Artist (A-Z)

Below you'll find the featured works from Art for Unity I

Click on each artist’s name to view their work. explore the stories, perspectives, and creative voices that shaped our exhibition.

• Aanisah – Praying for Home: A re-print of an unfinished painting highlighting the cultural richness of Palestine’s land and people, blending keffiyeh patterns and olive branches with themes of faith and displacement.

• Alicia – Paintings exploring the movement of flags at protests and the links between genocide and ecocide among indigenous groups.

• Anna – Drawing of the mountain gazelle, framed with keffiyeh patterns to symbolise peace, resilience, and Palestinian identity, inspired by Manal Mahamid’s work.

• Ayla – Four-piece watercolour series exploring emotion and cultural motifs (continued across two boards).

• Ben – A photographic series reminding viewers that time alone won’t heal Palestine’s wounds; calls for urgent and lasting change.

• Cathrine – Feather (gold leaf painting): A symbolic painting about carrying hope, inspired by the presence of a single bird’s feather.

• Chiana – Resilient Heart: A symbolic and layered painting of Palestinian resistance featuring a white kite, the word انتفاضة, poppies, olive trees, and the key of return.

• Erini – Gazelle painting (paint and woodburn): A Levantine mountain gazelle framed in the Palestinian flag, representing endurance and resistance.

• Fae – National Pride triptych: Illustrations of the Faqqua iris, the Palestinian sunbird, and the olive tree — three powerful national symbols.

• Fay – Watercolour print featuring fruits and plants symbolising Palestinian heritage, hope, and resistance. Inspired by the phrase “They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.”

• Frankie – Mixed media lion’s paw artwork: The paw symbol represents strength, with red thread as protective claws, surrounded by olive brine spirals symbolising unity.

• Georgia – Graphic digital piece displayed in the top-right of the exhibition board.

• Grace – Please Engage, an interactive printing machine inviting visitors to produce their own prints using cultural resistance symbols like the keffiyeh and watermelon.

• Imy – Textile piece with stitched quote: “They can fell the olive trees, but the roots will still be there.”

• Indigo – Watercolour print inspired by the Palestinian coat of arms, symbolising resilience and hope in the face of ongoing struggle.

• Isabella – BDS lino print highlighting the power of consumer action and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

• Jo – Collaborated with Theresa on Our Culture, a traditional letterpress response to the Police Act, used in protest settings.

• Josse – Digital collage celebrating Dabke, a traditional Palestinian dance. Combines texture and movement to capture cultural joy and humanity.

• Lilyan – Co-creator (with Nour) of a collaborative collage blending symbols of solidarity and Palestinian identity, including Handala and the Lebanese flag.

• Mohammed – Painting displayed on the top-right side of one board (no further description provided).

• Nada – Series of digital and print works including a tribute to Leila Khaled, focusing on revolutionary figures and resistance icons.

• Naim – Right to Be Happy: A painting reflecting on the contradiction of destroyed teddy bears, emphasising that Palestinian children deserve joy, not tragedy.

• Nour – Co-creator (with Lilyan) of the collaborative collage highlighting Palestinian resilience and heritage.

• Richard – Two prints depicting the symbolic act of flying Palestinian kites, journeying visually from occupied Palestine to global symbols of justice.

• Sandy – Melt and Vanish into Her Soil: Mixed media works using weathered metal and poetic lines to convey loss, youth, and silenced voices. White horses act as symbols of resistance and hope.

• Scott – Protest photography focused on capturing emotional depth. Includes work from protests in Newcastle and reflections on broader global activism.

• Sohaila – Teen: A poem written in response to the 2021 attacks. Explores generational sacrifice and resilience, with ‘teen’ meaning ‘mud’ in Arabic.

• Sophen – Help from Above: A layered painting symbolising intergenerational strength, depicting spirits of resistance reaching out to support the living.

• Suha – Tatreez embroidery and an interactive bracelet-making workshop exploring traditional Palestinian crafts.

• Theresa – Our Culture: A collaborative print piece (with Jo Clement) created via letterpress, responding to protest laws and distributed at demonstrations.

• Ziggy – Mixed media work exploring queer Palestinian identity, grief, and resistance through digital and fine liner techniques, inspired by Fadwa Tuqan’s poetry