Wal Solon works across film, visual arts and music. He studied Social Sciences in São Paulo and Film/Art at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. His first album Foundation (2021) was recorded in Brazil and addresses family taboos around HIV and suicide. His new film Reparation Day will be a satire on Germany’s coming to terms with its colonial and antisemitic crimes. His works were shown at Goethe Institut Beijing, Art Sonje Center Seoul and Oberhausen.

As of July2022