Letters to Yesterday
Exhibition and residency at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre 
In May 2022 Elias Mendel embarked on his first solo exhibition at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide centre. The exhibition included self-portraits, diaries, charcoal drawings, charcoal stop-motion- animation, watercolour tapestries and a sulptural piece. This work all examined Mendel’s relationship and work on his personal German Jewish family history and archive.
Alongside the exhibition Mendel embarked on a series of workshops varying from school learners to poets, to talks and peformances engaging with the South Africa chapter of his family story.
Exhibition at the Casablanca Art Beinale 2022
Elias Mendel’s first formal exhibition took place at the Casablanca Art Beinale, ‘The Words Create Images’, which was a unique oppertunity to have his work in collaboration with many globally emerging and established artists.
Exhibition of his work in Casablanca