Artist Residency 2025

Since March 2025, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum has been hosting an artist residency in its Atelier. This participatory residency, at the intersection of art and humanitarian action, supports emerging artists.

For this first edition, the Museum welcomed Zahrasadat Hakim, winner of the 10th Art and Humanity Prize. Between March and August 2025, the artist invited the public to take part in every stage of the tapestry’s creation. Through this collaborative process, she explored the connections between transmission, shared narratives, and collective healing. The photos and videos below are the result of several months of co-creation.

The artist residency will evolve for the 2026 edition! More information will be available in November 2025.

About the artist

Zahrasadat Hakim

Zahrasadat Hakim’s work explores memory, displacement, and dreams, shaped by her experience as an Iraqi
migrant born in Iran. Her art navigates themes of belonging, identity, care, and collective healing, drawing from personal and shared histories. Blurring the lines between reality and imagination, Zahrasadat uses performance, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and video to create immersive spaces. Care— both for oneself and others—is central to her practice, as she views creation as a tool for empathy and connection.Inspired by nature’s cycles, she contemplates resilience and mutualism, using organic and salvaged materials to reflect on time, migration, and sustainability. Based in Geneva, she continues to develop her multidisciplinary practice.

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