EXHIBITIONS - EXILE VOICES
Malta International Arts Festival
Reza presented during the Malta International Arts Festival in 2018, the testimonies of his young students in refugee camps in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Topic : « Exile Voices »
Place : Malta Arts Festival, La Valette
Event : Public exhibition
Kawergosk
Reza Visual Academy has given to their students the opportunity to show their work in their own community. Many have been Reza’s students since 2013 and saw their photographs exhibited in the camp for the first time.
Time: March – April 2018
Place: Kawergosk Camp, Erbil, Kurdistan
Partners: RVA’s team in Kurdistan, UNHCR and the Barzani Charity Foundation (BCF)
Phot'Aubrac 2017
In the frame of the festival Phot’Aubrac 2017 : the association honors the photographic work of the refugee camps in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Topic :« Exile Voices »
Place : Phot’Aubrac
Event : Public exhibition
European Commission, Belgium
Exceptionally, an exhibition made in partnership with the UNDP and displaying photographs of the refugee children living in Kawergosk, Kabarto and Barika, camps took place at the European Commission headquarters, in November 2016. Reza designed the exhibition’s exclusive scenography, on a voluntary basis.
Topic : “Exile Voices”
Place : European Commission headquarters, Brussels
Prints : 40
Partners : UNDP
Duration : 10 days
Event : Public exhibition
A Dream of Humanity
As a tribute to our human family, Reza proposed in summer 2015 a giant photographic fresco on the bank of the Seine river, between the Léopold-Sédar-Senghor bridge and the Pont Royal. The exhibition “A dream of Humanity” displayed the photographs made by the Syrian refugee children living in Kawergosk refugee camp, who followed photography training workshop with Reza since 2013.
Topic : “A dream of Humanity”
Place : Seine River banks, in front of Orsay Museum
Prints : 354 meter-long fresco
Partners : HIPA foundation and UNHCR
Duration : 3 months
Event : Public exhibition
Syracuse University, United-States
On the occasion of a conference on the global refugee crisis, Syracuse University invited Reza to present his Exile Voices project in 2016. Photographs made by the camp reporters were displayed in the university.
Topic : “Exile Voices”
Place : Syracuse University
Prints : 10
Partners : Syracuse University, RVA’ own funds
Duration : 3 weeks
Event : Public exhibition
Duhok University, Iraqi Kurdistan
The work of the refugee children living in Kawergosk and Kabarto refugee camps have been displayed in Duhok University, on the occasion of a public exhibition in 2015. The refugee children and their trainers took part in the exhibition opening, in the presence of official representatives and academics.
Topic : “Exile Voices”
Place : Duhok University
Prints : 40
Partners : UNDP
Duration : 2 days
Event : Public exhibition