giant agapic axe wound

Oil on canvas , 24 x 24 in.

Kimono-hime / kimono姫 1 - Shodensha Mook 祥伝社ムック - April 2003

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Navajo mother tying her daughter’s hair using brush, 1920. University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center

besea.n advocates and educates on behalf of the UK ESEA community, as well as starting and celebrating ESEA heritage month.

Meet Rahima Mahmut, the UK director of human rights organisation World Uyghur Congress, which campaigns on behalf of Uyghur Muslims in China and the rest of the world. A UN report released this month (September 2022) has accused China of “serious human rights violations” in their treatment of Uyghur Muslims. In response, Ms Mahmut is calling on the UK to sanction China, to avoid “wilful complicity”.

Meet Emma Raducanu, 2021’s Sportswoman of the Year and BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and the current British No. 1 in women’s tennis.

Meet Sonoya Mizuno, who is a ballet dancer and actress known for ‘Ex Machina’, ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, and ‘House of the Dragon’.

Meet Sue Cheung, the author of the multi-award winning teen novel ‘Chinglish’, which is based on her own experiences growing up in an immigrant family who ran a Chinese takeaway.

Meet Sarah Owen, MP for Luton North and Shdow Minister for Homelessness, Rough Sleeping, and Faith, who has identified herself as the UK’s first MP of South East Asian ancestry.

Meet KT Tunstall, singer-songwriter and musician, who has released six albums, and won an Ivor Novello Award and BRIT Award.

Meet Isobel Yeung, a journalist specialising in long-form documentaries, particularly on feminist topics. She has reported from Afghanistan, China, Ukraine, and Yemen, and has won the Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign Correspondence.

Meet Ria Lina, who is a comedian, actress, and writer, known for her work on Mock The Week and Have I Got News For You, as well as taking five shows to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Meet Rina Sawayama, a model and musician whose second album, ‘Hold The Girl’ is due for release next week. Sawayama is also known for her artistic collaboration with John Yuyi, exploring and critiquing Asian beauty standards and their impact on women.

Meet Kim-Joy Hewlett, runner-up of Series 9 of Great British Bake Off and winner of The Great New Year Bake Off Special, and author of three cookbooks.

Meet Xiaolu Guo, who has directed twelve films, and written eight books, which have been translated into 28 languages. She was also included in the BBC’s 100 Women 2014 season.

Meet Eden Cheng, who is an elite diver. She has won medals at the European Aquatics Championships, FINA Diving World Cup, Commonwealth Games, and British Diving Championships.

Meet Gemma Chan, an actress known for her work in ‘Humans’, ‘Submarine’, and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, as well as Disney and Marvel films. She has also taken part in the #StopAAPIhate and #StopESEAhate movements, and publicly supported charities including Save the Children and UNICEF.

Meet Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen Sheen, an actress and writer known for her work in the film ‘Ping Pong’ as well as her own plays about her experience of transracial adoption.

Meet Natalie Cheung, a civil engineer specialising in transportation, and the winner of three awards recognising her volunteering. She is also known for her TED-Ed talk on the topic of Women In Engineering, and her podcast ‘Yellow Bee Pod’.

Meet Sky Brown, the youngest professional skateboarder in the world, and Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medalist, winning a bronze in the 2020 park event. She won the 2021 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award, and some of her skateboards will be displayed at the Young V&A Museum.

Meet Tsai Chin, an actress known for her work in London’s West End and various Hollywood films, including two Bond films, as well as her hit single ‘Second Spring’, and autobiography ‘Daughter of Shanghai’.

Meet Xue Xinran, who is a journalist and author. Her radio programme ‘Words on the Night Breeze’ focused on women’s life stories, and after it ended she documented their stories in her book ‘The Good Women of China’. She has since written several more books, often focusing on women’s lives.

Meet Tiger Hagino Reid, co-founder of ESEA Music, a collective celebrating and supporting ESEA musicians, which will soon launch a mentorship scheme to nurture ESEA music talent.

Meet Helen Lee, the inventor of the SAMBA HIV test, a simple and robust kit which can be used in resource-poor areas and was tested by Medecins Sans Frontieres. Her invention won her the Popular Prize category European Inventor Award 2016. The test has since been repurposed to test for COVID-19 under similar conditions.

Meet Angela Hui, who is Food and Drink writer at Time Out London, as well as reporting for the BBC, Lonely Planet, and Vice, and associate editing Sandwich Magazine. Her memoir Takeaway was published this year.

Meet Beatrice Laus, better known as Beabadoobee. She is a singer-songwriter of five EPs and two albums, as well as the winner of the 2020 NME Radar Award.

Meet Mildred, founder of ‘Don’t Call Me Oriental’, a shop, platform, and pop-up exhibition space aimed at supporting and elevating ESEA artists in the UK.

Meet Nancy Xu, a dancer and choreographer who is one of the professionals on Strictly Come Dancing. She has been on the show since 2019, appearing in group dances and having two partners so far.

Meet Lucinda Chua, a musician known for her ambient pop music, which often incorporates the cello and digital effects as well as her own voice.

Meet Camilla Pang, who is a scientist, writer, and autism advocate. Her book ‘Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships‘ won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

From “Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians” by J.E.B. 

Shirakawa-go,Japan, a World Heritage Site  By Japanese photographer Hisa @Hisa0808

My National Costume is inspired from the ethereal portrayal of India as the golden bird which is a symbol of wealth of our rich cultural heritage along with the spiritual essence of living in harmony with diversity. The intense gold metallic hand embellishments is a true example of the finest craftsmanship of our artisans. The lehenga is made from a hand-woven tissue fabric from Chandheri District of Madhya Pradesh with the drape representing the image of a modern India. The wings represent the power of nourishment and care that India has shown in the difficult times towards the citizens of the world and took care and stood as a support with the notion of “One World One Family”.   The national costume in its true sense is the essence of modern India and its approach of progressive thinking.

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Gaza City, Gaza Strip. 20th Apr, 2016. Palestinians in Gaza city celebrate World Heritage Day by wearing traditional Palestinian dress and showing a hand-made traditional products.

Female Anthropoid Coffin [17th c.] unknown artist English Heritage, Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Lampung women, Indonesia, by ASEAN Heritage & History

“In 2019, I joined a collective of women dedicated to uncovering the UK’s history of Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Women as part of the Collage Arts Heritage Lottery project. The series focuses on the story of Catalina De Cardones, Lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragon. These images play with the traditional positions of power that would’ve existed between a Queen and her Lady-in-waiting. This is not to say that Catalina is master over Katherine, more a display of Catalina’s care towards Katherine. Catalina would have cared for Katherine. She would have been her interpreter, helped her in a foreign land far from home; away from everything the two would have known.”

signs at the Heritage of Pride Parade, New York City, June 24, 1984

A woman enters an ancient medieval church that is carved into solid rock in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Lalibela is famous for their monolithic rock-cut churches. The churches themselves date from the seventh to thirteenth centuries, and were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. Steve McCurry.