Oteng Keabetswe

Oteng Keabetswe

Oteng Keabetswe “Lerato la Malatsi a Pele is my attempt to search for peace within the tenderness of beginnings. Those first days of love carry a quiet calm, a softness where two people meet without history, without pressure, without the noise that comes later....
Doaa Bsis

Doaa Bsis

Doaa Bsis “Father and I” expresses a delicate and fragile form of peace — a peace born from the body, from the earth, and from the complex relationships that shape identity. Within the nostalgic landscape of home, facing the living mound of soil, a performative ritual...
Mahdiyeh Afshar Bakeshloo

Mahdiyeh Afshar Bakeshloo

Mahdiyeh Afshar Bakeshloo In this image, a person is surrounded by layers of white plates simple yet numerous stacked like overlapping coverings that prevent us from seeing the inner depth of a human being at first glance. This arrangement can symbolize the complex...
Annie Kurkdjian

Annie Kurkdjian

Annie Kurkdjian The work evokes a vision of peace and understanding. The figures, closely gathered around a single book suggest that peace begins with unity, when individuals come together to listen, learn and understand. In this silent, intimate moment, peace is not...
Mohammed Ohaj

Mohammed Ohaj

Mohammed Ohaj “My understanding of artistic creation is changing. Instead of focusing on human suffering as an artistic theme, I now have the opportunity to explore human cultures and the beauty of their diversity as artistic motifs.” Mohammed Ohaj is a...
Jo Morten Kåven

Jo Morten Kåven

Jo Morten Kåven Juoksáhkká is one of the three daughters of Máttaráhkká (Mother Earth) in Sámi shamanism. The two other daughters are Sáráhkká and Uksáhkká. Juoksáhkká always has a bow and arrow, because her name means “The (hunting) Goddess with the Bow”...
Anat Wegier

Anat Wegier

Anat Wegier “If a miracle were to happen tonight and I woke tomorrow with a sense of peace, it would not be the soft or effortless kind we often imagine. For me, peace emerges only after walking through difficulty — through the uncomfortable, the bitter, the...
Su Wieser

Su Wieser

Su Wieser The day after the miracle: “On that fateful day, I woke up in a cold sweat after a terrible nightmare in which everything revolved around nothing and people were shooting each other in the face. I sat up, went to the window, and saw in the distance two...
Mumbere Maombi David

Mumbere Maombi David

Mumbere Maombi David Furaha (joy): In a world where war silences smiles, Furaha rises as a breath of peace. The silhouette of an elegant, blossoming woman – radiant and full of grace – embodies the light that resists the darkness. Within her form, a smiling face...
Melanie Ballerstein

Melanie Ballerstein

Melanie Ballerstein In my work, I approach the topic of peace from the perspective of childhood. The children in my paintings stand before or in an abstract and colorful world — a world they themselves shape. They use color and imagination to create their own space....