Paul Maheke lives and works in Montpellier. Through various artistic forms and disciplines, Maheke has undertaken a sustained exploration of the ways marginalized bodies, narratives, and histories are rendered visible and invisible. The artist calls upon ghosts, spirits, and non-human entities in their work to encourage a reorientation of perception, inviting audiences to reconsider how they see, feel, and listen. Maheke’s works and performances have been shown at Tate Modern and Tate Britain, London, the Venice Biennale, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Mercer Union, Toronto, Performa, New York, Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo and Lafayette Anticipations in Paris, Baltic Triennial, Manifesta, Chisenhale Gallery and the South London Gallery, London, among others.

Paul Maheke is the recipient of the 25th Fondation Pernod Ricard Prize and will be a fellow at the Villa Medici, French Academy in Rome for the 2025-2026 academic year.

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In the context of Horst 2026 Paul Maheke is working with in collaboration with curator and Horst affiliate Evelyn Simons.

Evelyn Simons is a Brussels-based curator and writer, and the co-founder of RendezVous –Brussels Art Week. She is currently the co-Artistic Director of the upcoming Busan Biennale and is affiliated with Horst Arts & Music. Her practice explores the intersections of art, nightlife, music, architecture, performance, and fashion, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration and spaces for artistic experiment. She is particularly interested in hauntology, subcultures, and the parallels between rave culture and protest, examining how collective gatherings become sites of resistance, imagination, and alternative world-building.