Art as Resistance in the Asian Context
A Canvas of Courage - 30th November to 10th December.
A Canvas of Courage, organized in collaboration with Amnesty International UK and Artvocate, explored art as a form of resistance against oppressive governments in the Asian context.
The art selected explored justice in the context of China and Hong Kong, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Yemen and Iran. Artists included Sai (a prominent Burmese artist whose father was seized by the military junta), Lumli Lumlong (a prominent Hong Kong artist due, creating surreal icon-inspired works which critique the repression of free speech and press by the Hong Kong governmental authorities), Juli Baker (Thai feminist artist whose works create a colourful landscape of female empowerment and life journeying), and Jens Galschiot (whose Pillar of Shame, created in memory of the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989, stood in Victoria Park in Hong Kong from 1997 until it was removed by the Hong Kong authorities in 2021).
In the exhibition's opening and first discussion event, artists coming from repressive situations, including Fahmi Reza from Malaysia and Minn Sett from Myanmar, discussed how art is best used for enacting social change, and on Sunday people coming into the space created a community wall in solidarity with the oppressed in Asia and worldwide.
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey was an exhibition we co-organized with Stars of Myanmar Friendship, The Roots, and Latt Thone Chaung. 
Following the military coup in February 2021, peaceful protests spread across Myanmar, eventually transitioning into armed struggle. The photos on display covered the evolution of the Spring Revolution, taken by Burmese photographers including YAT, Pyay Kyaw Aung, and Sit Htet Aung.
We were selling the exhibition works and photos along with catalogues, postcards, Burmese snacks, and souvenirs, the funds from which went entirely to groups resisting in Myanmar.
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