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![A Cuntroversial reading of the New Testament: recontextualising the virgin mother of God]( "A Cuntroversial reading of the New Testament: recontextualising the virgin mother of God")
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![Moi, a Girl]( "Moi, a Girl")
infoIn this subversive exploration, stereotypically feminine craft techniques like embroidery and textiles are used in a repetitive and manual way to develop the idea that repetition provokes changes. The installation manifests as a network of objects, visuals, and texts, all interwoven to reflect the interconnected reality of the girls’ online existence and its impact on the physical world but also as a refusal to be completely perceived by an outsider audience.
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![Moi, a Girl]( "Moi, a Girl")
infoIn this subversive exploration, stereotypically feminine craft techniques like embroidery and textiles are used in a repetitive and manual way to develop the idea that repetition provokes changes. The installation manifests as a network of objects, visuals, and texts, all interwoven to reflect the interconnected reality of the girls’ online existence and its impact on the physical world but also as a refusal to be completely perceived by an outsider audience.
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![Moi, a Girl]( "Moi, a Girl")
infoIn this subversive exploration, stereotypically feminine craft techniques like embroidery and textiles are used in a repetitive and manual way to develop the idea that repetition provokes changes. The installation manifests as a network of objects, visuals, and texts, all interwoven to reflect the interconnected reality of the girls’ online existence and its impact on the physical world but also as a refusal to be completely perceived by an outsider audience.
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![Moi, a Girl]( "Moi, a Girl")
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![Big Guy]( "Big Guy")
infointeractions between police and civilians. These images are not shocking anymore, they are part of what I understand as a repressive system against people, minorities and communities. These violences are usually operating in a situation where people are trying to reclaim agency over decision-making and the inactions of police as attempts to hinder this agency from protesters. Sharing and posting these images help recognise and acknowledge the problem, they also spark a lot of debates regarding the nature of the police institution. In modern conception of police, the institution is the physical representation of the monopoly of violence by the State, which society agreed to give up according to the social contract.
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![Big Guy]( "Big Guy")
infointeractions between police and civilians. These images are not shocking anymore, they are part of what I understand as a repressive system against people, minorities and communities. These violences are usually operating in a situation where people are trying to reclaim agency over decision-making and the inactions of police as attempts to hinder this agency from protesters. Sharing and posting these images help recognise and acknowledge the problem, they also spark a lot of debates regarding the nature of the police institution. In modern conception of police, the institution is the physical representation of the monopoly of violence by the State, which society agreed to give up according to the social contract.
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![Cok Güzel]( "Cok Güzel")
infoAs I walk around Izmir, I see shiny jewellery, glitter and huge dresses, I see lingerie and hyper-feminine women on ads. The surroundings don’t match my beauty standards and neither does my appearance fit into theirs. By asking my Turkish audience what would suit me best and what would make me look good, I made them collaborators in visualising their perception of me. Group
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![Cok Güzel]( "Cok Güzel")
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![Does Being a Woman Online Suck?]( "Does Being a Woman Online Suck?")
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![Cok Güzel]( "Cok Güzel")
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![Cok Güzel]( "Cok Güzel")
infoAs I walk around Izmir, I see shiny jewellery, glitter and huge dresses, I see lingerie and hyper-feminine women on ads. The surroundings don’t match my beauty standards and neither does my appearance fit into theirs. By asking my Turkish audience what would suit me best and what would make me look good, I made them collaborators in visualising their perception of me. Group
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![Moi, a Girl]( "Moi, a Girl")
infoIn this subversive exploration, stereotypically feminine craft techniques like embroidery and textiles are used in a repetitive and manual way to develop the idea that repetition provokes changes. The installation manifests as a network of objects, visuals, and texts, all interwoven to reflect the interconnected reality of the girls’ online existence and its impact on the physical world but also as a refusal to be completely perceived by an outsider audience.
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Curriculum vitae
Opleidingen
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2022 - 2024Master of Photography & Society Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Diploma behaald
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2021 - 2025Master of Conflict in the Modern Era university of leiden
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2018 - 2021Bachelor of Political Science ULB Diploma behaald
tentoonstellingen
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2025
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2024Fragments in Transit Beetroot studio Thessaloniki, Griekenland ‘Fragments in transit’ is an exhibition that invites audiences to explore what it means to sense and distill feelings of navigating oneself in a new place. Twelve works are part of this exhibition. Some are collaborations, some performances, while some are dialogues that connect like fragmented threads in an intricate web. The themes of this collective exhibition range from: feelings of being a tourist, acts of resistance, accessibility of urban structures, re-imagining protest movements, and challenging patriarchal norms. Groep
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2024Unseen Amsterdam, Nederland All artists participated in the research-driven FUTURES residency at the FUTURES Hub in Amsterdam, which fosters experimentation and innovation. The program encourages artists to explore the intersections of photography and installation while creating new frameworks to support emerging artists in their careers. In addition to showcasing these talented photographers, FUTURES will also highlight the work of four recent graduates from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK), who participated in the UNFOLDING FUTURES residency at the FUTURES Hub this summer. Projects by Alia Leonardi, Joseph Kennel, Daniel Zduniuk, and Benjamin Morrison will be displayed on the Wall at Unseen, offering a glimpse into the innovative approaches of the next generation of photographic artists. galleryviewer.com/en/exhibition/5255/unseen-2024 Groep
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2024Unfolding Futures Futures Hub Amsterdam, Nederland www.futures-photography.com/events/unfolding-futures---opening-and-open-studio-alia-leonardi Solo
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2023Everthing that Melts is About to Blend De Helena Den Haag, Nederland Thirteen image-makers from ten countries will be presenting a collective show that will address themes concerning water, colonialism, racism, violence, queer identities, urbanisation, gentrification, time, and the climate crisis. The themes are all questions of politics and they are addressed at different scales. The works will zoom into the human, the non- human, and zoom out to the scale of the city and its institutions, and further to the level of the national and then global, they will also shift back and forth in time. This exhibition is an attempt to create a dialogue with multiple audiences and is an open space to host, welcome, and exchange. Groep
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2022Yolun Dișinda Izmir , Turkije How do we move through environments, be they physical or social? How do we navigate the web of affordances created by individuals and objects alike? This constant motion of relating to each other is one that everyone is doing everywhere at every moment. You are doing it right now. And while change desires to be the only constant, we often find ourselves in static moments that shape our experiences. To reflect and constantly re-define one’s position within these fixed instances thus becomes a necessity for movement itself. yolundisinda.com/ Groep
Internationale uitwisselingen / Artist-in-residencies
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2025City of Lille Lille, Frankrijk European Art Residency
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2024Futures Photography Amsterdam, Nederland Research residency
publicaties
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2024Critical Meme Reader III: Breaking the Meme Boek The Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam) Chloë Arkenbout & Idil Galip Amsterdam, Nederland networkcultures.org/blog/publication/critical-meme-reader-iii-breaking-the-meme/ When you want to say something about memes, it is impossible to escape having to situate them. What usually happens is that meme makers and thinkers fall back on two definitions: Dawkins (1976), Shifman (2014). How can memes be defined beyond their work in a way that is better suited to our current time? Building on this work – yes of course – but in a way that leaves space for the meme to breathe. Honoring its transgressive everchanging nature, instead of limiting it into a static framework it never chose to be in in the first place. For meme studies to truly theoretically evolve as a field, the meme needs many expanded definitions. The goal of Critical Meme Reader III is to break its definition open with different visions, and to keep it open – letting the meme choose for itself what it wants to stay, be and become.
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2024cute girl + sexy uniform + trendy music /sound + dance = yay! war! E-boek Trigger Antwerp, België fomu.be/trigger/articles/cute-girl-sexy-uniform-trendy-music-sound-dance-yay-war Social media is now framing our lives – people convey information through images and videos much more than ever. We can’t help asking if it means that all netizens are to some extent ‘photographers?’ If so, what are the challenges and risks for not only ourselves but also societies? Is the mechanism of social media reinforcing the negative sides or abusing the subordinated groups more? In our latest article ‘cute girl + sexy uniform + trendy music /sound + dance = yay! war!’ written by Alia Leonardi (@liaouioui ), she examines the influence of social media and ‘unframes’ the boundary of photography. In the era of the injustice war happening in the world, information is rapidly spread via social media. But how do people process the information of wars? With insightful analysis, Leonardi unpacks the intolerably prevalent phenomenon that women are sexualized and objectified in war zones.
Prijzen en stipendia
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2024Stroom Young Talent Award (sinds 2004) Stroom, Den Haag Den Haag, Nederland Through this award, Stroom offers a year-long talent development program focused on the further growth of their professional practice. Throughout the year, the artists will be mentored by established artists – this year, Maja Bekan and Marie Civikov – and will work closely to develop customised work plans to kickstart their professional careers
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2024Lighthouse program Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving en bouwkunst(Fonds BKVB) en wordtuitgevoerd in samenwerking met FOTODOK. Amsterdam, Utrecht. Utrecht, Nederland FOTODOK's Lighthouse programme supports emerging photographers and artists who engage critically with both the world and the photographic medium. FOTODOK has always placed the promotion of collectivity, collaboration and connection between photographers at the heart of its talent programmes. This year, the emphasis shifts from stimulating entrepreneurship to collectively developing knowledge, sharing resources and collaborating across disciplinary boundaries, under the guidance of the new Head of Talent, Yusser al Obaidi.