Clouds Bring Blessings
© Thandiwe Muriu193 Gallery
24 rue Béranger 75003, Paris
November 8, 2025 - January 15, 2026
Institute Artist Thandiwe Muriu, has her third solo show at 193 Gallery in Paris. Muriu’s work explores themes of identity, culture, and female empowerment. On view at 193 Gallery Paris from November 8, 2025, to January 15, 2026, the exhibition Clouds Bring Blessings unveils a new body of work in which the artist opens a dialogue with her natural environment and affirms her ongoing commitment to exploring cultural heritage. For these portraits, Muriu produced her own textiles using the tie & dye technique, embracing collaboration with nature, resistance, and surrender.
“When I first began experimenting with fabric-making, I imagined a dive into a technique—a study in both historical and contemporary craftsmanship. Tie & dye seemed like a natural starting point, unseemingly complicated by difficult production techniques, or so I thought. Journeying deeper into the art of fabric-making, what was supposed to be a reconnection to traditional methodologies soon turned into a recognition of our longstanding dialogue with the environment. This journey was not a nostalgic return, but a yielding of process. Over time, it became unsettlingly clear that the environment was my uninvited co-creator. The more I tried to control the outcome of the dyeing process, the more she resisted. This isn’t just a series about fabric. It is about impact; about the undeniable entanglement between what we make, and the world we make it in.”
– Thandiwe Muriu
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