{"id":138,"date":"2020-02-01T10:21:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T10:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yusufalihayat.com\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2025-10-28T04:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T04:12:22","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yusufalihayat.com\/index.php\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yusuf is committed to social justice and has worked in leadership roles in the Arts as well as for international non-government organisations across social housing, social support and Emergency Relief. He was the Visual Arts and Community Engagement Lead at Nexus Arts and is a former Artistic Director at Next wave Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuf\u2019s work integrates photography, video, painting and architectural approaches to sculptural form. His research focuses on migrant narratives, transcultural aesthetics and intersubjectivity in art. 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Friend\/Free (to love)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BUS Projects, Melbourne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 2025&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prosopon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Little Machine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar 2025&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Together&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sawtooth ARI, Launceston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nothing that exists excites me\u2026&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Little Machine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 2023&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yarta Purtli, Port Augusta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sep 2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If the future is to be worth anything      ACE Open<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exit West, FELT Exchange &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FELT Space (online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On Being an Artist: 11 Actions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Praxis Artspace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 2019&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Commons<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ArtPod, Adelaide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov 2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Insan(e)<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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ACUADS: Engagement, University of Melbourne, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Domesticating settler colonisation at the Art Gallery of South Australia\u201d. <\/em>Journal of Asia Pacific Pop Cultures<em>, <\/em>2019<em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Imagi)Nation. <\/em>Fineprint magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Entangled Cultural Fields: intersubjectivity and contemporary art of the Islamic diaspora. <\/em>Conference paper. ACS: Crossroads in Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yusuf is committed to social justice and has worked in leadership roles in the Arts as well as for international non-government organisations across social housing, social support and Emergency Relief. He was the Visual Arts and Community Engagement Lead at Nexus Arts and is a former Artistic Director at Next wave Festival. 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