EXHIBITIONS - EXILE VOICES

Reza Visual Academy has collaborated with numerous partners over the world in order to organize many exhibitions under the topic « Exile Voices ». The photos taken by the children in the three refugee camps - Kawergosk, Kabarto and Barika - onvite the spectators to deeply discover their lives between darkness and resilience of humanity, as well as to think about the value of photography as a universal language brought by Reza Visual Academy.

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