Amitis Motevalli is an artist who explores the cultural resistance and survival of people living in poverty, conflict and/or war.

This is her second interview, the first one can be found here.

Her experience as a trans-national migrant, is foundational in her work. Through many mediums including, sculpture, video, performance and collaborative public art, her work juxtaposes iconography with iconoclasm. Her work intends to ask questions about violence and historical documentation and canonization, while invoking the significance of a secular grassroots struggle. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, exhibiting art internationally as well as organizing to create an active and critical cultural discourse through information exchange, either in art, pedagogy or organizing artist and educators.

Masoul Performance

Ruquyya's Reverberation Performance Zanjir Back