Darly Benneker (1992, Colombia) is a Dutch-Colombian visual artist and curator based in Antwerp, whose practice is deeply shaped by site-specific research. She holds an MA in Education in Arts (2020) from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and an MFA in Sculpture and Expanded Practices from the National College of Art and Design (2024) in Dublin.
In her work, she reimagines physical and emotional spaces and objects as extensions of a fictional past, reshaping her personal narrative through installations, sculptures, writing and videos. At the core of her practice lies an exploration of the fragile notions of home and belonging, particularly the tension between feeling at home in unfamiliar environments and confronting the uncertainty of what “home” truly means.
Her work reflects on migration not only as a socio-political reality but also as an aesthetic and material process. She understands migration as a state that carries material memories across borders, creating spaces and objects where home can be imagined anew. Rooted in themes of migration, identity, and home, her practice resonates on both a personal and universal level, blurring the boundaries between reality and (speculative) fiction.
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She has exhibited in groupshows at institutions such as The Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin), The Complex (Dublin), and Ribrotterdam (Rotterdam), and has contributed to projects, exhibitons and performances at Kunstinstitute Melly, Gallery MaMA, TENT Rotterdam, Staatsgalerie Karlsruhe- alongside artist-run spaces such as T-Space (Antwerp) and Soup (Rotterdam). Her upcoming solo exhibition will take place in April, 2026 at MORPHO in Antwerp.
She received grants from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (2023) and Fonds Kwadraat (2024), and was awarded support from the Dutch embassy in Belgium (2025) for a forthcoming project centered around the botanical gardens, greenhouses and the history of the rubbertree in Medellín, Colombia.
Alongside her artistic work, she works as an assistant curator at Kunsthal Extra City in Antwerp and the Belgian Pavilion for the 61st Venice Biennale (2026). In 2026, she will also be an external critic in the Fine Arts department at St-Lucas School of Arts in Antwerp.
Contact details:
darlybenneker1992@gmail.com