Multi-media work by 13 contemporary illustrators will include original artwork from Kate Evan's award winning graphic novel, Threads, as well as Olivier Kugler’s portraits from Calais and George Butler’s reportage from Syria, animation by Majid Adin and manga by Asia Alfasi.
Majid Adin arrived in the UK, after several failed attempts at holding on to the underside of the truck, by locking himself in a fridge on the back of the lorry from the Refugee camps in Northern France. An Iranian animator persecuted for challenging religious conservatism through his work, Adin won a competition to animate the official video for Elton John’s ... Read More
From the Calais Jungle to the Cannes Red Carpet Cartoonist Kate Evans and award-winning animator Majid Adin discuss their work, artistically exploring stories of migration, dislocation, and hope. Majid Adin is an Iranian award-winning artist. Forced to leave his home country because of his political cartoons, he now lives in London. He creates animations about the refugee ... Read More
