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Britta Marakatt-Labba

30/01–26/07/2026

In 2026, Kunsthalle Mainz presents Britta Marakatt-Labba’s first solo exhibition in the German-speaking world. The focus will be on her meticulously crafted textile artworks. Over the past 50 years, Marakatt-Labba has created delicate motifs, which she has meticulously embroidered onto fabric, thus translating her living environment into images. These images tell the collective history of the Sámi people, the nature that provides a habitat for them and their reindeer, their cosmology, their rituals, and their beliefs in relation to the land. They address the threat to nature posed by the extraction of raw materials and ecological destruction, as well as the displacement of indigenous peoples – even in Europe. The visual narrative on fabric is Britta Marakatt-Labba’s method of asking questions and finding answers to existential thoughts and developments.