Thomias Radin explores life force and Caribbean identity at Esther Schipper Berlin

Esther Schipper Berlin is presenting Echoes of KA, an exhibition by Thomias Radin with all new paintings and several sculptural works. This is Radin's fourth project with the gallery, following his exhibitions in Paris and Seoul, and a presentation in Berlin, between 2025 and 2024, the year he joined the program. Profoundly shaped by his birthplace, Guadeloupe, and his upbringing in France, Radin’s practice draws on layered cultural inheritances spanning the Caribbean and Europe. Dance, painting and sculpture interlock in his work. His paintings, often set in hand-carved wooden frames, feature motifs—among them angels, architectural forms, marble, or water—that reflect an engagement with European visual heritage alongside ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Christian mythologies. Taking inspiration from the ancient Egyptian concept of Ka—an invisible life force that transcends time and geography—Radin’s exhibition follows its movement from Africa to the Caribbean