"Seen" Exhibition by Oliver Jeffers | Belfast 2024

Seen - an outdoor exhibition shining a light on the stories of society’s most vulnerable.
In 2023, Oliver Jeffers joined a group of asylum-seeking children and young people in a church hall in Belfast for a magical day of creativity and storytelling. The young people were asked to draw pictures of their hopes and dreams, around which Jeffers sketched their portraits. The collaborative drawings give a powerful impression of what is important to young people who have fled other countries, revealing how they wish to be seen.
This outdoor exhibition celebrated each child's life, exhibition their portraits at Thanksgiving Square in Belfast, beside the Beacon of Hope statue.