The exhibition brings together artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda and Timor-Leste to explore how visual artists address the trauma of war and life after conflict. In the last thirty years, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda and Timor-Leste each emerged from different versions of social and human destruction caused by the genocide of hundreds of thousands of people. Understandably, peace following war is hard work, and life in a post-conflict society is very different in each of these countries.

Art of Peace: Art After War offers occasions for the voices and experiences of artists resident in zones of significant turbulence to visualise and tell their own stories. With the public awareness of war and genocide increasingly prominent, this exhibition is a timely occasion to consider the human consequences of international and civil aggressions, and the way artists engage with and process the resulting social and psychological upheavals.

The international artists in the show include Teta Chel, Innocent Nkurunziza, and Cedric Mizero from Rwanda; Bernardino Soares, Inu Bére, and Maria Madeira from Timor-Leste; and Mladen Miljanović, Aida Šehović and Adela Jušić from Bosnia and Herzegovina.