Portraits of Hope

The project presents portraits of more than 120 Russian political prisoners whose health conditions require immediate release. Being held in the torturous conditions of Russian prisons poses a serious threat to their lives; they are in urgent need of special medical care.The portraits are created by artists both in forced emigration and by those who have remained in Russia and Ukraine. Some of them are compelled to conceal their names, while others openly express their humanist stance. The artists’ backgrounds are diverse: participants range in age from 18 to 69. They work in different styles, but they are united by a single goal: to do everything possible so that the world learns about the fate of the repressed and sees their faces. All project participants want to contribute to the urgent liberation of political prisoners from Russian prisons.