Home Is Where We Start From

Inspired by the evocative poem “My mother was my first country. The first place I ever lived’’ by African American writer Nayyirah Waheed, this exhibition curated by Adelina Cuberyan von Fürstenberg brings together twentysix women artists of diverse migratory origins, spanning the first and second generations.

While embracing a global perspective with the participation of internationally acclaimed women artists such as Marina Abramović, Elena el Asmar, Mona Hatoum, Kimsooja, Ekene Emeka-Maduka, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Shirin Neshat, Rosana Palazyan, Iris Sara Schiller, Zineb Sedira, and Maria Tsagkari, the exhibition also highlights women artists who live and work in French-speaking Switzerland, namely Clara Alloing, Anna Barseghian, Marie José Burki, Marisa Cornejo, Fabiana de Barros, Anjesa Dellova, Vanna Karamaounas, Elisabeth Llach, Keiko Machida, Maria-Carmen Perlingeiro, Mai-Thu Perret, Carmen Perrin, Alexandra Roussopoulos, Davide-Christelle Sanvee, and Vivianne van Singer.