Artist Changemaker Program

Shirley (she/her) and Araceli (she/her) are the artist-duo of Cooperativa Visual, an interdisciplinary DIY collective of Bolivian women. In the past few years, they have been working with themes relating to the preservation of memory, through the mediums of image and sound to encourage critical reflections and new ways of thinking. They also work with a variety of communities who are being affected by extractivisms – extraction including deforestation and mining – within their territories and also with women whose lives have been damaged by the structural violence of patriarchy.

Xaytun Ennasr (they/she) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. Their work includes videogames, drawings, ceramics, installations, and text. It centers around Palestinian liberation, intersectional resistance movements, and revolutionary cultural production. They often use the vocabulary and aesthetics of science fiction, folklore, and radical softness as devices to depict a world beyond capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy.

Liliana (Ellae/They) is a hack-feminist queer artist, writer, community organizer, and producer, originally from Guadalajara, México. They imagine, design and rewrite landscapes, languages, and worlds. Their work interconnects pathways between body, poetry, collective memory, resistance, feminist infrastructures, digital collective care, radical imagination, sound landscapes, and affective technologies. They are a co-founder of Laboratorio de Interconectividades, and co-creator of transfeminist projects, workshops, and gatherings to eradicate (online) gender-based violence and create safer and joyful spaces for women, trans, non-binary, LGBTQ2IA* people, and BIPOC. They practice martial arts and hiking, deep listening, stargazing, and sometimes they remix beats.

Alma Gačanin (she/her) lives and works as an artist, regardless of the job she might have at any given time. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts Education from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, specializing in Art Education. In 2022, she received the ZVONO Award for the best artist in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her work is based on exploring the specificities of labor and the precarity of certain occupations, with a particular focus on the position of women in capitalism and the gendered division of labor. Alma writes poetry and has been published in magazines, anthologies, and online portals.

Ivón is a Peruvian artist and percussionist with more than 15 years of experience in prominent groups such as “Perú Negro” and “NOVALIMA”. She is dedicated to promoting spaces for women in music, and also as a teacher of Afro-Peruvian music. As a member of “KIMBAFÁ” and with a multidisciplinary approach, she is a “zapateadora” and performer. Her career has prompted her to found “Peru Mujer”, a project led by women.

Krantinaari (she/her) known as “Voice of Revolution,” is a versatile artist, rapper, and graphic designer from Mumbai, India. Her music, a fusion of Hindi, English, and Kannada, champions women’s empowerment and social justice. Despite gender-based challenges, she pursued her passion for music after studying graphic design in Tamil Nadu. Krantinaari’s lyrics boldly confront gender inequality, climate crisis and tribal women’s lives, inspiring women to amplify their voices. She co-founded Wild Wild Women, represented Indian women music at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival and was a fellow in the global Onebeat residency in the USA. Krantinaari’s impactful work resonates nationally and internationally, marking her a trailblazer in Indian Hip-Hop music.

Saadia Batool (she/her) is a mixed-media artist from Pakistan. She graduated with a distinction in Fine Arts from the National College of Art Lahore in 2022, majoring in Painting. She has exhibited her work in the Young Artists Exhibition at Alhamra Lahore in 2019 and 2020. She has showcased her work in a group show at Tagheer Art Gallery, Lahore. She was part of a group show “Asli Contemprorary” at Numaish Gah, Lahore. She also was part of a four-person show “Fine China” at Artescape Gallery Islamabad. She exhibited in the show “Broadcast Volume 1” art O Art Space, Lahore. She was part of the show “In the realm of madness” at Gallery Full Circle Karachi. She exhibited in a group show at 8B2 Gallery Islamabad in January. Batool was part of a Inception Grant show 2024 and exhibited at Triveni Kala Sangam New Dehli, India.

Shirley (she/her) and Araceli (she/her) are the artist-duo of Cooperativa Visual, an interdisciplinary DIY collective of Bolivian women. In the past few years, they have been working with themes relating to the preservation of memory, through the mediums of image and sound to encourage critical reflections and new ways of thinking. They also work with a variety of communities who are being affected by extractivisms – extraction including deforestation and mining – within their territories and also with women whose lives have been damaged by the structural violence of patriarchy.

Shirley (she/her) and Araceli (she/her) are the artist-duo of Cooperativa Visual, an interdisciplinary DIY collective of Bolivian women. In the past few years, they have been working with themes relating to the preservation of memory, through the mediums of image and sound to encourage critical reflections and new ways of thinking. They also work with a variety of communities who are being affected by extractivisms – extraction including deforestation and mining – within their territories and also with women whose lives have been damaged by the structural violence of patriarchy.

Sarah (she/her) is a Palestinian feminist activist, researcher and content creator based in Lebanon. She is a trained social worker with a Master’s degree in Gender Studies. In 2015, Sarah co-founded the first feminist club in a Lebanese university, working on issues of resistance, racism, student rights and intersectionality. Through the A Project, she worked in counseling and knowledge production on sexual and reproductive health and rights for five years. In 2020, she started a video channel, named Haki Nasawi (Feminist Talk), to discuss issues of gender, sexuality, feminist movements, and social justice in Arabic.