Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial

Ernesto Neto draws inspiration from the biomorphic and modernist abstraction of Alexander Calder and Constantin Brancusi.

Erkka Nissinen studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and the Academy of Fine Art in Helsinki.

Ohanian’s artworks can be understood as physical and conceptual territories that focus on the concept of time.

Noma Omran established a historical precedent when she became the first woman in the world hosted at the Zen ritual at the Daitoku-Ji Temple in Japan.

Liliana Porter uses a whimsical collection of toys and figurines of animals and people to populate work that, with wit and a wry sense of humour, offers a metaphor of the human condition.

Imran Qureshi is teaching miniature painting at the National College of Lahore and has become one of the leading figures in developing the 'Contemporary Miniatur' aesthetic.

Walid Raad works with mixed media installation, performance, video, photography and text to create a substantial body of work the offers multi-layered narratives on the contemporary history of Lebanon.

Khalil Rabah is best known for rewriting and inventing history. Emerging from his deep involvement and background in architecture, his works aim to provide an alternative vision that challenges public perceptions and expectations.

Omar Rajeh is a choreographer, dancer and artistic director of Maqamat Dance Theatre which he founded in 2002.

The early work of artist and writer Walid Sadek investigated the violent legacies of the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) as partially and inadequately seen and experienced by a young Christian-born Lebanese.

Ann Sappenfield is a designer and illustrator based in New York City.

Hrair Sarkissian’s photographs reflect on personal memories, using subjectivity as a way to navigate stories that official histories are unable to tell. Using traditional documentary techniques in large-scale works, he engages the viewer in a profound consideration of what lies behind the surface of the images, thereby re-evaluating larger historical or social narratives.

Matt Saunders merges photography, painting and rotoscope animation to create uniquely processed and multilayered works that evoke cinematic iconography and celluloid history.

Master calligrapher, Samir Sayegh takes Arabic letters beyond the formal aesthetic of Arabic calligraphy.

Musician and composer Sam Shalabi is a central node in Montreal’s free improvisation scene and is well-known as the founding member of the Shalabi Effect, Nutsak and Hawaga.