Women Artists in Conflict Zones
Imagination as an Act of Resistance
Join us at the LSE Atrium Gallery in London
28 October – 4 December 2026
An evolving international collection commissioned by Artists Project Earth (APE UK) since 2022, presented in collaboration with the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security. evolving international collection of commissioned artworks by women artists creating amid war, displacement, environmental devastation and political instability.
Across Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Palestine, Ukraine and Venezuela, women artists are creating amid war, displacement, dispossession and exile.
As witnesses, storytellers and future-makers, they turn the lens from the theatre of battle towards the intimate realities of civilian life, revealing experiences that rarely enter peace agreements, political treaties or official reconstruction plans.
Their works explore the relationships between land and body, exile and refuge, destruction and regeneration, giving form to memory, belonging and the possibility of renewal.
Together, these eight artistic voices invite us to encounter imagination as an act of resistance and a catalyst for bringing life and vitality back to places profoundly affected by conflict..
Curated by Dr May East, Trustee of Artist Project Earth (APE UK)
Come and experience the exhibition
📍 LSE Atrium Gallery, Old Building
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
📅 28 October – 4 December 2026
Monday–Friday, 10am–5pm
🥂 Opening reception: Wednesday 28 October, 5.30pm
We warmly invite you to discover the artworks, meet the women behind them and join a conversation about how art can regenerate lives and places in ways that reach beyond the scope of peace agreements, international accords and reconstruction plans.
Discover the Artists
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Tetiana Hurn
Zhmerynka, Ukraine
Spirit of the Forest, 2022
Acrylic on canvas 1.20×1.20
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Amna Elhassan
Khartoum, Sudan
Oasis, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 50×60cm
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Sarah Ndele
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Oracle Woman, 2024
Acrylic on canvas 80×60cm
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Amaal Saeed
Ahwaz, Iran
The Threshold, 2025
Acrylic on canvas 70×60cm
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Khin Thethtar Latt
Yangon, Myanmar
When We Lost Our Ghost, 2025
Photographic montage 60×60cm
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Rala Tarabishi
Damascus, Syria
Rebirth, 2025
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 1x1.50m
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Dania Bucko
Caracas, Venezuela
Repossession, 2026
Acrylic on canvas 80×60cm
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Asmaa Alwhidy
Gaza, Palestine
Etheric Roots, 2026
Print 80 × 80 cm
Rala Tarabishi from Damascus reflects ‘in a place where silence was often louder than sound, I chose to speak through colour, texture, and form’.
A Living Collection
Women Artists in Conflict Zones continues to grow through artistic commissions, encounters and conversations. Each artwork emerges from a dialogue with an artist whose creative practice is rooted in a particular place and lived experience. Together, the collection brings these distinct voices into conversation, opening new ways of seeing the relationships between conflict, identity, memory and regeneration.
The exhibition at LSE marks an important chapter in this evolving journey, inviting audiences to look more closely at the women behind the works and the futures they imagine..
Explore the collection. Discover the artists.
Reimagine the world through their eyes.
#WACZ | Artist Project Earth (APE UK)
Exhibition credits
Commissioned by: Artists Project Earth (APE UK)
Presented in collaboration with: LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Curated by: Dr May East, Trustee of Artists Project Earth
Research Assistant and Design: Matylda Majkowska
Khin Thethtar Lattt from Myanmar photographic installation When We Lost Our Ghost, Commissioned by APE in 2025