About

Dima Karout offering an art talk at Tate Modern. Part of Counterpoints programme Who Are We? Photo by Arteh Odjidja Photography.

Dima Karout is a senior arts professional with over 15 years of experience in creating and managing art projects, and designing and delivering public and engagement programmes. She specialises in socially engaged art, cultural heritage, placemaking, innovative learning and creative health.

 

Working with leading museums, libraries, universities, culture and heritage organisations, local authorities, and inspiring art practitioners, she has led impactful partnerships and collaborations that foster community building, knowledge sharing and positive social change. Notable projects include:

  • Working across art and policy with the London Borough of Culture and local authority to shape a new vision for Sanctuary. Engaging over 20 local organisations and 100 individuals—artists, cultural leaders, and residents—to create a borough-wide inclusive programme, and a strategic partnership with local libraries and the Horniman Museum, where she co-produced Internal Landscapes, a book publication and a collective exhibition that welcomed over 10,000 visitors.
  • Joining forces with Groundwork, Counterpoints and Play for Progress teams to design and co-deliver ESOL+ Art and Creative Health programmes to people experiencing the asylum process.
  • Designing the Migration Museum’s first residency for migrant artists, and its one-year engagement programme, culminating in the group exhibition Borderless.

 

Dima is known for her solution oriented mind and compassionate leadership, championing creative connections in the work place, cultural rights, inclusion, and lifelong learning. Her international experience across Damascus, Paris, Montréal, and London has equipped her with a global mindset, multilingual communication skills, and a deep understanding of cross-cultural collaboration.

 

She holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art from Paris VIII University and Creative Writing from Concordia University in Montreal, and continues to integrate practice-based research into her work, ensuring long-term impact and sustainability in the arts, culture, education and humanitarian sectors.