The international anti-war project "My Home" was initiated in April 2022 by Liza Kesauri and Mark Maksimovich. The project tells the story of people forced into exile. These people had to leave behind everything material, even the most precious, everything what constitutes heritage, what holds history, and at the same time what is one of the fundamental components of culture.

As part of the project, we created murals in Śrem (Poland) and Tbilisi (Georgia). The mural in Śrem depicts a young mother carrying her child in her arms. The backdrop is motifs from Ukrainian folk art. Additionally, the project included exhibitions of photojournalistic photography in the Poznań district.

The mural in Georgia was created during a street art festival held as part of the Art Yard Community project. The mural in Tbilisi depicts a woman and her child who moved from Belarus to Tbilisi. She is wearing a dress made from patterns from a Belarusian "dyvan" (a hand-painted rug used as a Christmas gift). The background is Georgian folk patterns from various fields of art - weaving, ceramics and jewelry.

In April 2022, the anti-war project "Mój Dom" was launched. At that time, the first mural in the series was created, painted by Wow Wall Studio artists: Mark Maksimovich, Jarosław Ptak, Liza Kesauri. Thanks to the work of Marek Maksimovich and Jarosław Ptak, the project received its first support: TBS Śrem provided a wall, sponsorship with paints and materials from KEIM Polska represented by Mr. Krzysztof Sypniewski and from Kanon Art represented by CEO Piotr Szymkowiak.

In November 2023, thanks to the cooperation with Art Yard Community and the support of the artist Amiran Tevzadze - in the center of Tbilisi (Georgia) on Kikodze Street 15, a mural of the project "My Home" was created. The mural depicts a Belarusian girl with a child, who moved to Tbilisi to her husband after the birth of a child. She is wearing a dress made of patterns of the Belarusian national "dyvan" (hand-painted carpets, which are given as a Christmas gift). The background is Georgian folk patterns from various fields of art - weaving, ceramics and jewelry.

Co-financed by the European Union #EU4CULTURE

Project "My Home"

The project was started in 2022 by Belarusian, Georgian, Polish and Ukrainian artists for the purpose of helping people forced into refuge and to support specific families. These people had to leave behind everything material, even the most valuable, what constitutes heritage, what holds history and is one of the basic components of culture. By stimulating debate, fostering compassion and a sense of community, we contribute to building a more conscious and sustainable society, which in future and present will be able to resist xenophobia and build solidarity in the fight for freedom and justice.

The core of our project is to show the real history of emigrated family in local society environment that was forced to escape. Within the project we created a mural in Poland, which depicts refugees from the war: a young mother carrying her child like her home in her arms, into an unknown future and with the hope for a better life. The background is made up of motifs of folk art. The artwork was created by the art group Wow Wall Studio in the city of Śrem. Additionally, in accordance with the theme of project, the art curator Liza Kesauri organized an exhibition of Ukrainian photographer Angelina Storozhenko in the city where artist emigrated - Poznań and five cities of Poznań District (Poland). Our project is taking form of a series of murals bringing together local artists and citizens, art activists and art audiences in different countries. Together with our team we implemented this project in Georgia within the community building project of Art Yard Community - mural festival.

Mural in Tbilisi presents a real Belarusian girl with her child, who moved to Tbilisi to her husband after giving birth. She wears a dress made from the patterns of the Belarusian national dyvan (handpainted carpet that is given as a holiday gift). The background consists of Georgian folk patterns from various fields of art - weaving, ceramics, and jewelry.

Adress: 15 Geronti Kikodze St, Tbilisi
Art Yard Community festival funded by the European Union #EU4CULTURE
Art Yard Community: Volya Kavalskaya, Alena Gilevskaya
We are thankful to Ekateryna Rura for making an exclusive video for art festival in Tbilisi.

The project remains open, developing and finding new partners and viewers in Poland and abroad.
Exhibitions are also organised as part of the project.

We invite you to partnership.