Leyya Mona Tawil

Leyya Mona Tawil is a Syrian and Palestinian artist, curator and cultural activist who works in sound, dance and hybrid transmissions. She was Titanik A.i.R. artist in residence in Turku in August 2025. Her sound installation 'what mountains can't carry', built from vanishing texts by a journalist in Gaza, was shown at the Sibelius Museum atrium. Her work is also tied to Arab.AMP and TAC Temescal Art Center in Oakland. The pages found do not mention the Pushkinskaya-10 / St. Petersburg Art Residency connection (2020). Only the Titanik A.i.R. (2025) residency is confirmed.