About this Event
This exhibition honours and shares the work of Palestinian visual artist Mohammad Ahmad Elshareif, while also supporting a mutual aid fundraiser for him and his family.
There will be poetry, music, and some discussion from academics, activists responding to this exhibition. Please come and buy prints of Mohammad's work, this is in solidarity with Mohammad and his family.
About Mohammad Ahmad Elshareif -
He is Palestinian visual artist and medical laboratory specialist from Gaza, born in Jabalia Refugee Camp in 1965. A self-taught artist, he is known for his unique technique of pyrography—burning images onto wood and enhancing them with dyes and heat-applied colors. His work reflects deep themes of land, identity, and heritage. Elshareif has exhibited widely in Palestine and abroad, including solo and duo exhibitions such as “What the Earth Says” (2017) and “Jerusalem, Salt of the Earth” (2017). Elshareif lost nearly all of his artworks during the genocidal war on Gaza, as his home and studio were completely destroyed.
(source - https://www.artzonepalestine.net/artists/mohammad-elshareif)
this exhibition is co-created in consultation with Mohammad, and hosted by songs of solidarity SOS (Prayash/Sasha), Sumaia Daoud (Al-Rifaq), and Erina.
supported by our wider whānau/collective/organisation (will keep adding names)
Emily Writes, Falastin Tea Collective, Justice for Palestine, Peace Action Wellington
all are welcome—come along to support, learn, and connect.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
150 Riddiford Street, 150 Riddiford Street, Wellington, New Zealand
NZD 0.00
