Strand For Women
A recurring collective exhibition and global art project in support for Woman Life Freedom. Visit the Strand For Women website.
@Vincent Lorca
Strand For Women is a collective exhibition and global art project in support of #WomanLifeFreedom.
01. Statement
Around the world, women are united by their common struggle against systemic oppression. Globally, there is a continuity in efforts to control women’s bodily autonomies.
On September 16, 2022, the innocent life of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman, was taken while in the custody of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s morality police. Her death ignited #WomanLifeFreedom. In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 led to sweeping restrictions on women’s rights, barring them from education and even prohibiting them from singing in public.
In Persian Mythology, hair is symbolically linked to life. Strand For Women uses hair as a symbol of our shared humanity. We hope this exhibition ignites our collective communities as we #StrandForWomen.
02. Collaboration
In 2023, artists Homa Emami, Shirin Neshat, Cima Rahmankhah and Prune Nourry opened the first edition of Strand For Women on March 8—paying tribute to the Iranian women who, on International Women’s Day in 1979, took to the streets of Tehran in protest.
This Spring 2025, Strand for Women grows with more artists and collaborators. It features works by Niyoosha Ahmadikhoo, Eileen Ahmadpour, Maryam Ashrafi, Mahka Eslami, Homa Emami, the Ethical Fashion Initiative, Parwana Haydar, Kubra Khademi, Shirin Neshat, Cīmá Rahmankhah, Sayeh Sarfaraz, Hadieh Shafie, Soraya Sharghi, Zolaykha Sherzad, Zarif Design, Newsha Tavakolian as well as collaborations with the Malala Fund, End Gender Apartheid, I-WILL and the Victims Families for Transitional Justice.
03, Activations of Strand For Women
Visit all activations of SFW on the website.
03. the Global Art Project
The public is invited to add their hair strands to the Global Art Project, a collection initiated in 2023.
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01. Statement
Around the world, women are united by their common struggle against systemic oppression. Globally, there is a continuity in efforts to control women’s bodily autonomies.
On September 16, 2022, the innocent life of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman, was taken while in the custody of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s morality police. Her death ignited #WomanLifeFreedom. In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 led to sweeping restrictions on women’s rights, barring them from education and even prohibiting them from singing in public.
In Persian Mythology, hair is symbolically linked to life. Strand For Women uses hair as a symbol of our shared humanity. We hope this exhibition ignites our collective communities as we #StrandForWomen.
02. Collaboration
In 2023, artists Homa Emami, Shirin Neshat, Cima Rahmankhah and Prune Nourry opened the first edition of Strand For Women on March 8—paying tribute to the Iranian women who, on International Women’s Day in 1979, took to the streets of Tehran in protest.
This Spring 2025, Strand for Women grows with more artists and collaborators. It features works by Niyoosha Ahmadikhoo, Eileen Ahmadpour, Maryam Ashrafi, Mahka Eslami, Homa Emami, the Ethical Fashion Initiative, Parwana Haydar, Kubra Khademi, Shirin Neshat, Cīmá Rahmankhah, Sayeh Sarfaraz, Hadieh Shafie, Soraya Sharghi, Zolaykha Sherzad, Zarif Design, Newsha Tavakolian as well as collaborations with the Malala Fund, End Gender Apartheid, I-WILL and the Victims Families for Transitional Justice.
03, Activations of Strand For Women
Visit all activations of SFW on the website.
03. the Global Art Project
The public is invited to add their hair strands to the Global Art Project, a collection initiated in 2023.
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