V.l.n.r. Shamseddin Moradi, Charles Badoue, Daria Khozai, Bogdan Seredyak, Harrison Omoyater
2025
12 april - 5 october 2025
What does it mean to leave everything behind and start over? Five talented artists with a refugee background offer powerful and moving answers in this special exhibition.
From vibrant paintings to thought-provoking installations – each artwork tells a personal story of loss, hope, and resilience. For example, the exhibition includes a piano entirely decorated with hand-painted toothpicks found in a shop near an asylum seekers' center, and a haunting dollhouse reconstructed inside a wall cabinet. In five intimate video portraits, the artists share their backgrounds, experiences, and motivations.
The nominees (A–Z) are:
- Charles Badoue (Ivory Coast)
- Daria Khozhai (Ukraine)
- Shamseddin Moradi (Iran)
- Harrison Omoyater (Nigeria)
- Bogdan Seredyak (Ukraine)
The winner of the Galatea Art Prize, as well as the audience favourite, will be announced on 28 June 2025.
About the Galatea Art Prize
This biennial prize is an initiative of the Galatea Foundation, created by art experts Jaap Versteegh and Joke van Veen. It is the only art prize in the Netherlands dedicated to artists with a recent refugee background and offers them a unique platform to showcase their work.