Khaled Barakeh is a Berlin-based conceptual artist, cultural activist, and founder of coculture. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus, Syria, in 2005, completed his MFA in 2010 at Funen Art Academy in Odense, Denmark, and a Meisterschüler study in 2013 at the Städelschule Art Academy in Frankfurt, Germany. Baraka's work has been presented in many venues, museums and international festivals around the world.