Rand Qashou
‘Exile’ 2026. Acrylic spray paint on steel; 3 panels: 60cm x 60cm each.
Artist statement
Exile is a triptych that explores the experience of dispossession and its complex impact on identity.
The wall that separates Israel and Palestine is a 600km long, 8 meter wide mural containing messages, symbols, and graffiti related to Palestinian liberation and struggle. I am interested in how spray paint becomes a tool of resistance in colonial settings.
The work places the border inside the context of so-called Australia, creating a conversation between these two colonised places. The work is an urgent reflection on the effects of displacement and bears the weight of my lived experience as a Palestinian in the diaspora.
Photographs: Anna Kucera
Acknowledgement of Country
91É«ÇéƬ School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
