Sara Kontar

Syria
Sara Kontar born in 1996, is a Syrian artist, filmmaker and photographer, who has been based in France since 2016. She holds a master's degree from L'École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs de Paris(ENSAD). She started practicing photography in 2017, and, since then, she has participated in numerous exhibitions in Paris. Her video work was showcased at the Centre Pompidou in 2022, followed by an exhibition at Palais de Tokyo in 2023. Sara is the founder of Al-Ayoun, a space for visual storytellers in Syria and the diaspora. Her art and photography is her way to express the experiences of exile, focusing on human emotions, identity, body language, movements, thoughts, and testimonies. She uses various mediums of photography, including studio, experimental, art video, and documentary.