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Resettlement Assistance

Following forced displacement and relocation, an artist under threat must establish more than  their legal status.

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Global Policy Advocacy

As authoritarianism and militarized violence continue to endanger artistic communities across  the globe, AFI’s commitment to improving conditions for artists in their home countries takes  on new urgency.

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AFI’s Legal Services for At-Risk Artists program is designed to facilitate pro bono immigration services for at-risk artists fleeing persecution or censorship in their countries of origin.

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Artists for Social Change

Artists for Social Change creates platforms and opportunities for at-risk artists and artist activists to showcase their work safely.

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Since our founding in 2017, we have helped thousands of refugee artists with their legal concerns, resettlement, and more.

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Meet the Artists

AFI artists come from all over the world seeking the freedom to express themselves safely. From legal and immigration assistance to organizing events and gallery shows, we help them root into a new community in the United States.

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Achiro P. Olwoch

Achiro Patricia Olwoch, hailing from Gulu in Northern Uganda, is an award-winning writer, director, and producer currently living in exile in New York.

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Ahmad Fanoos

Ahmad Fanoos is a well-known Afghan vocalist and harmonium player, having headlined and performed in live and televised performances in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Russia, and beyond.

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Aida Sulova

Aida Sulova’s work reflects her upbringing in the Soviet Union and her experiences as a multi-disciplinary artist and independent curator from Kyrgyzstan.

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Alejandro De La Guerra

Alejandro De La Guerra is a multidisciplinary artist who works on the aestheticization of power, collective memory, and monumental languages of public spaces.

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Ali Chitsaz

Ali Chitsaz is a Tehran-born painter living and working in New York, trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work confronts contemporary Iranian politics through distorted, dreamlike scenes that blend Persian and American cultural tropes, often satirizing religious and political authority. Chitsaz has exhibited internationally, with shows across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.

Ali Chitsaz

Ali Chitsaz is a Tehran-born painter living and working in New York, trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work confronts contemporary Iranian politics through distorted, dreamlike scenes that blend Persian and American cultural tropes, often satirizing religious and political authority. Chitsaz has exhibited internationally, with shows across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.

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Bart Was Not Here

Bart Was Not Here is a Burmese artist in exile based in New York

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Binalakshmi Nepram

Binalakshmi Nepram is an award-winning Indigenous civil rights activist and writer from Manipur, known for her global advocacy on armed violence reduction, gender justice, and peace. She is the founder of multiple international organizations and the author of numerous books on conflict, democracy, and human rights, and a recipient of major global honors including the Sean MacBride Peace Prize and the Anna Politkovskaya Award.

Binalakshmi Nepram

Binalakshmi Nepram is an award-winning Indigenous civil rights activist and writer from Manipur, known for her global advocacy on armed violence reduction, gender justice, and peace. She is the founder of multiple international organizations and the author of numerous books on conflict, democracy, and human rights, and a recipient of major global honors including the Sean MacBride Peace Prize and the Anna Politkovskaya Award.

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Cansu Korkmaz

Cansu Korkmaz is a Turkish-born visual artist based in Brooklyn. Her work explores themes of intimacy, memory, and identity through photography and mixed media.

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David Dephy

David Dephy is a Georgian-American, trilingual poet, novelist, and multimedia artist living and working in New York City. Exiled from Georgia in 2017 and granted political asylum in the U.S., his work explores themes of identity, resistance, and humanity, and has been presented at major institutions and festivals including Columbia University, PEN World Voices, and 92Y. A recipient of numerous international awards, Dephy is also the founder of Poetry Orchestra and American Poetry Intersection.

David Dephy

David Dephy is a Georgian-American, trilingual poet, novelist, and multimedia artist living and working in New York City. Exiled from Georgia in 2017 and granted political asylum in the U.S., his work explores themes of identity, resistance, and humanity, and has been presented at major institutions and festivals including Columbia University, PEN World Voices, and 92Y. A recipient of numerous international awards, Dephy is also the founder of Poetry Orchestra and American Poetry Intersection.

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Dieu-Nalio Chery

Dieu-Nalio Chery is a photographer and photojournalist from Haiti.

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