Acaye Kerunen's 'Apoi' exhibition at Kunstmuseen Krefeld explores weaving as relational practice

Ugandan artist Acaye Kerunen presents her first solo museum exhibition in Germany at Kunstmuseen Krefeld's Haus Lange and Haus Esters. Titled 'Apoi,' the show runs until September 6, 2026, as part of the HL HE Dialog: What Comes After Art series. Kerunen's practice centers on handwoven textiles, sculptural forms, sound, and film that draw from Indigenous knowledge systems and intergenerational exchange. Her work positions weaving as both structural method and caring gesture, emphasizing material knowledge and collective labor over individual authorship. The exhibition transforms the modernist spaces into environments where materials carry the weight of land, language, and memory. Kerunen reimagines art as a living practice of continuity rather than absence, proposing that what follows art is a deliberate reweaving of relations. Her approach privileges process over product and community over singular creative vision. The exhibition activates an expanded field of making that connects overlooked histories through material practices rooted in care.