024); and documenta 15, Kassel (2022).

Artworks

Mina Zayed

AGORA: A Dance of Umbrella Forests

blaxTARLINES

Details: AGORA: A Dance of Umbrella Forests