People

Iranian artist Gita Meh uses visual and written language as tools to form a space for human interaction and cultural integration, goals that originate from her own personal history and experience of migration and intercultural negotiation.

Shohreh Mehran is a painter and a graphic designer. She graduated with a degree in Graphic Arts from the Tehran College of Arts.

Julie Mehretu is best known for her large-scale paintings that layer geographical schema, maps and architectural representations of the city –the compressed and densely populated urban environments of the twenty-first century as well as cities with histories of erasure.

Najat Meky explores the natural environment and Emirati cultural traditions in her sculpture and painting.

Bjørn Melhus is a German-Norwegian media artist and Professor of Film.

Henok Melkamzer studied telsem in a monastery in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, for 16 years and also learned the intricacies of the practice firsthand from his father and grandfather, who were both telsem healers. Henok maintains an intimate interest in preserving telsem within his community and bringing the art form to new audiences.

Julia Meltzer's work with David Thorne has been awarded prizes at the European Media Arts Festival, Transmediale and the Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival.

Cesar Meneghetti earned a degree in Visual Communication from the School of Fine Arts at the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation.

In film, photography and installation, Amina Menia considers issues of public space, the cityscape and urban policies.

Almagul Menlibayeva is a contemporary artist and photographer who works simultaneously in painting, graphic art, performances, installations and videos.

Merchane leads Ouled Sidi H’Mou group, which is one of the great messengers of the Gnawa art worldwide.

Angelica Mesiti creates performance-based videos that analyse culture in a state of transformation due to social or economic shifts.

Founded by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden, Metahaven is a research-based collective working across design, art, filmmaking, teaching and publications.

From 1974 he traveled frequently in former East Germany (GDR).