For the third Emerging Artist Initiative, we have commissioned a number of incredible artists across a spectrum of mediums and from a range of countries. Although they are different, they are unified in their passion and creativity.
Click on each piece to take a closer look at the artwork, and to discover the stories behind them. We hope that you appreciate their unique perspectives, and find the work as inspiring and insightful as we do.
Peter Irungu Is a Kenyan-born, raised and based photographer and digital artist.
He uses a combination of portraiture and documentary photography to show a sense of empathy and dignity in all the subjects he photographs. He is fascinated by stories and human narratives and finds inspiration in the beauty, strengths and uniqueness of regular everyday people.
His work has been featured in international publications and has been displayed in exhibitions around Africa. This project, ‘Shela — A Hat Story’ celebrates the ingenuity of the creative minds of ordinary people just trying to shield themselves from the sun by making hats from everyday things they use and interact with. This work was a collaborative story with fellow photographer, Rey and graphic designer, Basil to include aspects of traditional Swahili design into the photos as part of a celebration of their woodwork mastery.
His other personal projects such as Kioko a young ballerina from the biggest slums in Kenya who now studies at the Royal Ballet School, to Kivuti a talented bespoke silver jewelry maker who chose a unique career outside well-known norms to explore his interests in metallurgy to his most recent project, Yatta, Celebrating women in rural Kenya, who have become master weavers of Kiondo baskets while making baskets as a hobby and during their spare time while preserving and passing on this skill they have learned from their mothers and grandmothers.
Ogochukwu Akabogu is a fabric artist popularly known as ‘Jupiter the storyteller’. She strongly believes in uniting people through wearable art as she intricately weaves her stories around any subject matter of her choosing. Her art is a complete reflection of her love for storytelling, colours, patterns, nature, femininity and her obsession with climate action.
Born in an era when materials were repurposed and reused, she uses discarded materials to create her luxury art. Her love for language is also a driving force in her ability to start conversations, irrespective of language barriers through her art, which she views as a universal language. Alongside her dresses, she tells a story of womanhood, marriage and strength among Igbo women.
Her ability to weave stories into wearable art is a skill that has landed her on the pages of many media outlets and runways including the American Friends Phelophepa Train of Hope awards, Sotheby’s London, Korea Africa Centre, Vogue Italia, and more. As well as winning Nigeria’s Next Top Designer and making dresses for Michelle Obama, her work has graced many runways.
When she’s not designing, she spreads awareness of the debilitating condition that is endometriosis, an excruciatingly painful disorder of which 1 in 10 women suffers, herself included. She writes extensively about this on a dedicated Instagram page @healedendogirl.
Norah Al-Amri is a 28-year-old Saudi street and documentary photographer based in Riyadh. She likes art and fashion, as well as documenting the changes occurring in Saudi Arabia from her own perspective.
Norah uses photography to capture real moments that represent people’s lives in Saudi Arabia. She believes this will help outsiders understand more about the country by giving them an insider's perspective on life in the Kingdom. Her photographs are inspired by the culture and human differences within her own country.
She loves exploring the streets and freezing moments behind windows. She has released two series, one entitled “Black is My Colour” referring to the black abaya that women throughout Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf wear out in public, and another called “Reflections in Windows.”
Aneri Vora (b. 1991) is a Dubai-based artist known for her compelling acrylic compositions that layer and blend multiple textures and hues across expansive canvases. Her work delves into the interconnectedness between human emotions and nature, exploring the complex dynamics of inner contradictions and experiences through distinctive textures and strokes.
Aneri’s art is deeply inspired by her surroundings, spiritual insights, and fluidity of movement, as well as her journey through motherhood. Her pivotal series, Meditations in the Mundane, reflects the paradoxical nature of motherhood, capturing the busy yet repetitive moments of life with little ones.
Celebrating the beautiful contradictions of being a woman, Aneri explores themes such as the strength found in vulnerability, the harmony within chaos, and the duality of nurturing others while discovering oneself. These concepts resonate through her textured layers and vibrant hues, inviting viewers to embrace their own complexities.
She holds a Bachelor’s in Design and has garnered attention with her work, which is featured in private collections across Asia, Australia, and the US.
Elena Subach (1980) is a Ukrainian visual artist and photographer. Born in Chervonohrad, Ukraine. Currently based in Lviv, Ukraine. Elena studied economics and received her master`s degree at Volyn State University in Ukraine before she turned to photography. In an auto-didactic way, she developed her own unique vision of Ukrainian visual culture.
Elena questions religion, tradition, the construction of history and the consequences of Soviet colonial pasts. Since 2018, Elena has developed these ideas in her project on Grandmothers on the Edge of Heaven, for which she is researching and photographing crowded religious celebrations and ceremonies in Ukraine. The urge to show this rich Ukrainian heritage through an artistic eye is present in everything she captures. Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Elena was distanced from the documentary genre, but the unfolding history forces Ukrainian artists to use their tools to register the testimonies.
These projects 2022-2023 include: Hidden, Chairs on the Border, and Record of Military Migrations. In 2022, Besides Press published Hidden as a photobook. The photographic part of the book is accompanied by the essay of Yurko Prohasko, a Germanist, translator, and publicist. In this essay Prohasko meditates on his experience of seeing the statue of John of Dukla (or Jan of Dukla), the patron saint and protector of Lviv, being taken down for transporting to a shelter. The description of Saint's temporary relocation, as well as Elena’s images, is a poignant testament to the resilience and determination of the people willing to preserve their heritage.
Elena has received awards such as the New East Photo Prize (2016) and the Gaude Polonia Scholarship (2019) while her photographs have been published in numerous magazines including the British Journal of Photography, Weltkunst, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, Vogue Poland, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and many others. Her work has been shown at international exhibitions, most recently at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin.
Elena is currently researching the legacy of the photographer and filmmaker Yulian Dorosh and Lviv photography from the first half of the 20th century at the Dorosh Museum.
Elena Subach (1980) is a Ukrainian visual artist and photographer. Born in Chervonohrad, Ukraine. Currently based in Lviv, Ukraine. Elena studied economics and received her master`s degree at Volyn State University in Ukraine before she turned to photography. In an auto-didactic way, she developed her own unique vision of Ukrainian visual culture.
Elena questions religion, tradition, the construction of history and the consequences of Soviet colonial pasts. Since 2018, Elena has developed these ideas in her project on Grandmothers on the Edge of Heaven, for which she is researching and photographing crowded religious celebrations and ceremonies in Ukraine. The urge to show this rich Ukrainian heritage through an artistic eye is present in everything she captures. Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Elena was distanced from the documentary genre, but the unfolding history forces Ukrainian artists to use their tools to register the testimonies.
These projects 2022-2023 include: Hidden, Chairs on the Border, and Record of Military Migrations. In 2022, Besides Press published Hidden as a photobook. The photographic part of the book is accompanied by the essay of Yurko Prohasko, a Germanist, translator, and publicist. In this essay Prohasko meditates on his experience of seeing the statue of John of Dukla (or Jan of Dukla), the patron saint and protector of Lviv, being taken down for transporting to a shelter. The description of Saint's temporary relocation, as well as Elena’s images, is a poignant testament to the resilience and determination of the people willing to preserve their heritage.
Elena has received awards such as the New East Photo Prize (2016) and the Gaude Polonia Scholarship (2019) while her photographs have been published in numerous magazines including the British Journal of Photography, Weltkunst, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, Vogue Poland, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and many others. Her work has been shown at international exhibitions, most recently at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin.
Elena is currently researching the legacy of the photographer and filmmaker Yulian Dorosh and Lviv photography from the first half of the 20th century at the Dorosh Museum.
Peter Irungu Is a Kenyan-born, raised and based photographer and digital artist.
He uses a combination of portraiture and documentary photography to show a sense of empathy and dignity in all the subjects he photographs. He is fascinated by stories and human narratives and finds inspiration in the beauty, strengths and uniqueness of regular everyday people.
His work has been featured in international publications and has been displayed in exhibitions around Africa. This project, ‘Shela — A Hat Story’ celebrates the ingenuity of the creative minds of ordinary people just trying to shield themselves from the sun by making hats from everyday things they use and interact with. This work was a collaborative story with fellow photographer, Rey and graphic designer, Basil to include aspects of traditional Swahili design into the photos as part of a celebration of their woodwork mastery.
His other personal projects such as Kioko a young ballerina from the biggest slums in Kenya who now studies at the Royal Ballet School, to Kivuti a talented bespoke silver jewelry maker who chose a unique career outside well-known norms to explore his interests in metallurgy to his most recent project, Yatta, Celebrating women in rural Kenya, who have become master weavers of Kiondo baskets while making baskets as a hobby and during their spare time while preserving and passing on this skill they have learned from their mothers and grandmothers.
Zimbabwe-born artist Option Nyahunzvi employs his artistic practice to focus on matters of spirituality central to his Shona culture. His large, vibrant canvases are carefully considered compositions that explore the communion between ancestral spirits and the living.
Always showing an interest in art, while growing up, Nyahunzvi drew from his imagination. Determined to pursue his passions, Nyahunzvi went on to receive his training in printmaking from the National Gallery School of Visual Arts in Zimbabwe. There he discovered his technique of pasting layers of Fabriano paper directly onto the canvas which he then removes in strips to make visible etching lines. As a result, his most recent body of work demonstrates his skill as both a painter and a printmaker in a compelling combination of his mixed media technique.
Aneri Vora (b. 1991) is a Dubai-based artist known for her compelling acrylic compositions that layer and blend multiple textures and hues across expansive canvases. Her work delves into the interconnectedness between human emotions and nature, exploring the complex dynamics of inner contradictions and experiences through distinctive textures and strokes.
Aneri’s art is deeply inspired by her surroundings, spiritual insights, and fluidity of movement, as well as her journey through motherhood. Her pivotal series, Meditations in the Mundane, reflects the paradoxical nature of motherhood, capturing the busy yet repetitive moments of life with little ones.
Celebrating the beautiful contradictions of being a woman, Aneri explores themes such as the strength found in vulnerability, the harmony within chaos, and the duality of nurturing others while discovering oneself. These concepts resonate through her textured layers and vibrant hues, inviting viewers to embrace their own complexities.
She holds a Bachelor’s in Design and has garnered attention with her work, which is featured in private collections across Asia, Australia, and the US.
Aneri Vora (b. 1991) is a Dubai-based artist known for her compelling acrylic compositions that layer and blend multiple textures and hues across expansive canvases. Her work delves into the interconnectedness between human emotions and nature, exploring the complex dynamics of inner contradictions and experiences through distinctive textures and strokes.
Aneri’s art is deeply inspired by her surroundings, spiritual insights, and fluidity of movement, as well as her journey through motherhood. Her pivotal series, Meditations in the Mundane, reflects the paradoxical nature of motherhood, capturing the busy yet repetitive moments of life with little ones.
Celebrating the beautiful contradictions of being a woman, Aneri explores themes such as the strength found in vulnerability, the harmony within chaos, and the duality of nurturing others while discovering oneself. These concepts resonate through her textured layers and vibrant hues, inviting viewers to embrace their own complexities.
She holds a Bachelor’s in Design and has garnered attention with her work, which is featured in private collections across Asia, Australia, and the US.
Zimbabwe-born artist Option Nyahunzvi employs his artistic practice to focus on matters of spirituality central to his Shona culture. His large, vibrant canvases are carefully considered compositions that explore the communion between ancestral spirits and the living.
Always showing an interest in art, while growing up, Nyahunzvi drew from his imagination. Determined to pursue his passions, Nyahunzvi went on to receive his training in printmaking from the National Gallery School of Visual Arts in Zimbabwe. There he discovered his technique of pasting layers of Fabriano paper directly onto the canvas which he then removes in strips to make visible etching lines. As a result, his most recent body of work demonstrates his skill as both a painter and a printmaker in a compelling combination of his mixed media technique.
Ogochukwu Akabogu is a fabric artist popularly known as ‘Jupiter the storyteller’. She strongly believes in uniting people through wearable art as she intricately weaves her stories around any subject matter of her choosing. Her art is a complete reflection of her love for storytelling, colours, patterns, nature, femininity and her obsession with climate action.
Born in an era when materials were repurposed and reused, she uses discarded materials to create her luxury art. Her love for language is also a driving force in her ability to start conversations, irrespective of language barriers through her art, which she views as a universal language. Alongside her dresses, she tells a story of womanhood, marriage and strength among Igbo women.
Her ability to weave stories into wearable art is a skill that has landed her on the pages of many media outlets and runways including the American Friends Phelophepa Train of Hope awards, Sotheby’s London, Korea Africa Centre, Vogue Italia, and more. As well as winning Nigeria’s Next Top Designer and making dresses for Michelle Obama, her work has graced many runways.
When she’s not designing, she spreads awareness of the debilitating condition that is endometriosis, an excruciatingly painful disorder of which 1 in 10 women suffers, herself included. She writes extensively about this on a dedicated Instagram page @healedendogirl.
Aneri Vora (b. 1991) is a Dubai-based artist known for her compelling acrylic compositions that layer and blend multiple textures and hues across expansive canvases. Her work delves into the interconnectedness between human emotions and nature, exploring the complex dynamics of inner contradictions and experiences through distinctive textures and strokes.
Aneri’s art is deeply inspired by her surroundings, spiritual insights, and fluidity of movement, as well as her journey through motherhood. Her pivotal series, Meditations in the Mundane, reflects the paradoxical nature of motherhood, capturing the busy yet repetitive moments of life with little ones.
Celebrating the beautiful contradictions of being a woman, Aneri explores themes such as the strength found in vulnerability, the harmony within chaos, and the duality of nurturing others while discovering oneself. These concepts resonate through her textured layers and vibrant hues, inviting viewers to embrace their own complexities.
She holds a Bachelor’s in Design and has garnered attention with her work, which is featured in private collections across Asia, Australia, and the US.
Norah Al-Amri is a 28-year-old Saudi street and documentary photographer based in Riyadh. She likes art and fashion, as well as documenting the changes occurring in Saudi Arabia from her own perspective.
Norah uses photography to capture real moments that represent people’s lives in Saudi Arabia. She believes this will help outsiders understand more about the country by giving them an insider's perspective on life in the Kingdom. Her photographs are inspired by the culture and human differences within her own country.
She loves exploring the streets and freezing moments behind windows. She has released two series, one entitled “Black is My Colour” referring to the black abaya that women throughout Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf wear out in public, and another called “Reflections in Windows.”
Elena Subach (1980) is a Ukrainian visual artist and photographer. Born in Chervonohrad, Ukraine. Currently based in Lviv, Ukraine. Elena studied economics and received her master`s degree at Volyn State University in Ukraine before she turned to photography. In an auto-didactic way, she developed her own unique vision of Ukrainian visual culture.
Elena questions religion, tradition, the construction of history and the consequences of Soviet colonial pasts. Since 2018, Elena has developed these ideas in her project on Grandmothers on the Edge of Heaven, for which she is researching and photographing crowded religious celebrations and ceremonies in Ukraine. The urge to show this rich Ukrainian heritage through an artistic eye is present in everything she captures. Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Elena was distanced from the documentary genre, but the unfolding history forces Ukrainian artists to use their tools to register the testimonies.
These projects 2022-2023 include: Hidden, Chairs on the Border, and Record of Military Migrations. In 2022, Besides Press published Hidden as a photobook. The photographic part of the book is accompanied by the essay of Yurko Prohasko, a Germanist, translator, and publicist. In this essay Prohasko meditates on his experience of seeing the statue of John of Dukla (or Jan of Dukla), the patron saint and protector of Lviv, being taken down for transporting to a shelter. The description of Saint's temporary relocation, as well as Elena’s images, is a poignant testament to the resilience and determination of the people willing to preserve their heritage.
Elena has received awards such as the New East Photo Prize (2016) and the Gaude Polonia Scholarship (2019) while her photographs have been published in numerous magazines including the British Journal of Photography, Weltkunst, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, Vogue Poland, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and many others. Her work has been shown at international exhibitions, most recently at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin.
Elena is currently researching the legacy of the photographer and filmmaker Yulian Dorosh and Lviv photography from the first half of the 20th century at the Dorosh Museum.
Elena Subach (1980) is a Ukrainian visual artist and photographer. Born in Chervonohrad, Ukraine. Currently based in Lviv, Ukraine. Elena studied economics and received her master`s degree at Volyn State University in Ukraine before she turned to photography. In an auto-didactic way, she developed her own unique vision of Ukrainian visual culture.
Elena questions religion, tradition, the construction of history and the consequences of Soviet colonial pasts. Since 2018, Elena has developed these ideas in her project on Grandmothers on the Edge of Heaven, for which she is researching and photographing crowded religious celebrations and ceremonies in Ukraine. The urge to show this rich Ukrainian heritage through an artistic eye is present in everything she captures. Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Elena was distanced from the documentary genre, but the unfolding history forces Ukrainian artists to use their tools to register the testimonies.
These projects 2022-2023 include: Hidden, Chairs on the Border, and Record of Military Migrations. In 2022, Besides Press published Hidden as a photobook. The photographic part of the book is accompanied by the essay of Yurko Prohasko, a Germanist, translator, and publicist. In this essay Prohasko meditates on his experience of seeing the statue of John of Dukla (or Jan of Dukla), the patron saint and protector of Lviv, being taken down for transporting to a shelter. The description of Saint's temporary relocation, as well as Elena’s images, is a poignant testament to the resilience and determination of the people willing to preserve their heritage.
Elena has received awards such as the New East Photo Prize (2016) and the Gaude Polonia Scholarship (2019) while her photographs have been published in numerous magazines including the British Journal of Photography, Weltkunst, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, Vogue Poland, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and many others. Her work has been shown at international exhibitions, most recently at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin.
Elena is currently researching the legacy of the photographer and filmmaker Yulian Dorosh and Lviv photography from the first half of the 20th century at the Dorosh Museum.
Peter Irungu Is a Kenyan-born, raised and based photographer and digital artist.
He uses a combination of portraiture and documentary photography to show a sense of empathy and dignity in all the subjects he photographs. He is fascinated by stories and human narratives and finds inspiration in the beauty, strengths and uniqueness of regular everyday people.
His work has been featured in international publications and has been displayed in exhibitions around Africa. This project, ‘Shela — A Hat Story’ celebrates the ingenuity of the creative minds of ordinary people just trying to shield themselves from the sun by making hats from everyday things they use and interact with. This work was a collaborative story with fellow photographer, Rey and graphic designer, Basil to include aspects of traditional Swahili design into the photos as part of a celebration of their woodwork mastery.
His other personal projects such as Kioko a young ballerina from the biggest slums in Kenya who now studies at the Royal Ballet School, to Kivuti a talented bespoke silver jewelry maker who chose a unique career outside well-known norms to explore his interests in metallurgy to his most recent project, Yatta, Celebrating women in rural Kenya, who have become master weavers of Kiondo baskets while making baskets as a hobby and during their spare time while preserving and passing on this skill they have learned from their mothers and grandmothers.
Norah Al-Amri is a 28-year-old Saudi street and documentary photographer based in Riyadh. She likes art and fashion, as well as documenting the changes occurring in Saudi Arabia from her own perspective.
Norah uses photography to capture real moments that represent people’s lives in Saudi Arabia. She believes this will help outsiders understand more about the country by giving them an insider's perspective on life in the Kingdom. Her photographs are inspired by the culture and human differences within her own country.
She loves exploring the streets and freezing moments behind windows. She has released two series, one entitled “Black is My Colour” referring to the black abaya that women throughout Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf wear out in public, and another called “Reflections in Windows.”
Peter Irungu Is a Kenyan-born, raised and based photographer and digital artist.
He uses a combination of portraiture and documentary photography to show a sense of empathy and dignity in all the subjects he photographs. He is fascinated by stories and human narratives and finds inspiration in the beauty, strengths and uniqueness of regular everyday people.
His work has been featured in international publications and has been displayed in exhibitions around Africa. This project, ‘Shela — A Hat Story’ celebrates the ingenuity of the creative minds of ordinary people just trying to shield themselves from the sun by making hats from everyday things they use and interact with. This work was a collaborative story with fellow photographer, Rey and graphic designer, Basil to include aspects of traditional Swahili design into the photos as part of a celebration of their woodwork mastery.
His other personal projects such as Kioko a young ballerina from the biggest slums in Kenya who now studies at the Royal Ballet School, to Kivuti a talented bespoke silver jewelry maker who chose a unique career outside well-known norms to explore his interests in metallurgy to his most recent project, Yatta, Celebrating women in rural Kenya, who have become master weavers of Kiondo baskets while making baskets as a hobby and during their spare time while preserving and passing on this skill they have learned from their mothers and grandmothers.
Norah Al-Amri is a 28-year-old Saudi street and documentary photographer based in Riyadh. She likes art and fashion, as well as documenting the changes occurring in Saudi Arabia from her own perspective.
Norah uses photography to capture real moments that represent people’s lives in Saudi Arabia. She believes this will help outsiders understand more about the country by giving them an insider's perspective on life in the Kingdom. Her photographs are inspired by the culture and human differences within her own country.
She loves exploring the streets and freezing moments behind windows. She has released two series, one entitled “Black is My Colour” referring to the black abaya that women throughout Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf wear out in public, and another called “Reflections in Windows.”
Ogochukwu Akabogu is a fabric artist popularly known as ‘Jupiter the storyteller’. She strongly believes in uniting people through wearable art as she intricately weaves her stories around any subject matter of her choosing. Her art is a complete reflection of her love for storytelling, colours, patterns, nature, femininity and her obsession with climate action.
Born in an era when materials were repurposed and reused, she uses discarded materials to create her luxury art. Her love for language is also a driving force in her ability to start conversations, irrespective of language barriers through her art, which she views as a universal language. Alongside her dresses, she tells a story of womanhood, marriage and strength among Igbo women.
Her ability to weave stories into wearable art is a skill that has landed her on the pages of many media outlets and runways including the American Friends Phelophepa Train of Hope awards, Sotheby’s London, Korea Africa Centre, Vogue Italia, and more. As well as winning Nigeria’s Next Top Designer and making dresses for Michelle Obama, her work has graced many runways.
When she’s not designing, she spreads awareness of the debilitating condition that is endometriosis, an excruciatingly painful disorder of which 1 in 10 women suffers, herself included. She writes extensively about this on a dedicated Instagram page @healedendogirl.
Zimbabwe-born artist Option Nyahunzvi employs his artistic practice to focus on matters of spirituality central to his Shona culture. His large, vibrant canvases are carefully considered compositions that explore the communion between ancestral spirits and the living.
Always showing an interest in art, while growing up, Nyahunzvi drew from his imagination. Determined to pursue his passions, Nyahunzvi went on to receive his training in printmaking from the National Gallery School of Visual Arts in Zimbabwe. There he discovered his technique of pasting layers of Fabriano paper directly onto the canvas which he then removes in strips to make visible etching lines. As a result, his most recent body of work demonstrates his skill as both a painter and a printmaker in a compelling combination of his mixed media technique.
Elena Subach (1980) is a Ukrainian visual artist and photographer. Born in Chervonohrad, Ukraine. Currently based in Lviv, Ukraine. Elena studied economics and received her master`s degree at Volyn State University in Ukraine before she turned to photography. In an auto-didactic way, she developed her own unique vision of Ukrainian visual culture.
Elena questions religion, tradition, the construction of history and the consequences of Soviet colonial pasts. Since 2018, Elena has developed these ideas in her project on Grandmothers on the Edge of Heaven, for which she is researching and photographing crowded religious celebrations and ceremonies in Ukraine. The urge to show this rich Ukrainian heritage through an artistic eye is present in everything she captures. Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Elena was distanced from the documentary genre, but the unfolding history forces Ukrainian artists to use their tools to register the testimonies.
These projects 2022-2023 include: Hidden, Chairs on the Border, and Record of Military Migrations. In 2022, Besides Press published Hidden as a photobook. The photographic part of the book is accompanied by the essay of Yurko Prohasko, a Germanist, translator, and publicist. In this essay Prohasko meditates on his experience of seeing the statue of John of Dukla (or Jan of Dukla), the patron saint and protector of Lviv, being taken down for transporting to a shelter. The description of Saint's temporary relocation, as well as Elena’s images, is a poignant testament to the resilience and determination of the people willing to preserve their heritage.
Elena has received awards such as the New East Photo Prize (2016) and the Gaude Polonia Scholarship (2019) while her photographs have been published in numerous magazines including the British Journal of Photography, Weltkunst, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, Vogue Poland, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and many others. Her work has been shown at international exhibitions, most recently at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin.
Elena is currently researching the legacy of the photographer and filmmaker Yulian Dorosh and Lviv photography from the first half of the 20th century at the Dorosh Museum.
Aneri Vora (b. 1991) is a Dubai-based artist known for her compelling acrylic compositions that layer and blend multiple textures and hues across expansive canvases. Her work delves into the interconnectedness between human emotions and nature, exploring the complex dynamics of inner contradictions and experiences through distinctive textures and strokes.
Aneri’s art is deeply inspired by her surroundings, spiritual insights, and fluidity of movement, as well as her journey through motherhood. Her pivotal series, Meditations in the Mundane, reflects the paradoxical nature of motherhood, capturing the busy yet repetitive moments of life with little ones.
Celebrating the beautiful contradictions of being a woman, Aneri explores themes such as the strength found in vulnerability, the harmony within chaos, and the duality of nurturing others while discovering oneself. These concepts resonate through her textured layers and vibrant hues, inviting viewers to embrace their own complexities.
She holds a Bachelor’s in Design and has garnered attention with her work, which is featured in private collections across Asia, Australia, and the US.
