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 Said Ahmed Mohamed Ali from Sudan

Artists at Risk (AR) welcomes Said Ahmed Mohamed Ali from Sudan as a new AR-ENSH Resident with ArtVeda in Tunisia! Said, who is renowned for his visual representations of societal changes in Sudan, has had to seek asylum following the … Continue reading

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AR-artrmx Resident Ahmad Navid Mashouf

Ahmad Navid Mashouf from Herat, Afghanistan is the second AR-artrmx studio Resident in Cologne, Germany. Mashouf is currently a Ph.D student in the Analytical and Comparative History of Islamic Art at Tehran University and previously graduated with a Masters in … Continue reading

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AR-Artport Tel Aviv Resident Pavel Serdyukov

Pavel Serdyukov is an Israeli-Russian theatre and film director.  He graduated from the Electrotheatre Stanislavsky Master Program in Theatre Directing and Moscow School of New Cinema in Film Directing. He also has a PhD in Computer Science and is an award … Continue reading

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AR-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Lesia Kulchynska

Lesia Kulchynska is a Kyiv-based independant curator and visual studies researcher. Kulchynska holds a Ph.D. in Film Studies from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, and teaches cultural studies at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts. In 2018–19 … Continue reading

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AR-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Ksenia Peretrukhina

Ksenia Peretrukhina (b.1972) is a Russian stage designer, visual artist, lecturer, contemporary theatre theorist and author of a series of workshops about stage space, ecology in theatre and social theatre. She’s a member of the independent theatre group Theatre of … Continue reading

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AR-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Mikhail Durnenkov

Mikhail Durnenkov (b.1978) is a Russian playwright, screenwriter and teacher of drama currently residing in Helsinki. Durnenkov is known for holding key roles at the oppositional Russian theatre Teatr.doc, and through his long-standing critical positions became a prominent dissident figure. His … Continue reading

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AR-UNESCO Resident Sasha Denisova

Sasha Denisova is a Ukrainian playwright, director, novelist and screenwriter. Denisova graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Kyiv Shevchenko University and from the Moscow Art Theatre School and Moscow Meyerhold Centre. She also studied dramaturgy at the Royal Court … Continue reading

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AR-Moosdorf Korrektiv Resident Iqbal Ahmad Tarnak

Iqbal Ahmad Tarnak (1997), an artist from Afghanistan, is currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. At home painting with oils, Tarnak has recently begun working on contemporary and conceptual artwork, and he is … Continue reading

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AR-Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. Resident Zia Forogh

Zia Forogh (1984) is a singer, musician, visual artist, gallery owner, art teacher and activist from Afghanistan. He is currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. Forogh graduated with a bachelor’s degree in painting … Continue reading

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AR-Moosdorf Korrektiv Resident Mahsa Falah

Mahsa Falah, an artist and writer from Afghanistan, is currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. During her stay in Berlin, Falah is writing a novel about how an Afghan girl, whose dreams have … Continue reading

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