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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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AR Resident – Barıs Seyitvan

Baris Seyitvan (1982) is a Kurdish curator and artist previously based in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, working around the themes of contemporary art and migration, conflict, imprisonment and torture, nomadism, and exile. Graduating in 2004 in Fine Arts Education at Dicle … Continue reading

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Welcoming Barış Seyitvan as AR-Resident at Suomenlinna

We are happy to welcome Barış Seyitvan as AR-Resident at Suomenlinna in Helsinki. Barış is a curator and artist with extensive experience of research into conflict and displacement in relation to contemporary art and the conditions of the art worker … Continue reading

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PRESS: Ein sicherer Hafen für Künstler by taz

Source:taz by: Von Eva-Christina Meier Fotos: Eva-Christina Meier PRESS TEXT Tito Valery, Radiomoderator aus Kamerun, in Finnlands Hauptstadt Helsinki Das Netzwerk „Artist at Risk“ aus Helsinki organisiert Residenzen für politisch verfolgte Künstler aus aller Welt. Nun ziehen auch die deutschen Kulturinstitute nach Vor ein paar Tagen ers hat Tito Valery aus … Continue reading

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AR-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Güllü Özalp at the Eläintarha Villa

We are happy to announce the arrival of AR-Resident Güllü ÖZALP ULUSOY.  She is staying at the Eläintarha Villa from 3 February to 1 May, hosted by the AR-Safe Haven Helsinki BIO The origins of Güllü’s family are rooted in … Continue reading

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Documentation: MOBILE TALK by Erkan Özgen

at the Helsinki Art Museum on the 30th of August Chaired by Perpetuum Mobilε (Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky). For information about the artist and the talk see: http://www.perpetualmobile.org/mobile-talk-erkan-ozgen/         Photos courtesy of Kalle Kuisma and Eleni … Continue reading

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