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Betchouف [Betchouf] is a community-focused collective working to represent Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) artists living in diaspora. Co-directed by Dana Marjan and Faid Ahmad, we operate across art, architecture, and design to foster interdisciplinary, cross-cultural creative practices to build networks of care.

Education

D | Master of Architecture, 2020, University of Technology, Sydney
D | Bachelor of Architecture, 2016, University of Technology, Sydney

F | Master of Landscape Architecture (Research), 2021, University of Technology, Sydney
F | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, 2019, University of Technology, Sydney

Exhibitions & Hostings

2026 - Haṣīra (حصیرة) commissioned program by DAAR for the Biennale of Sydney.
Co-curated with Think+DO Tank.

2025 - Sanctuaries, Exhibition, Holding Studio Exhibition Space, Sydney.
Co-curated with Multicultural peers project (MPP)

2024 - The 4A Lab Residency - 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney.
Three-week residency for six queer SWANA artists.

2024 - Topographies, Commissioned by and in collaboration with Magnetic Typographies, Sydney College of Arts

2023 - Slow Slips, Exhibition, The EDDY multispace, Sydney.

Public Programs & Talks

2025 - Artists Talk, Sanctuaries Exhibition, Holding Studio, Sydney

2025 - Community Workshop, Sanctuaries Exhibition - Holding Studio, Sydney.

2025 - Country Performance Story: Staging critical spatial acts of political resistance with Dorita Hannah. Co-hosted by Bangwarra at PACT Theatre, Sydney

2024 - Measuring Impact: The Performing Arts and the Academy, Workshop facilitation for UNSW, Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab, Sydney

2024 - “What’s next for LA practice?” Faid Ahmad representing ‘Betchouf’, Landscape Architecture Australia

2023 - Educated Bodies, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney

2023 - Public Program, Film Night, Slow Sips, The EDDY Multispace

2023 - Community Workshop, Slow Sips, The EDDY Multispace

2023 - On collectivism Panel talk, Faid Ahmad representing ‘Betchouf’ curated by ‘An Other Collective’, Bankstown Arts Centre.

2023 - Reorientations: New Social Roles for the Architecture Professions” Symposium with Betchouf, University Technology, Sydney

Artworks

2024 - The Seed Bank, Salone De Mobile Exhibition, Tin Sheds USYD.

2024 - Untitled, Open Source, RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne.

2024 - Da3wa, Commissioned by and in collaboration with Magnetic Typographies, Sydney College of Arts

2023 - Seated, Le Salon Collective, University of Technology, Sydney

2022 - Infrastructure of a whaling station, “Matters of Lives” exhibition, Metaforte, Venice.

2019 - The Treaty of Borders and Resonance, University of Technology Sydney.

Awards

D | 2016 - Grimshaw Architects Graduate Project Design Award (B.Arch)

D | 2020 - AIA NSW Architectural Technologies (M.Arch)

F | 2016 - Honours and duties: Chair of ‘Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Fresh NSW’

F | 2021 - Project finalists of the 11th edition Rosa Barba and School Prize, Landscape Biennial Barcelona

F | 2022 - Finalist - MetaForte Exhibition, Venice, Italy.

Publications

2026 - Designer as host: Fostering familiarity, generosity and reciprocity in design practice, Landscape Architecture, Melbourne

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