Jean Katambayi Mukendi : RATIO

at M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium

through September 27, 2026

RATIO, Jean Katambayi Mukendi’s commission for IN SITU, spans newly produced drawings, paintings and large-scale sculptures. The exhibition addresses global structural inequities in resource extraction and the distribution of power. It questions the dualities that shape our world: between the natural and the artificial, growth and destruction.

Mukendi’s sculptural works respond to contemporary technological developments, from agriculture to robotics and military systems. Built as composite structures, they merge and reconfigure machine functions, testing what these technologies might become when approached through recycling and repurposing, and when imagined for their ecological potential.

The artist’s drawings extend these inquiries, offering observations and speculative reflections on human experience in relation to ecology, economy and language, among others.

RATIO is Mukendi’s first solo museum presentation and is part of Muhka’s IN SITU programme, dedicated to newly commissioned work.

The exhibition is curated by Emma Enderby and Linda Franken (KW) and Anne-Claire Schmitz (Muhka), and co-produced with KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. The works were constructed during a production residency held in Berlin in autumn 2025, using locally sourced recycled materials.

A first iteration of RATIO is presented at KW from February 21 to May 10, 2026.

The exhibition is accompanied by Circuits, Mukendi’s first monographic publication, co-edited by Leuven University Press, the Contemporary Art Committee KU Leuven, KW and Muhka.