Leïla Saadna (she/her) is a documentary filmmaker, visual artist, and director of photography who lives and works in Algiers, Algeria. Her films deal with exile and the struggles of people impacted by migration as well as the resistance of women and marginalized people in African and diasporic contexts from a feminist point of view.

Éli Moreira (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist, cultural producer, and a gender and sexual dissident currently living and working in Salvador, Bahía, Brazil. Their art research and practice blends popular contemporary Brazilian music, electronic music, vocal sampling, and organic and synthesized instrumentation with creative writing, collage, and experimental photography to delve in subjects such as gender, dissidence, sexuality, and love.

Gesiye (she/they) works with individuals and communities using performance, tattooing, installation, and image-making to explore embodiment and storytelling as forms of liberation. Raised in a Nigerian-Trinidadian family with a deep connection to divination and somatic healing practices, Gesiye uses an intuitive practice rooted in themes of belonging and examines the sociocultural symbols and power dynamics that impact our relationships with self, state, and land.

Shivanjani Lal (she/her) is a Fijian-Australian artist and curator whose work uses personal grief to account for ancestral loss. Recent works have used storytelling, objects, and video to account for lost histories and explore narratives of indenture and migratory histories from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In Lal’s work, reading and objects guide audiences through lived and imagined narratives that attempt to decipher what is lost and the possibilities of futures.

The artist opted to remain anonymous. In the spirit of practicing feminist ethics of care and safety, we offer anonymity for all Artist Changemakers. Artist Changemakers may choose to remain anonymous for a variety of reasons in line with the multiplicities of their creative practices.

Samantha Ainembabazi (she/her) is a poet, spoken-word artist, and curator. She began writing poetry at eight years old, when her family went through a traumatic experience and she learned to find solace in words. Her poetry gradually evolved from a form of escape from trauma to exploring body positivity, and she launched an art-based movement to encourage women to love their bodies.

Albena Baeva (she/her) is at the forefront of interactive art in Bulgaria. She works with artificial intelligence (AI), physical computing, creative coding, and augmented reality, pushing for a feminist discourse in tech-art (art that intertwines with technological innovation) and how AI impacts climate change.