Mohamed Sleiman Labat
Western Sahara
Ecologies of Culture - 2026
Ecologies of Culture | Creative Placemaking - 2026
Mohamed Sleiman Labat is a Sahrawi multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker and writer. Born and raised in the Sahrawi refugee camps in southwest Algeria, he runs Motif Art Studio, a small art space built entirely from discarded materials following destructive floods that hit the refugee camps in 2015. His art draws upon the past and present life of the Sahrawi people. His art practices include films, writing and community-based art. Mohamed has exhibited internationally and is the recipient of multiple awards, grants and residencies. His works have been showcased at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Dundee in Scotland and the Museum of Contemporary Arts Plaza Cinema in Long Island, USA in 2025, CultureScapes 2023 in Switzerland, the LuleƄ Biennial in 2024 in Sweden, and the Helsinki Biennial 2023 in Finland.