Author Archives: Elda
Introducing Viktoriia Teletien, Ukrainian visual artist currently in residence in Helsinki
Born in Donetsk and educated at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Teletien works across painting, graphics, land art, scenography, and artistic research. Since 2012, she has worked as an artist at the Publicist Theater in Kharkiv, creating … Continue reading
Introducing Liza Madi, visual artist and interior designer from Palestine
Liza Madi is a visual artist and interior designer from Palestine, and current AR-Resident at U–jazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw. Rooted in personal experience and shaped by life under conditions of conflict and displacement, Liza’s artistic practice spans … Continue reading
Wishing out community Season’s Greetings
As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to wish our community Season’s Greetings, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, a joyful New Year — and everything your heart desires. We extend our deepest thanks to … Continue reading
Screening & Festive Gathering: Fragile Memory
We are thrilled to welcome you to a screening of our Ukrainian Artists at Risk (AR)-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Alexandra Bratyshchenko’s film Fragile Memory in the Auditorium of Lapinlahden lähde. Following the screening, we will have a Festive Season Gathering … Continue reading
Welcome Ulises Matamoros Ascención!
Introducing Ulises Matamoros Ascención, visual artist, educator, and independent curator from Mexico, and the first ER-Resident in Colombia at Plataforma Caníbal! Born in Puebla, Mexico (1984), Ulises is a community-based, multidisciplinary artist whose practice conceives art as the creation of … Continue reading
AR-Alumna Polina Kuznetsova featured in Karjalainen Newspaper
Polina Kuznetsova is a Belarusian textile artist and AR-Alumna who fled Belarus in 2022 and got an Artists at Risk (AR) residency at @vartsilaresidency in Northern Karelia. Polina was interviewed for the newspaper @karjalainenfi recently. For a long time Polina … Continue reading
PRESS: Georgia’s rotten dreams. A lawyer who defended people’s rights is now in trouble herself by Voima
Source: Voima by Iida Simes, 3.12.2025 https://voima.fi/artikkeli/2025/georgian-lapimadat-unelmat-kansan-oikeuksia-puolustanut-juristi-on-itsekin-pulassa/ Automated english translation: Georgia’s rotten dreams. A lawyer who defended people’s rights is now in trouble herself A small country in the Caucasus is a major source of fear for Russia: the development … Continue reading
Introducing Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Ukrainian film producer working on new documentary Circle of Choice at AR-Helsinki !
Alexandra is a Kyiv-based producer who works across documentary and fiction. Since 2014, she has focused on documentaries, joining the #BABYLON’13 collective. There she has focused on socially engaged documentaries while also working as a line producer, executive producer, and … Continue reading
نهادی شبکه ایست که در فصل مشترک دو حوزه حقوق (ARTIST at RISK) هنرمندان در معرض خطر
:بشر و هنر قرار گرفته است. تخصص این نهاد عبارت است از . ترسیم و تسهیل مسیر مهاجرت ایمن هنرمندان حوزه تجسمی که در کشور خود مورد آزار قرار گرفته اند- .AR میزبانی از این هنرمندان در اقامتگاه های خود … Continue reading
‘जोखिम मेंकलाकार (एआर)’ – एक वैश्ववक संस्थान: जोखिम में रहनेवाले कलाकारों के ललए यह आपके ललए है!
आपके अत्यावश्यक (अर्जेंट) आवेदन को ककसी भी समय स्वीकारने को हम तत्पर हैं। ‘जोखिम में कलाकार (एआर)’ रेलसडेंसी काययक्रम के ललए आप यहााँ आवेदन कर सकते हैं- artistsatrisk.org/apply ‘जोखिम मेंकलाकार (एआर)’: ‘जोखिम में कलाकार (एआर)’ मानव अधिकारों और कला के … Continue reading
