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BREAKING NEWS! Fatoş İrwen has been released from Turkish prison!
2 March 2020 BREAKING NEWS Fatoş İrwen has been released from Turkish prison!! Congratulations! Welcome back! ——– Artists at Risk (AR) has long been advocating for the release and just treatment of Fatoş İrwen (bio page). Since 2016, İrwen faced … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, NEWS, Press Release
Tagged #artistsatrisk, #FreeFatosIrwen, activism, AR, artists at risk, erdogan, Fatos, Fatoş İrwen, freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, Irwen, Justice, press release, Prison, turkey
AR PAVILION HELSINKI – MASS MEMORY MACHINES
1 November – 15 December 2019 Galleria Rankka – Eerikinkatu 36, 00180 Helsinki Artists: Babi Badalov, Damian Le Bas, Delaine Le Bas, CABOCO (B A / Nástio Mosquito / Junior Fernadez), Chto Delat, Lusine Djanyan and Aleksey Knedlyakovsky, Juan-Pedro Fabra … Continue reading
Posted in AR Pavilion, Map, NEWS, Timeline
Tagged AR, AR Pavilion, exhibition, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, helsinki, history, Ivor Stodolsky, Marita Muukkonen, memory, monuments, perpetuum mobile, Safe Haven, Safe Haven Helsinki
Saddam Jumaily welcomed to new AR-ICORN Residency in Helsinki
Saddam Jumaily and Kholod Hawash are currently in the final month of their AR-Residency at AR-Saari/Saastamoinen Residency. Following this, they will continue their long-term AR-ICORN Residency for the rest of 2019 at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki. Jumaily is a renowned Iraqi … Continue reading
Welcoming Kholod Hawash to the new AR-ICORN Residency
Kholod Hawash (Iraq) is starting the second part of her Artists at Risk (AR) residency with partner Saddam Jumaily as the first AR-ICORN Safe Haven Helsinki Residents. The residency is curated by Perpetual Mobile (PM). Kholod Hawash is a self-taught textile … Continue reading
Bio Fatoş İrwen
See Artists at Risk (AR)’s Campaign for the release and just treatment of Fatoş İrwen Related: Fatoş İrwen was a participant in: The AR Pavilion Berlin: Mutatis Mutandis Documentation: The Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion Berlin: Mutatis Mutandis AR PAVILION … Continue reading
AR Resident – Kholod Hawash
Kholod Hawash is a self-taught textile artist, born in Albasra, Iraq, in 1977. Her work is inspired by the heritage and archeological landscapes of the region she is from. Its bold symbols and forms convey strong local narratives. Due to … Continue reading
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
Posted in AR-Artist Events, Map, NEWS
Tagged #artistsatrisk, AR, ar resident, artist, artists at risk, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, helsinki, Iraq, Jordan, Jumaily, perpetuum mobile, Safe Haven Helsinki, safe haven residency
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
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, #artistsatrisk, AR, ar resident, artist, artists at risk, basra, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, helsinki, Iraq, Jordan, Jumaily, painter, painting, perpetuum mobile, Safe Haven Helsinki, safe haven residency
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