Bridging Dissonance: Art, Identity, and the Syrian Biennale | Khaled Barakeh
Khaled Barakeh talks about his early beginnings working as an artist in the Syrian military before moving to Germany to work on art that tackles reframing moments of dissonance, and often outright injustice, in political, and social structures. He also shares with us plans about organizing a Syrian Biennale and keeping the Syrian artist community connected through the Syrian cultural index.
Khaled Barakeh is a conceptual artist and cultural activist. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 2005 and received his MFA from Funen Art Academy in Odense, Denmark, in 2010. In 2013, he completed a Meisterschuler study at the Städelschule Art Academy in Frankfurt a.M., Germany. In recent years, his projects have delved into the media’s portrayal of victims of conflict, once cohesive communities divided by political strife, and the dynamics of integration for refugees. Barakeh sees art as an opportunity for these moments to be understood, and felt, by a broader audience; not just the individuals which experience their acute effects.
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