International Arrivals speaks with artist Christhian C. Diaz Silva (Colombia/USA) (https://christhiandiaz.com/) about his recent performance at Movement Research and his path from cleaning offices with his mother to his life as an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and legal immigration advocate.

International Arrivals speaks with performance artist Natacha Voilakovsky (Argentina/USA)(https://natachavoliakovsky.com/) about her move to the US and how she uses the materials of her body in her work as a symbol of social struggle, power, and control. 

International Arrivals speaks with interdisciplinary artist Helina Metaferia (Ethiopia/USA)(https://helinametaferia.com) about the Ethiopian diaspora in the US, her use of archives and collage in her work, and what it means to be radical and disruptive. 

International Arrivals speaks with visual artist Arleene Correa Valencia (Mexico/USA) (https://www.correavalencia.com/) about her latest projects, her family's journey from Mexico to California and their former undocumented status. She speaks about her textile work and the shared trauma of border crossing: love and suffering, the visible and the invisible.

International Arrivals speaks with visual artist Jose Campos aka Studio Lenca (El Salvador/USA/UK) (https://www.studiolenca.com/) about his latest projects, his journey from El Salvador to the US, where he and his mother were undocumented, and eventually becoming a citizen of the UK. He speaks about collaborating with local communities and the utopia of El Jardin where multitudes of species and identities can thrive harmoniously.

International Arrivals speaks with artist Nyugen E. Smith (Caribbean/USA) (https://www.nyugensmith.com/) about his use of found objects and maps, along with his interest in Yoruba practices and his first memory of snow.

International Arrivals speaks with Iranian-American artist Golnar Adili (https://golnaradili.com/) about her movement between Iran and the US, her relationship with her father, and the archive.

International Arrivals speaks with interdisciplinary artist Azita Moradkhani (Iran/USA) (http://azitamora.com/) about her exhibition The Real Beneath at Jane Lombard gallery, pleasure, pain, the female body, and her transition to the US.

International Arrivals speaks with Katya Grokhovsky (Ukraine/Australia/USA), interdisciplinary artist and Founding Director of the Immigrant Artist Biennial, about her work, immigration and movement. (https://www.katyagrokhovsky.net)    The second Immigrant Artist Biennial opens in New York on September 8, 2023. (https://www.theimmigrantartistbiennial.com)

International Arrivals in conversation with Korean-Canadian artist David Khang (www.davidkhang.com) about the military and migration, language slippage, wrong places, dentistry, and the law.

International Arrivals speaks with Belarus-American artist Alina Bluimis (https://www.alinabliumis.com/) about the her series Bruises, Tips for New Americans, and her upcoming opening at Situations Gallery in New York’s Lower East Side. 

International Arrivals speaks with Palestinian-Canadian artist Rana Nazzal Hamadeh (https://www.rananazzal.com/) about the idea of home, loss and the power of imagination. 

International Arrivals speaks with British artist Harold Offeh (www.haroldoffeh.com) about his latest project, migration, place, and embodied histories at the Van Gogh House in London, England. 

International Arrivals talks with Mexican-American interdisciplinary artist Erika Harrsch (https://www.erikaharrsch.com/) about her path to the United States, ideas of home and rooting. Listen to her elaborate on her recent projects about borders and the notion of belonging.