AR-Artist Bios

This list is meant to be representative only, and is by no means complete. Artists at Risk (AR) has relocated hundreds of artists and cultural workers over the space of almost 10 years.

AR-Resident Daniel Mparanyi

Biography Daniel Mparanyi (Masasi Mparanyi Daniel) is a gospel musician, multidisciplinary artist, and peace activist from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. His work combines music, spoken word, and visual storytelling to address themes of war, displacement, faith, and human … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Hossein Zoghi

Related PRESS: La Vanguardia: Irán, una revolución cultural y en femenino PRESS REPORT: Zona de Estrataegia: Irán en revolución: décadas de lucha hacia el momento de la liberación PRESS REPORT: RNE Audio: Iran: la cultura no calla. L’art com a … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Mahsa Mohebali

Related PRESS: La Vanguardia: Iran, a Cultural and Feminine Revolution PRESS REPORT: RNE Audio: Iran: Culture Does Not Stay Silent. Art as a Tool of Resistance PRESS: Mahsa mohebali interviewed for Italian newspaper La Repubblica PRESS:Anatomy of the Collapse of … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Alain Bazamuka

Related: – Introducing new AR-Residents in Zanzibar! – Alain Bazamuka YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@messia_bazamuka?si=-OuZlg2YovrRM1jv Biography Alain Bazamuka, also known as Brown Messia, is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, and founder of MISISA Company. Originally from Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Bénédicte Luendo

Related:Introducing new AR-Residents in Zanzibar! Meet AR-Resident Bénédicte Luendo! Press Report: AR-Alumna Benedicte Luendo featured on Radio Universitaire ISDR-Bukavu Press Report: AR-Alumna Benedicte Luendo featured on RTNK TV Biography Bénédicte Luendo is a singer, songwriter, and performer from Goma, Democratic … Continue reading

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AR-Resident Osama Khalid

Osama Khalid Hamid Yousif is a Sudanese visual artist specializing in painting and fine arts. Osama holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine and Applied Arts and was actively exhibiting and producing work in Sudan before the outbreak of war in … Continue reading

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ER-Resident Ulises Matamoros Ascención

Related Laboratory of Imaginative Translation – Plataforma Caníbal (Barranquilla, 2026) Interview (Spanish) – Instagram Reel: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DT33-Z9DTzB/ Welcoming Ulises Matamoros Ascención to his ER-residency: https://artistsatrisk.org/2026/02/09/welcome-ulises-matamoros-ascencion/ Ulises Matamoros Ascención (b. 1984, Puebla, Mexico) is a visual artist, educator, and independent curator whose … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Meet Mariia Pelishenko, Ukrainian artist and AR-Resident at Künstler:innenhaus Bremen

Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to welcome Mariia Pelishenko to Bremen, where she began her two-month residency at Künstler:innenhaus Bremen! Born in 2004 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Pelishenko has lived and worked in Uzhhorod since 2015. Her artistic practice spans … Continue reading

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