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Not only does Olomi’s art speak to the world, it will also raise funds for this critical mission. Olomi has generously offered several pieces toward this effort, which will be auctioned during the event in a silent auction.

This piece was inspired by the Buddhas of Bamiyan, a worldly historic monument that stood 55 and 38 meters tall before being destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, shattering a world treasure that had previously lived for thousands of years.

Olomi was heartbroken by this act of censorship and destruction, so he recreated the Western Buddha at the Hotel Inter-Continental in Kabul. As he was recreating it, a Taliban sympathizer destroyed it overnight.

Olomi never gave up. He reconstructed it yet again from concrete and strong materials “because it needed to last forever.” It lived for several years until the Taliban took over Afghanistan following the US military departure in 2021. Olomi's concrete recreation of the historic statue was destroyed one more time by the Taliban in August, 2021. They have also destroyed many other pieces of his art across Afghanistan.

This new piece, The Great Buddhas of Afghanistan, depicts the history of the great Buddhas over the last 2000 year. It also features news clippings alongside Olomi's thoughts regarding the destruction of the Buddhas, with a futuristic vision of the Buddhas standing tall yet again.

He has offered this 4’ x 2’ for auction to support Afghan evacuations. In addition to selling the physical piece, we aim to mint an NFT of the artwork on the blockchain so the Taliban can never destroy it again.

Originally painted in 2009, this piece was illustrates Olomi's optimism and hope that Afghanistan was going to be able to stand on its own two feet. The image shows a broken woman who isn't defeated, who is still standing tall and strong.

The 2022 version of this painting portrays a more shattered and broken version of the same woman. The background shows mountains and a massive explosion, and there is a river of blood by her right foot.

The 2009 version was used as the cover for a book entitled "The Sound of Breaking Feet" (translated from Farsi).

This piece was inspired by the National Geographic cover from June 1985: a famous photograph entitled Afghan Girl. Olomi chose to do a realism recreation of her eyes with oil on canvas.

Sharbat Gula's eyes are what really jump out to the viewer of the photo and spoke to the whole world, and drew attention to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.