Margareta Kern always knew she wanted to pursue a career in a creative field. Before she fled the civil war raging in her home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, she had planned on studying Literature at the University of Philosophy in Sarajevo. But fleeing a war-zone at age 18 and becoming a political asylum seeker in the UK hasn’t dampened her ambition. Now, eleven years later, Kern is curating her first contemporary art exhibition, exploring the experience of other refugees and asylum seekers, Leave to Remain.
Exploring the irony of ‘Leave to Remain’
Margareta Kern always knew she wanted to pursue a career in a creative field. Before she fled the civil war raging in her home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, she had planned on studying Literature at the University of Philosophy in Sarajevo. But fleeing a war-zone at age 18 and seeking political asylum in the UK hasn't dampened her ambition. Now, eleven years later, Kern is curating he
31 Mar 2003
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