Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and author based in London. She primarily works across painting, animation, immersive experiences, digital illustration, and installation. Born and raised in Pakistan, she migrated to the United States at the age of 14. Her experiences of migration, combined with a focus on gender, collective memory, and the South Asian diaspora, have shaped a multidisciplinary art practice spanning over 12 years. Her work has been exhibited in London, New York, Paris, Karachi, and Miami.Abidi has been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 – Class of 2025. She is currently pursuing her MA in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art and will soon begin her MFA at Oxford University (Class of 2026).She is the founder of Women Rise, a Web3 initiative focused on women’s rights and girls’ education through art, and BackPackX, a spatial computing platform centred on storytelling, VR based education, and innovation for marginalized communities. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading, cycling, and exploring new coffee blends. Clients and collaborators include Adobe, Google, UN Women, Vital Voices, Malala Fund, Chicago Bulls, IPPF, Charity Water, Instagram, Snapchat, The Pad Project, UNHCR, Lonely Whale, Camfed, The New York Times, Quarto Books, Voice HQ, Coinbase. Maliha has spoken on numerous panels, both in-person and online on creating inclusive communities and as an early adopter in the NFT space. Maliha has also been interviewed on news programmes such as Good Morning America and Inside Edition and has even conducted interviews herself, such as with renowned activist Malala Yousafzai.
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Nobody’s Listening is a Virtual Reality (VR) experience and exhibition. It amplifies voices of survivors from the Yazidi community through the tool of art and technology, both merged as the VR—"Nobody’s Listening: The Forgotten Voices of Sinjar"—a virtual experience and an immersive sense of artworks, and through an art exhibition.
The VR shares storylines formed from several interviews with survivors, with technology as a tool utilised to create greater understanding through an immersive feeling and to educate, and the exhibition is made up of artworks by Yazidi artists and other communities.
Based in Beirut and London, artist Tom Young's architectural training, BA(Hons) Architectural Studies, Newcastle University, informs his interest in light and space. Interested in blurring the boundaries between realism and abstraction, Young explores symbolism, memories, history, resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Young often exhibits his work as site specific installations which grow from the buildings he works in, transforming abandoned spaces into living centers of creativity, preserving heritage and memory.
Tom Young has widely exhibited, including: at Oxo Tower Gallery, South Bank, London (2000); at Gallery 54, Mayfair, London (2002); with with St'art Gallery at New York (Armoury), Dublin, Glasgow and Chelsea Art Fairs (2003); at 'Cityworks', Artbank Gallery, Clerkenwell, London (2004); exhibition 'I Love Beirut', Adam Street Club, the Strand, London (2006); exhibition 'Moods of London', West Eleven Gallery, Notting Hill, London (2006); exhibition 'The Thames', Russell Gallery, London (2008); exhibition about Lebanon 'Resilient Spirit', Indar Pasricha Fine Art, London (2008); exhibition 'Road to Damascus' series of paintings at St Pauls Cathedral 300 year anniversary exhibition, St Pauls, London, (2010); exhibition of landscapes at Gabala International Art Exhibition, Azerbaijan. (2011); exhibition 'Fairground' at British Embassy Residence, Lebanon in aid of SOS Children's Villages, Lebanon (2013); exhibition At The Rose House in Beirut- transforming an iconic empty mansion in Beirut into an exhibition venue and cultural center for 3 months, (2014); exhibition Spectrum at British Embassy Residence, Lebanon, (2016); exhibition of artworks, installations and partial renovation of Sofar Grand Hotel,Lebanon, (2018); with the British Embassy in aid of Rebecca Dykes Foundation in Lebanon and Royal Opera Arcade Gallery,London, (2018); Revival at Hammam Al Jadeed, Saida Old Souq, Lebanon, (2020); Exhibitions about the Lebanese Protest Movement 'Thawra' at Beit Beirut, Janine Rubeiz Gallery and ArtScene Gallery (@392Rmeil393, Beirut), (2020); Belonging II, Marie Jose Gallery (2024).
Tom Young has taught several art workshops including in at SOS Children's villages, Lebanon, and art and music workshops at Al Kamandjati School, Bourj al Barajneh Refugee Camp, Beirut in 2011, and in 2016 art workshops with the children of Dar Al Aytam orphanage at Al Zaher, Zarif, Beirut Young was commissioned in 2012 to paint the Olympic Broadcasting Services Building, London Olympic Village. 300 signed prints of the painting presented to heads of the world's media at Games Opening Ceremony. He also collaborated on a live art performance about the Royal Jubilee River Pageant from roof of City of Westminster School, London. Has participated in symposium Al Asmakh International Art Symposium in Doha, Qatar.
Harrell Fletcher is an artist and writer living in Portland, Oregon. He has worked on a variety of socially engaged art projects over the last twenty-five years.
David Tovey is an Internationally award winning artist, educator and activist who works in a range of media. He is a photographer, painter as well as an installation artist and performance-maker. At the heart of David's practice is raising awareness about the social issues he tackles. David has exhibited internationally in locations such as the Atsa Festival Montreal, Kunsthall Stavern Norway, Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool and he is also the founder of the UK’s first One Festival of Homeless Arts, known today as One Roof: Festival of Homeless Arts. He speaks regularly at housing and homelessness events and teaches art to people experiencing homelessness at Passage House. His Man on Bench performances have earned him significant acclaim and have taken place on the pavement of the London's Southbank, The Mayfield Depot Manchester and the halls of Tate Exchange.
David is Co-Director at Arts & Homelessness International. Is the Patron of The Gem Programme, Is a Trustee at Unlimited, a Big Issue Change maker 2019 and a Core group member of the Museum of Homelessness.