Previous participants

Ailin Mirlashari

Ailin Mirlashari (1992) born and active in Stockholm, Sweden, is an artist within the fine arts field.She is currently studying her masters in fine arts at Konstfack University. She works
interdisciplinary but mainly works with video, curation, installation, textile and photography.

Being both an artist, social worker and having a foot in the grassroots movement, it shapes her
world and positions how she sees it.

She is also the founder of the intersectional feminist organization StreetGäris. And is currently active with BEYN2, a culture platform that she, her sister and cousin started.

Nicole Khadivi

Nicole Khadivi (born 1998, Stockholm, Sweden) is an artist and filmmaker living in Stockholm. The past five years she has attended the fine art program at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm as well as one year in the film class at Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main.

Her artistic practice consists of installations in glass, light and film, and delves into topics related to engagement with inherited histories/memories and their visual representations, the possibilities of fiction and the passage of time.

Santiago Mostyn

Santiago Mostyn is an artist whose practice foregrounds narrative entanglements in pursuit of new understandings of place, both in a cultural and psychic sense. Mostyn has long been interested in the interplay of music, narrative and the embodied self, with works manifesting as films, exhibitions and curatorial projects.

Wasim Harwill

Wasim Harwill has a conceptual approach to his artistic practice. He is often using performance as a tool for research, and employs absurdism in his work to create a space for self-reflection. Harwill’s approach suits his broad range of expression, using acting, film, and photography to installations and graphic design to express his work, allowing him to create multidimensional pieces. In recent years, he has been exploring the definition of “home” in his work.

Mona Namér

Mona Namér was born 1990 in Gothenburg and is now based is Stockholm. She is a dancer, choreographer and creative director. She trained at the Broadway Dance Center in New York and has worked in Paris, New York, London and Johannesburg. Namér is active in stage and film productions, various art projects and as an educator.

In her practice, she explores how movement can act as an alternative language for communication and reflect our contemporary times. The focus of her artistic work in recent years is themes such as surrealism, rituals, rebirth and identity.

Mona’s credits include choreographic collaborations with, among others, Little Dragon, Branko, IKEA, AFROPUNK Festival Brooklyn, Röda Sten Konsthall and Göteborgs Konsthall.

Kayo Mpoyi

Kayo Mpoyi, an artist who merges the visual and literary arts, has written two novels that explore the rediscovery of distorted history and the healing of trauma through fiction. They combine literary work with visual design, inspired by the poet Dionne Brand, and creatively interprets fragments from archives, which they call inner archaeology. By weaving fiction around objects in national and personal archives, Kayo strives to rediscover the past.

Kayo has begun to explore plants, forests and toys with a fictional, true origin myth about the search for the root of self-love. The world needs new Lore, stories grounded in cosmologies other than those born of capitalism and colonialism. Kayo calls himself a storyteller. A position that can mean anything from being a teacher, ritual leader, writer and artist. In addition to solo and group exhibitions, Kayo has released three books: An exercise in revolution, Kitoko, Mai means water.

In addition to solo and group exhibitions, Kayo has released three books: the novels “Mai means water” (2029) “An exercise in revolution” (2022) and the children’s book “Kitoko” (2022).

Liban Abshir Mohamed

Liban Abshir Mohamed, born in 1995, is an artist and filmmaker who often draws on deeply personal experiences in his practice and works introspectively around themes such as belonging, identity and memory.

With a background as a presenter and video creator, he is particularly interested in childhood expression, media and the power of a strong story. Liban explores his various themes through investigative processes that later take shape in installations or films.

He is currently studying in the second year of the bachelor’s program Fine Art at Konstfack.

Senay Berhe

Senay Berhe is a Stockholm-based photographer, filmmaker, and artist. His artistic practice centres around the complex interplay between external and internal landscapes, delving into the profound connection between humanity and the natural world.

As a multi-disciplinary artist, Senay seamlessly weaves together photography, film, and other artistic mediums to create immersive experiences that engage all the senses.

He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.

Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole

Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole works with photography, both with and without lenses, and presents her work as installations, performances and prints.

At the heart of her practice is an investigation of material processes that explores new forms within the framework of established techniques.

She has exhibited widely both in Sweden and internationally, and her work is represented in the collections of Moderna Museet, Göteborgs konstmuseum and the National Health Services in the UK.

Hank Grüner

Hank approaches his artistic practice from a place of personal history and deeply personal experiences, paired with an exploration of cultural heritage, belonging and transformative mythology.

While Hanks’ visual references at first glance feel distinctly contemporary, with a Pop-Punk aesthetic and a raw, honest approach to materials, they are also rooted in an exploration of shamanism and ancient South American artefacts. Hank’s artworks are an antidote to alienation, a celebration of cultural heritage, archetypes and history.

Nikki Sherridan

Nikki Sheridan is a Stockholm-based artist who focuses on various themes – through satire and ironic paintings.

Nikki’s work reflects her thoughts, opinions, and experiences, however, she is also interested in looking through the lens of others. Their greater purpose is to highlight a breadth of topics, as well as, act as a force of social criticism.