Interwoven: Stories of Displacement and Resilience

(Geneva 2025 Art Auction by Artolution & Medair)

This special collection brings together collaborative artworks created by refugee artists and communities around the world. Each piece tells a powerful story of struggle, resilience, and belonging.

These works are on view as part of the Geneva exhibition Interwoven, a partnership between Artolution and Medair. Proceeds will support trauma-informed community art programs for displaced children and families.

Explore the artworks below. If you’re interested in purchasing a piece, please submit an inquiry form and our team will follow up directly.

Main Global Collection

  • Flag of the Refugee Nation

    4000 CHF

    42” x 61” — Created across Jordan, Bangladesh, and Uganda over five years, this collaborative flag captures layered stories of displacement, memory, and resilience.

  • The Rohingya Lungi of South Sudan

    2000 CHF

    7’ 2” x 3’ 9”, Acrylic on Rohingya lunghi, made in Bangladesh and Uganda. Painted on a traditional garment, this piece reflects South Sudanese values, with depictions of goats, mountains, trees, and life in displacement.

  • Shuddering from the Rains of Azraq, Balukhali and Bidibidi

    1500 CHF

    2’ 11” x 4’, Acrylic on canvas, made in Bangladesh, Jordan, and Uganda. A layered collaboration across three refugee communities, this piece shows a child, a Rohingya woman, and a South Sudanese mother—all weathering storms with resilience and hope.

  • The Layered Knowledge of Lebanon, Jordan, Bangladesh and Uganda

    4000 CHF

    6’ 10” x 3’ 1”, Acrylic on canvas, made in Bangladesh, Lebanon, and Uganda. This mural-sized canvas weaves together the voices of Syrian, Rohingya, and South Sudanese youth, with layered imagery of flight, memory, and home across continents.

  • The Monster of Our Era

    2000 CHF

    6’ 3” x 4’ 7”, Acrylic on canvas, made in Rohingya Refugee Camps, Bangladesh. Created during COVID-19 lockdowns, this powerful work led by two Rohingya women artists uses storytelling to educate and reflect on the pandemic’s impact through mythic imagery and scenes of resilience.

  • Layers of a Child’s Dream

    4000 CHF

    6’7” x 9’10”, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, made in Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan and Brazil. Syrian refugee children painted symbols of hope, later layered with textures and collage by youth in Brazil, connecting stories of displacement and environmental loss.

  • The Colour of Resilience Unseen: From the Village to the City

    3000 CHF

    30” x 64”, acrylic on canvas, made in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda. Created by South Sudanese, Congolese, and Ugandan youth, this mural tells the story of migration from rural villages to cities, capturing the universal search for safety, belonging, and home.

  • Home is Where the Heart is

    3500 CHF

    64” x 38”, acrylic on canvas, made in France and Norway. Painted by Syrian refugee artist Diala Brisly, this portrait honors the quiet power and inner light of women who have survived displacement, carrying home within themselves even when it is lost.

  • Chaos Within

    2000 CHF

    25” x 42”, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, made in Colombia, Ukraine, and the U.S. Co-created by displaced children across three continents, this artwork reflects shared journeys of healing—from Venezuelan and Colombian youth in Santa Marta, to Ukrainian students rebuilding after bombings, to unhoused children in New York imagining worlds of joy and resilience.

  • The Dragon of Home

    1500 CHF

    25” x 42”, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, made in South Sudan and Ukraine. Created by children in Juba and Irpin, this artwork weaves together memories of home and school with dreams of safety and peace—showing daily life in South Sudan and a vision of a “clear sky” in post-conflict Ukraine.

Artworks from Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda

Each piece measures 11 x 11 inches. Suggested donation: 250 CHF

Artworks from Rohingya Refugee Camps, Bangladesh

Each piece measures 11 x 11 inches. Suggested donation: 250 CHF