Panel Talk

Overview

Get your free tickets and join us in person at East Bank for a Queer Alumni Panel Talk to end the year's LGBQTIA+ History Month  We will be discussing creative journeys after graduating and what this month means to us. Joined by three queer creative artists: Gaby Sahhar (Goldsmiths), Jordan Williams (UAL) and Ramel Usherwood (University for the Creative Arts), with your host for the evening, LCF Officer Katwamba Mutale.  

Refreshments will also be available. 

This event will be live recorded and available for students to view after the event.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch at lcfofficer@su.arts.ac.uk

Artist Bios

Gaby Sahhar (they/them)Gaby Sahhar (they/them) is a French-Palestinian artist based between London and Paris. Engaging in painting, installation, and film, Sahhar's work aims to deconstruct gender representations in public spheres, exploring their wider impact on queer consciousness and communities. Leveraging language and vulnerability as tools, the artwork sparks dialogues on affordability, residence, and interconnectedness within city cultures. Through speculative storytelling, Sahhar illustrates how psychological and physical frameworks fragment Palestinian geopolitical borders and identity. Gaby Sahhar is also the founder of Queerdirect, an LGBTQIA+ artist network.

Jordan Williams (he/him & they/them), artistically known as AURA-KL (Oracle), is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in the London Borough of Newham. AURA-KL seeks to explore humanity through the mediums of film, photography, poetry, music, fashion a design. You're invited to join them in conversation on Sex, Queerness, Art and the crossroads they've encountered as a Black Male.

Ramel Usherwood (he/they) is an Afro-centric creative. Born and raised in London with a Caribbean heritage. Ramel is a multi-disciplinary artist who specialises in Fashion design, personal styling, modelling and spiritual work. Ramel uses his creativity to explore depth within his sexuality, gender, society and culture. He uses his art as a means to dissect and break down labels and to explore questions and answers within his self to then share with others.

The Concept that Ramel conveys in his art is - Balance. Balance in all forms. Embracing the masculine and feminine energy. Embracing the polarities of life, the highs and lows and accepting both the light and dark energies and showcasing that within his work. In his designs he plays with the gender constructs and roles. He creates the space to unravel the myths and narratives of “Black Masculinity” and what it means to him to be a Queer Afro-centric being.