Mostafa Azimitabar - The Peace Process
Mostafa Azimitabar
The Peace Process
18 April - 2 May 2026
Exhibition opening with the Artist
to be launched by
Louise Halpin
Senior learning program producer, Art Gallery of NSW
Saturday 18 April 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm
Mostafa Azimitabar
Artist in Conversation
with
Josephine Bennett
Manager Arts & Culture, Northern Beaches Council
Gallery Director, Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Saturday 2 May 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm
Mostafa Azimitabar
Kurdish refugee Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar is an artist, musician, writer and human rights activist. He was born in Iran in 1986. After fleeing persecution, he arrived in Australia in 2013, seeking asylum. He was held in detention, first on Manus Island, then in a Melbourne hotel. Freed in 2021, he now lives in Sydney.
Mostafa Azimitabar is a finalist in Art Gallery of NSW Sulman Prizes in 2024 and 2023. He also is a finalist in Art Gallery of NSW Archibald Prizes in 2024 and 2022.
‘As a survivor who was in detention for eight years without committing any crime, sharing love and kindness remains to be my message. Let us not allow extremism to divide us.’
‘On Manus Island, I was surrounded by chaos and trauma. Art helped me find tranquillity. It also allowed me to build friendships with people in the outside world.’