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A rare opportunity to see the UK’s first exhibition to explore the refugee crisis through illustration. The exhibition features 40 multi -media works by 12 contemporary artists, two of whom are themselves refugees. Illustrators have the unique opportunity to act as visual journalists, spending extended periods of time in situations where photography is often banned or too intrusive. Journey’s Drawn features work including Iranian artist Majid Adin’s award-winning animation for Elton John’s Rocket Man which draws on his own journey to the UK. Imprisoned for his political works in Iran, Adin was smuggled to London inside a refrigerator before winning a competition to re-imagine the iconic ballad. Palestinian-Syrian Mahmoud Salameh’s bold cartoons–inspired by 17 months in an Australian detention centre–and British Libyan Asia Alfasi’s manga explore issues faced by refugees. The exhibition also includes war zone reportage by George Butler from Syria, Olivier Kugler’s digital portraits of refugees arriving on the Greek Island of Kos, and Kate Evans’ graphic novel that recounts her experience of volunteering in the Calais Jungle.