Artistic encounters
in war and violent conflict
Artistic
encounters
in war and
violent conflict

What inspires and motivates those engaged in creative practice? How do artistic expressions inspire and move others to action for social justice during and after war? How do artists, art and activism intersect in and after wars in Sudan, Myanmar and amongst exiled artists around the world?

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Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen

Visual Artist
Ethiopia / Norway

Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Oslo, Norway. His research-based art works often take form as moving images, paintings, and site-specific art installations. Representation is a central theme that underpins all of his works.

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Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen

Visual Artist
Ethiopia / Norway

Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Oslo, Norway. His research-based art works often take form as moving images, paintings, and site-specific art installations. Representation is a central theme that underpins all of his works.

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Mithkal Alzghair

Performing Artist
France / Syria

Mithkal Alzghair is a choreographer and dancer from Syria. His work and research focuses on the body as a concept of humanity, a space of awareness, of life, history, future, harmony, and peace, as well as a space for poetry, memory, and imagination.

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Mithkal Alzghair

Performing Artist
France / Syria

Mithkal Alzghair is a choreographer and dancer from Syria. His work and research focuses on the body as a concept of humanity, a space of awareness, of life, history, future, harmony, and peace, as well as a space for poetry, memory, and imagination.

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Diala Brisly

Visual Artist
France / Syria

Diala Brisly is a Syrian artist whose artistic practice spans a variety of media, including animation, painting, conceptual art, illustration, comic books and murals.

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Diala Brisly

Visual Artist
France / Syria

Diala Brisly is a Syrian artist whose artistic practice spans a variety of media, including animation, painting, conceptual art, illustration, comic books and murals.

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