Author Archives: Perpetual Mobi
Welcoming Kholod Hawash to AR Saari Residence/Saastamoinen Residency
We are pleased to welcome Kholod Hawash, an accomplished Iraqi textile artist, who joins us as an Artists at Risk (AR) Safe Haven resident with her husband, Saddam Jumaily. The couple’s first stop will be the Saaren kartano – Saari … Continue reading
Welcoming Saddam Jumaily to AR Saari Residence/Saastamoinen Residency
We are pleased to welcome Saddam Jumaily, renowned Iraqi painter, writer, and graphic artist, as an Artists at Risk (AR) Safe Haven Resident. We have been working to achieve this reprieve in Amman from highly precarious circumstances for almost two years … Continue reading
AR Resident – Saddam Jumaily
Saddam Jumaily (born Saddam Al Saeedi in Basra, Iraq, 1974) is a painter and sculptor with a significant following in his country, where he is known for works that use symbolism to deal with memory and nostalgia. From 1999-2000 Jumaily … Continue reading
AR-Resident Erden Kosova
Erden Kosova is a Turkish art critic and curator based in Istanbul and Berlin. Kosova has been an AR-Resident in Berlin since January 2018. His residency is a cooperation between Artists at Risk (AR) and the project-space Apartment Project … Continue reading
Welcoming Erden Kosova to AR-Safe Haven Berlin
We are pleased to host Erden Kosova as an AR-Resident in Berlin in cooperation with Apartment Project (Selda Asal). Erden will use the residency to continue his theoretical research in the coming months. Erden Kosova is a Turkish art critic and … Continue reading
AR MOBILE talk at HAM with Spartak Khachanov
Spartak Khachanov will give an AR MOBILE Talk will on Wednesday 3 April from 5pm to 7pm in Helsinki Art Museum’s HAM Hall (2nd floor, Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 8, 00100 Helsinki, upstairs from Finnkino). The talk will be moderated by Ivor … Continue reading
AR-Resident Smart Owie: Nigerian Sculptor
Smart Owie was born in Benin, Nigeria, a city renowned for its sculptural background, particularly in the fields of casting. Owie himself was fortunate to come from a family of wood carvers and he learned the skill from an … Continue reading
Welcoming Smart Owie from Nigeria to AR-Residency
We are happy to welcome Smart Owie, renowned Nigerian artist and sculptor, who became an AR-Resident in January 2019. He is currently in safety at an undisclosed AR-Safe Haven Residency in Africa. Owie was forced to leave Nigeria after a … Continue reading
AR Resident – Spartak Khachanov
Spartak Khachanov is a sculptor and contemporary artist who produces visually, politically and emotionally charged works in a variety of materials and genres. Following an exhibition of his new work at the Kiev Academy of Fine Art (NOAM) in January … Continue reading
Free Musician Rami Sidky – Held in Egyptian prison since 2018 – Artists at Risk
Rami Sidky, a 33-year old guitarist and musician from Cairo (Egypt) has been languishing in jail since May 2018. The Egyptian judiciary continues to hold Rami without clear charges. His supposed crime? Alleged participation in a song critical of the … Continue reading
