Friederike Ablang

Friederike Ablang

Friederike Ablang “Rest little soul, you suffered a lot. Sleep, little soul you’ve seen too much. Heal now while I’ll ask the world to not Be so loud and for more peace, kindness and gentle touch. You just sleep, I’m here to stay; No matter...
Liang Wang

Liang Wang

Liang Wang “This painting is inspired by an artist residency I attended in the Lake Cowichan, BC in November 2023. My time there was defined by a slow, quiet rhythm, days spent wandering the woods, observing the local wildlife, and simply being present. While...
Alsadig Mahmoud

Alsadig Mahmoud

Alsadig Mahmoud “For me, peace begins with an ethical and affective engagement with the world. This work approaches peace as a fragile, negotiated condition rather than a stable ideal, examining how personal memory, subtle gestures, and everyday experiences...
Gibus

Gibus

Gibus The piece is not about softening suffering, but about the radical transformation of what inflicts it. By removing the barbs one by one from the barbed wire, the man does not try to endure violence, he disarms it. He does not break the material; he neutralizes...
Anushiya Sundaralingam

Anushiya Sundaralingam

Anushiya Sundaralingam “I would know peace is real because the in-between spaces I explore in my work — the tension of being between cultures and memories — would no longer feel like a site of friction. The vessels of identity I paint would no longer look like...