Dima Karout
Dima Karout is a senior arts professional with over 15 years of experience in curating and producing exhibitions, managing art projects, and designing publications and public programmes. She specialises in socially engaged art, cultural heritage, placemaking, innovative learning, and creative health. She has collaborated with leading museums, libraries, universities, charities, local authorities, and inspiring art practitioners to develop long-term partnerships, design creative projects, implement participatory practices, and shape inclusive cultural strategies.
Notable projects include her work with the London Borough of Culture, shaping a new vision for Sanctuary and engaging over 20 local organisations and 100 individuals—artists, cultural leaders, and residents—to create a borough-wide inclusive programme. She also formed a strategic partnership with local libraries and the Horniman Museum, where she co-produced Internal Landscapes, a book publication and a collective exhibition that welcomed over 10,000 visitors. Dima also designed the Migration Museum’s first residency programme for migrant artists and its one-year engagement programme, culminating in the group exhibition Borderless. She joined forces with Groundwork, Counterpoints, and Play for Progress to design and co-deliver ESOL and Creative Health programmes empowering people experiencing the asylum process.
Dima has a long history of working with D6: Culture in Transit. We met as part of a learning Lab at the Tate Britain in 2018, and have since drawn on her practice through residencies, the curation of public presentations and as a mentor for other artists in exile on our programme. She joined our team as an art practitioner, then as an associate art researcher in an advisory role, and, from March 2024, as a board member. During this period, she has played a leadership role in shaping our work for our ASSEMBLE and artists in exile programmes, mentoring artists, creatively engaging with communities, and co-curating programmes with our team.
Since 2021, She has been instrumental in developing Assemble (formerly Sanctuary of Culture), a programme promoting cultural rights through meaningful artistic and social interventions. She has hosted curated conversations to bridge cultural divides and champion diverse narratives, working on an international programme that connects artists with lived experience of exile. Her work centres on artistic practice and knowledge sharing in the context of significant global challenges and inequalities related to forced migration and displacement.
Notable projects include her work with the London Borough of Culture, shaping a new vision for Sanctuary and engaging over 20 local organisations and 100 individuals—artists, cultural leaders, and residents—to create a borough-wide inclusive programme. She also formed a strategic partnership with local libraries and the Horniman Museum, where she co-produced Internal Landscapes, a book publication and a collective exhibition that welcomed over 10,000 visitors. Dima also designed the Migration Museum’s first residency programme for migrant artists and its one-year engagement programme, culminating in the group exhibition Borderless. She joined forces with Groundwork, Counterpoints, and Play for Progress to design and co-deliver ESOL and Creative Health programmes empowering people experiencing the asylum process.
Dima has a long history of working with D6: Culture in Transit. We met as part of a learning Lab at the Tate Britain in 2018, and have since drawn on her practice through residencies, the curation of public presentations and as a mentor for other artists in exile on our programme. She joined our team as an art practitioner, then as an associate art researcher in an advisory role, and, from March 2024, as a board member. During this period, she has played a leadership role in shaping our work for our ASSEMBLE and artists in exile programmes, mentoring artists, creatively engaging with communities, and co-curating programmes with our team.
Since 2021, She has been instrumental in developing Assemble (formerly Sanctuary of Culture), a programme promoting cultural rights through meaningful artistic and social interventions. She has hosted curated conversations to bridge cultural divides and champion diverse narratives, working on an international programme that connects artists with lived experience of exile. Her work centres on artistic practice and knowledge sharing in the context of significant global challenges and inequalities related to forced migration and displacement.