Moz Azimitabar is one of Australia’s most celebrated emerging artists, having been a finalist in the Archibald Prize twice. But Moz is not like other artists, he found his art not at art school but in the barbarism of Australia’s offshore detention regime in Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island.

Moz sought refuge in Australia because he was persecuted for fighting for human rights in Iran, and in seeking refuge he found art as a way to live in the confines of his offshore prison.

In this episode Moz talks to us about what art means to him as a fuel and an expression for making change.

We also had Moz on ChangeMakers back in 2022 where he talked about his journey as a refugee and his time in Manus. You can find the podcast here or on all the podcast apps (the episode was released in February 2022).

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