ARTISTS

56 internationally renowned artists agreed to participate in the making of the book project to underscore the positve message of the book’s content. They all selected works in support of or in direct dialogue with the subject matter.

 

Etel Adnan

Born 1925 in Beirut (Lebanon)
Lives and works in Paris (France)

 

Francis Alÿs

Born 1959 in Antwerp (Belgium)
Lives and works in Mexico City (Mexico)

 

Claudia Andujar

Born 1931 in Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
Lives and works in São Paulo (Brazil)

 

Alice Attie

Born 1950 in New York City, NY (USA)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA)

"We are members of the human community, inhabitants of a planet we feel increasingly proximate to and increasingly alienated from. It is a paradox of our time to address ourselves as global citizens and yet, to be as divided as we are from urgencies that test our humanity. I do feel strongly that the creative spirit, the capacity to imagine others in the dire circumstances of our time, is key to the responsibility we can and should take.  To be one among many voices, within a community of concerned artists, addressing these global catastrophes, these humanitarian crises, is and will always be a humbling process for me.
It is a very heart-felt, courageous, poignant project. I am honored to contribute."

 

Yto Barrada

Born 1971 in Paris (France)
Lives and works in Tangier (Morocco)

 

Taysir Batniji

Born 1966 in Gaza (Palestine)
Lives and works in Paris (France) and Palestine

 

Anna Boghigian

Born 1946 in Cairo (Egypt)
Lives and works in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas

 

Edward Burtynsky

Born 1955 in St. Catharines, Ontario (Canada) 
Lives and works in Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

 

Robert Campbell Junior

Born 1944 in Kempsey (Australia)
Died 1993 in Kempsey (Australia)

 

Los Carpinteros

Los Carpinteros is a Cuban artist collective founded in Havana in 1992 by Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea (who left the group in 2003)
Live and work in Madrid (Spain) and Havana (Cuba)

 

Mary Ellen Carrol

Born 1961 in Danville, IL (USA)
Lives and works in Houston, TX and New York City, NY (USA)

 

Olga Chernysheva

Born 1962 in Moscow (Russia) 
Lives and works in Moscow (Russia)

 

Adriana Czernin

Born 1969 in Sofia (Bulgaria)
Lives and works in Vienna and Rettenegg (Austria)

 

Kiri Dalena

Born 1975 in Manila (Philippines)
Lives and works in Manila and Mindanao (Philippines)

 

Nick Danziger

Born 1958 in London (Great Britain)
Lives and works in London (Great Britain)

 

Manal Al Dowayan

Born 1973 in Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)
Lives and works in Dhahran (Saudi Arabia) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

 

Leandro Erlich

Born 1973 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Lives and works in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay)

 

Ori Gersht

Born 1967 in Tel Aviv (Israel)
Lives and works in London (Great Britain)

 

Fiona Hall

Born 1953 in Sydney (Australia)
Lives and works in Hobart (Australia)

 

Dan Holdsworth

Born 1974 in Welwyn Garden City (Great Britain)
Lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne and London (Great Britain)

 

Jenny Holzer

Born 1950 in Gallipolis, OH (USA)
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Hoosick Falls, NY (USA)

 

Christine Sun Kim

Born 1980 in Orange County, CA (USA)
Lives and works in Berlin (Germany)

 

Joseph Kosuth

Born 1945 in Toledo, OH (USA)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA)

 

Sigalit Landau & Yotam From

Born 1969 in Jerusalem (Israel)
Live and work in Tel Aviv (Israel)

 

Ilana Lewitan

Born 1961 in Munich (Germany)
Lives and works in Munich (Germany)

 

Rachel Libeskind

Born 1989 in Milan (Italy)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA)

 

Thomas Locher

Born 1956 in Mundekringen (Germany)
Lives and works in Berlin and Leipzig (Germany)

 

Jorge Macchi

Born 1963 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Lives and works in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

 

Ahmed Mater

Born 1979 in Tabuk (Saudi Arabia)
Lives and works in Riyadh, Jeddah and Abha (Saudi Arabia)

 

Mohau Modisakeng

Born 1986 in Soweto (South Africa)
Lives and works in Cape Town (South Africa)

 

Richard Mosse

Born 1980 in Kilkenny (Ireland)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA) and Berlin (Germany)

 

Moataz Nasr

Born 1961 in Alexandria (Egypt)
Lives and works in Cairo (Egypt)

 

Yoko Ono

Born 1933 in Tokyo (Japan)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA)

 

Catherine Opie

Born 1961 in Sandusky, OH (USA)
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA (USA)

 

Julian Opie

Born 1958 in London (Great Britain)
Lives and works in London (Great Britain)

 

Philip Aguirre y Otegui

Born 1961 in Schoten (Belgium)
Lives and works in Borgerhout (Belgium)

 

Ugo Rondinone

Born 1964 in Brunnen (Switzerland)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA)

 

Chemi Rosado-Seijo

Born 1973 in Vega Alta (Puerto Rico)
Lives and works in San Juan (Puerto Rico)

 

Ed Ruscha

Born 1937 in Omaha, NB (USA)
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA (USA)

 

Stefan Sagmeister

Born 1962 in Bregenz (Austria)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA)

 

Walid Siti

Born 1954 in the city of Duhok (Iraqi-Kurdistan)
Lives and works in London (Great Britain)

 

Bob & Roberta Smith

Born 1963 in Reading (Great Britain)
Lives and works in London (Great Britain)

 

Hong Soun

Born 1959 in Seoul (South Korea)
Lives and works in Seoul (South Korea)

 

Pascale Marthine Tayou

Born 1967 in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
Lives and works in Gent (Belgium)

 

Javier Téllez

Born 1969 in Valencia (Venezuela)
Lives and works in New York City, NY (USA)

 

Barthélémy Toguo

Born 1967 in M'Balmayo (Cameroon)
Lives and works in Paris (France) and Bandjoun (Cameroon)


Liliane Tomasko

Born 1967 in Zurich (Switzerland)
Lives and works in Germany, Barcelona (Spain) and New York City, NY (USA)

 

Koen Vanmechelen

Born 1965 in Sint-Truiden (Belgium)
Lives and works in Meeuwen-Gruitrode and Hasselt (Belgium)

"Art is Human Rights!"

Watch the video "Collective Memory, EIUC" here.

 

Joana Vasconcelos

Born 1971 in Paris (France)
Lives and works in Lisbon (Portugal)

 

Massimo Vitali

Born 1944 in Como (Italy)
Lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and Berlin (Germany)

 

Petros Vrellis

Born 1974 in Ioannina (Greece)
Lives and works in Preveza (Greece)

 

Edmund de Waal

Born 1964 in Nottingham (Great Britain)
Lives and works in London (Great Britain)

 

Erwin Wurm

Born 1954 in Bruck an der Mur (Austria)
Lives and works in Vienna and Limberg (Austria)

 

He Xiangyu

Born 1986 in Lianoning (China)
Lives and works in Beijing (China) and Berlin (Germany)

 

José Yaque

Born 1985 in Manzanillo (Cuba)
Lives and works in Havana (Cuba)

 

Qiu Zhijie

Born 1969 in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province (China)
Lives and works in Beijing and Hangzhou (China)