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Rajni Perera & Marigold Santos, Efflorescence/The Way We Wake

Exhibitions

Last updated date : 08/10/2025

The Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art (macLYON) is presenting, for the first time in France, an exhibition of works by Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos, two prolific artists on the Canadian art scene.

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Rajni Perera's origins are Sri Lankan and Marigold Santos is of Filipino heritage. Both artists are marked by the experience of immigration at an early age and they have many concerns in common: motherhood and feminism, relocation, rebirth, myths, the natural and the spiritual worlds, to name of few. They met in 2020, and immediately recognised aesthetic and conceptual affinities in each other, a bond between kindred spirits. Not long after they began to collaborate.

Conceived as a duo exhibition, Efflorescence/The Way We Wake* speaks to the artists'personal experiences and research into their respective cultural heritages. It showcases recent paintings, drawings and sculptures produced by each artist, as well as a new joint work, to further highlight the strength of their artistic connection.

The exhibition is part of macLYON's ongoing artistic programme, which aims to give greater visibility to women artists.

Curators: Cheryl Sim, Executive Director and Curator at PHI, together with Marilou Laneuville, Head of Exhibitions and Publications at macLYON


* First presented at PHI in Montréal in 2024, the exhibition travelled to Contemporary Calgary (Canada) in 2025.

Practical information

Address

81 quai Charles de Gaulle Cité Internationale - 69006 Lyon 6ème

Languages

English, French

Prices

Full price: 9 €, Reduced price: 6 €.

Free entry for children under 18.

Openings

From 19/09/2025 to 04/01/2026 on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, bank holidays and weekends between 11 am and 6 pm.

Accessibility

  • Hearing disability
  • Mental disability
  • Visual disability
  • Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs

Exhibitions

Rajni Perera & Marigold Santos, Efflorescence/The Way We Wake

Modern Art Museum (macLYON)

81 quai Charles de Gaulle Cité Internationale - 69006 Lyon 6ème

04 72 69 17 17

www.mac-lyon.com

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