YOUTH EXHIBITIONS
Rêves d'avenir, 2019
In May 2019, 60 Turkish and Syrian young refugees exhibited their work at the Unicef House in New-York. In 2019 – which marks the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child – this students ages of 11 and 18 from have learned and worked using the art of photography under the guidance of Reza. The trainings implemented with the Youth Lens project, in the aegis of Unicef in Turkey, has sought to teach these budding photographers the language of the image; to help them tell, through photos, their dreams and realities.
Subject: « Dreams of the Future »
Location: Unicef House, New-York
Event: Public Exhibition


Reza & BienalSur, 2018
The Reza Visual Academy, under the gaze of photojournalist Reza, thanks to the invitation of the French Institute of Argentina, implemented a training in photography between 2018 and 2019. The photographs of the young people have been materialized by an exhibition on the grids of the French Embassy in Buenos Aires, from May 30, 2019, until October 30.
Topic : « Amor por el Barrio»
Partners : Webistan and the French Institute of Argentina (with Veolia)
Place : French Embassy of Buenos Aires – Argentina
Duration : May 30 – October 30
Event : Public exhibition
Rêves d'avenir, 2019
From May 20 to 24, 2019, 60 Turkish and Syrian young refugees exhibited their work at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council. In 2019 – which marks the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child – this students ages of 11 and 18 from have learned and worked using the art of photography under the guidance of Reza. The trainings implemented with the Youth Lens project, in the aegis of Unicef in Turkey, has sought to teach these budding photographers the language of the image; to help them tell, through photos, their dreams and realities.
Subject: « Rêves d’avenir »
Location: Economic, Social and Environmental Council
Event: Public Exhibition


Reza & BienalSur, 2018
BienalSur is the biggest Contemporary Art Biennale that ever took place in South America. In the framework of this project, an exhibition of the children’s photographs alongside the workshop « Urban Voices » of Reza Visual Academy was showcased at the heart of the Argentine capital, from September to December 2018 in Plaza San Martin.
Topic : « Urban Voices »
Partners : BienalSur & UNTREF
Place : Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires – Argentina
Duration : 2 months
Event : Public exhibition
Phot'Aubrac, 2018
As part of the Phot’Aubrac Edition 2018 festival: the association organized an exhibition of the photographic work made by the children from precarious suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Subject: « Urban Voices »
Location: Phot’Aubrac
Event: Public Exhibition


Reza & BienalSur, 2018
BienalSur is the biggest Contemporary Art Biennale that ever took place in South America. In the framework of this project, an exhibition of the children’s photographs alongside the workshop « Urban Voices » of Reza Visual Academy was showcased at the heart of the Argentine capital, from September to December 2018 in Plaza San Martin.
Topic : « Urban Voices »
Partners : BienalSur & UNTREF
Place : Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires – Argentina
Duration : 2 months
Event : Public exhibition
Malta International Arts Festival, 2018
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


Bamako - Mali, 2017
Following the photography workshop for orphans and IDPs children in Bamako, Mali, the children’s photos were exhibited in January 2017, at the French Institute of Bamako, in the framework of « Equations Nomades » project partnered with UNESCO Bamako.
Topic : « Urban Voices »
Place : Bamako, Mali
Partners : UNESCO Bamako
Phot'Aubrac, 2017
As part of the Phot’Aubrac Edition 2017 festival: the association organized an exhibition of the photographic work made by the children from precarious suburbs of Bamako, in Mali.
Subject: « Urban Voices »
Location: Phot’Aubrac
Prints: 35
Event: Public Exhibition


Kawergosk, 2017
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 2017
Place: Kawergosk Camp, Erbil, Kurdistan
Partners: RVA’s team in Kurdistan, UNHCR and the Barzani Charity Foundation (BCF)
Phot'Aubrac, 2016
In the frame of the festival Phot’Aubrac 2016 : 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, 2016
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, 2015
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, 2015
On the occasion of a conference on the global refugee crisis, Syracuse University invited Reza to present his Exile Voices project in 2015. 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, 2015
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


"Ma Terre, Ma Famille", 2013
During 6 months of photography workshop with Reza in 2013, the children in the “forbidden zones” Reynerie, Mirail and Bellefontaine in Toulouse were trained to master the photographic tool as an instrument of expression and claim for a world more solidarity. In the framework of « Month of the Photo » in Toulouse, an exhibition on the theme « Ma terre, ma famille » (My world, my family) displayed 60 best photographs taken by 38 students of Reza Visual Academy’s workshop, alongside with an award ceremony to 7 excellent students, selected by an international jury of image professionals.
Topic:« Ma terre, ma famille »
Place: The Multimedia libraries José Cabanis & Grand M, Toulouse, France
Duration: September – November 2013
Partners: the city of Toulouse; National Geographic Channel, Tisséo, Carsat, ERDF, Toulouse Ouest Partenaire association; Sponsorship of Banque Populaire Occitane Foundation