Manutcher Kwame Milani
ArteEast is pleased to present an interview with artist Manutcher Kwame Milani as part of our Artist Spotlight series. Manutcher Kwame Milani (b. 1996, Accra, Ghana) is a painter and carpet maker based in Zurich. His work stands out through an abundance of symbols, dazzling colors, and ornaments. Traditional Ghanaian Adinkra symbols and Persian carpets have…
Layla Zubi
ArteEast is pleased to present an interview with artist Layla Zubi as part of our Artist Spotlight series. Layla Zubi (b. 1991, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA) (she/her/they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist from the Saint Louis area and Southern Illinois region. She received her MFA from Cornell University (2022) and a BA in studio art with an…
Ramazan Can
Born in Manisa in 1988, Ramazan Can graduated from Gazi University (name changed to Hacı Bayram Veli University), Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts Education in 2011. In 2015, he completed his degree in Gazi University Fine Arts Institute Graduate School of Painting and continues his educational pursuits at Gazi University Fine Arts Institute Painting…
Shorsh Saleh
ArteEast is pleased to present an interview with artist Shorsh Saleh as part of our Artist Spotlight series. Shorsh Saleh is a Kurdish mixed media artist, carpet designer and weaver. His works focus on the subject of migration, borders and identity. Based in the UK, he has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Saleh received his…
Fall 2017
A black and white photograph captured in secret. In the foreground, it is impossible to distinguish blurred facial features of a young man who does not dare to reveal his gaze. There is a modesty in the revelation and impression of the subject. This is the image of exile that makes one away from themselves……
Maymanah Farhat
By Maymanah Farhat Fall 2017 | ArteZine Decades ago—in the absence of art fairs, commercial galleries, independent arts organizations, private collections, and government initiatives artists in the Arabic-speaking countries of West Asia planned exhibitions, symposiums, workshops, and biennials. In addition to contributing artworks, they formed curatorial committees, acted as jurors for art prizes; worked as fundraisers;…
“I’ll give my life, I won’t give up my water!” cries a voice (dubbed “Crone Who Went to the SHP”) in the publication that Istanbul-based artists İz Öztat and Fatma Belkıs penned as part of their collaborative project Who Carries The Water. The research-based installation was initially commissioned by the 14th Istanbul Biennial in 2015, having its…
Winter 2014
Wafa Gabsi, Alya Sebti
By Alya Sebti and Wafa Gabsi Winter 2014 | Gallery This issue marks the last installment of a six-quarter cycle of the Gallery that spotlights artists from the Maghreb leading up to the 2014 edition of the Marrakech Biennial. Each subsequent gallery will showcase artists who deal with the every day in their work to reveal the conceptual…
Alya Sebti, Wafa Gabsi
By Alya Sebti and Wafa Gabsi Winter 2014 | Gallery Ils l’ont vu surgir avant de le faire surgir d’eux-mêmes. Ils l’ont observé, ils l’ont interrogé, ils l’ont domestiqué. Les papillons se brûlent les ailes infiniment. Les humains créent perpétuellement. A chacun sa tragédie du feu. C’est quand ils ont maîtrisé le feu que les humains ont inventé…
Alya Sebti, Wafa Gabsi, Nidhal Chemekh
By Nidhal Chemekh, Alya Sebti and Wafa Gabsi Winter 2014 | Gallery Nidhal Chemekh’s visual art has often been described as unsettling. His artistic exploration unfolds around complex and fragmented shapes whose meaning is often blurred, almost absent. His designs evolve in accidents, without a predetermined logic that binds one form to another. What we see is an outburst…
