Rehema Chachage

Rehema Chachage maintains a research- and process-based practice characterized by a diverse range of media and methods. Grounded in generational knowledge, and alternative modes of storytelling, remembering, and re-membering, her work integrates performance, photography, video, olfactory elements, voice, sound, text, and installation to produce immersive, multisensory experiences. Central to her practice is an exploration of matrilineal family memory, developed in collaboration with her mother and grandmother. Together, they create a »performative archive« that weaves memory, stories, songs, rituals and oral traditions into an ongoing, open-ended process—akin to an open weave—where the body functions simultaneously as site and medium of historical knowledge production.
Chachage holds a PhD in Practice from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2025). Her work has been exhibited widely across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and she is a recipient of the H13 Lower Austria Prize for Performance (2023). She is currently a postdoctoral researcher on the FWF PEEK–funded project Harvest Rituals: A Call for Visitation at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.