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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
AR on TV: Discover the Stories Behind the Artists Who Refuse to Be Silenced
The prime-time cultural programme “La Brama” on Barcelona’s betevé shone a spotlight on Artists at Risk (AR) last month. The wonderful Laura Sangra, who leads the programme that has its finger on the pulse of Barcelona’s cultural life, has been … Continue reading
Betevé’s “La Brama”: Artists at Risk: the global platform helping artists keep creating from exile
The prime-time cultural programme “La Brama” on Barcelona’s betevé shone a spotlight on Artists at Risk (AR) last month. You can find the full original article at this link and the English translation below: https://beteve.cat/cultura/artists-at-risk-artistes-exili/ In Barcelona, Palestinian writer Marwa … 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
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
The play “Winter Under the Table” in Helsingin Sanomat & Laura Kytölä – Uladzimir Ushakou’s escape from Belarus to Helsinki via Ukraine
Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to highlight the recent Helsingin Sanomat feature on AR-Alumnus Uladzimir Ushakou and the play “Talvi pöydän alla” (Winter Under the Table) which he directed at Helsinki -98. Premiered on 19 November, the production resonates … Continue reading
Introducing Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art: a new hosting partner in the AR-Network!
Artists at Risk (AR) is delighted to welcome the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw as a new hosting partner in our global network supporting artists at risk. With a mission to foster international collaboration and creative exchange, its … Continue reading
