Arts, Minorities and Human Rights
Collective exhibition of the laureates of the International Art Contest for Minority Artists (2022-2024)
The vernissage will take place on Wednesday 6 November at 18:00. Mandatory registration.
Art is a powerful medium for raising social awareness of human rights and justice, and for opening up discussion on pressing societal issues on a global scale. The 22 artists featured in this exhibition act, each in their own way, as human rights defenders.
Since 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and its partners Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Freemuse have organized the International Art Contest for Minority Artists, in partnership with the City of Geneva. The contest aims to support minority artists committed to defending human rights around the world.
Organized as part of the Centenary of Ecolint, this exhibition will highlight the journeys, commitment and artwork of the 22 laureates of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions of the contest.
The artists whose artworks will be exhibited are: Zahra Hassan Marwan, Abdullah, Jean Philippe Moiseau, Mawa Rannahr, Naser Moradi, Amin Taasha, Babatunde “Tribe” Akande, Bianca Batlle Nguema, Mehdi Rajabian, Karthoum Dembele, Aluízio de Azevedo Silva Júnior, Tufan Chakma, Andrew Wong, Elahe Zivardar, Bianca Broxton, Joel Pérez Hernández, Francis Estrada, Laowu Kuang, Jayatu Chakma, André Fernandes, Maganda Shakul, and Chuu Wai.
Coming from different countries and with diverse minority background, the artists participating in this exhibition are all distinguished by their artistic commitment, their highly personal interpretation of both intimate and collective experiences, and their representation of themes linked to their identities and rights as national, linguistic, religious or ethnic minorities. They use a variety of artistic media, including photography, sculpture, drawing, painting, digital art, music and documentary creation, to explore themes that are experienced in the daily lives of many minority communities around the world, particularly in relation to statelessness, multiple and intersectional discrimination, and the role of memory in the present.
The exhibition is free, and available in English and French.
Image credits: Zahra Hassan Marwan
