Encounter with Kubra Khademi

Kubra Khademi is an Afghan artist and performer born in 1989. Through her practice, Kubra Khademi explores her life as a refugee and as a woman. She studied fine arts at Kabul University, before moving on to Beaconhouse University in Lahore, Pakistan. In Lahore, she began creating public performances, a practice she continued on her return to Kabul, in reaction to a male-dominated society characterized by extreme patriarchal politics. After the execution of her performance known as Armor in 2015, she was forced to flee the country. A refugee in France, she obtained French nationality in 2020. Today, she lives and works in Paris.