Masculinity
Twisting myths, tropes, and figures – both human and animal – in and out of each other, Iranian multidisciplinary artist Zahra Mohamadi undercuts our constrictive constructions of gender
Writing
Bahraini artist Mashael Alsaie’s poetry experiments and plays with language, memory and childhood – both bildungsroman and encapsulation of wry melancholia
Childhood, revisited
In this visual art series, Mariam AlZayani attempts to “clone” herself in an attempt to interrogate and manipulate her childhood and memory via creativity
Chaosmos
Turkish artist Emel Karakozak explores the fictions of human bodies in flux through this haunting series of images, somewhere between lonely and free.
Sweat Prints
This mixed media series considers the female body in an athletic physical setting. Created with cosmetics (or watercolor) and workout sweat on thin, fragile papers, they allude to sweat connoting sexuality, exertion, and other push-pull responses
My Temple
A mixed-media piece that probes against society's tendency to put a price on female beauty
Tracing Identities
Brazilian artist Tóia Azevedo’s main artistic research is on the concept of identity. She uses her own body to make this search: in self portraits, mixed media collages, embroidery, performance.
Space/Time
As an Iranian female artist based in Arkansas, Ziba Rajabi’s work revolves around the desire to reconcile her relationship with two distinctive spaces: her homeland, Tehran, and place of residence, Arkansas.
Petit Prince
Paris-based artist Sandra Paris shares the surrealist collages that pulled her out of a major creative rut: