Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

El Rashidi, Yasmine

El Rashidi, Yasmine

Writer

Writer Yasmine El Rashidi is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and a contributing editor of the Middle East arts journal Bidoun.

El Rayess, Aref

El Rayess, Aref

Artist

Practicing in several media, including tapestry, sculpture and painting, Aref El Rayess developed an interest in abstraction. He was also influenced by his travels across West Africa, which inspired him to incorporate folkloric and mystic motifs into his work.

El Tahri, Jihan

El Tahri, Jihan

Artist, Director, Writer

Jihan El Tahri is a multi-award-winning film director, writer, visual artist and producer.

El Wardany, Haytham

El Wardany, Haytham

Writer

Haytham el-Wardany's third collection of short stories is currently in print with Merit Publishing House, Cairo.

Spanning disciplines and languages, Tarek El-Ariss’ research interests include contemporary Arabic culture, literature and art; new media and cyber culture; and digital humanities.

El-Sayegh, Mandy

El-Sayegh, Mandy

Artist

Mandy El-Sayegh's research-based practice stems from an interrogation of the part-to-whole relation in the fields of science and philosophy.

Elazar, Maha

Elazar, Maha

Founding Director, Awladouna Center for People with Disabilities

Eleey, Peter

Eleey, Peter

Curator

Peter Eleey is the Curator of MoMA PS1 in New York, where he most recently organised survey exhibitions of the paintings of Henry Taylor and the films of George Kuchar.

Ahmed Elghoneimy’s work as a filmmaker revolves around interpersonal tensions between various archetypal protagonists, such as sons and fathers, victims and perpetrators, bullies and friends, ideologies and those who act on them.

Eliasson, Olafur

Eliasson, Olafur

Artist

Since the 1990s, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has continually pursued ideas of sharing and sensing, moving through and co-producing space.

Elkoury, Fouad

Elkoury, Fouad

Artist and speaker

Fouad Elkoury is a photographer and a video artist.

Elkoussy, Hala

Elkoussy, Hala

Artist

Hala Elkoussy’s work explores the history and culture of Egypt, with a particular focus on her native Cairo.

Ellaban, Ehab

Ellaban, Ehab

Curator, Artist

Ehab Ellaban is a curator, cultural operator and sculptor whose creative practice includes contemporary sculpture often conceptualised for public open space commissions.

Ellen Kelly, Erin

Ellen Kelly, Erin

Choreographer and dancer

Dancer, performer and choreographer, Erin Ellen Kelly uses techniques from Butoh, qigong, gymnastics, farming, cabaret dancing, and performance action-theatre to create performance installation pieces that comment on the human condition and its relationship to environment and society.

Elvira Dyangani Ose

Elvira Dyangani Ose

Curator

Curator Elvira Dyangani Ose is the director of Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).

Emil Abboud, Jumana

Emil Abboud, Jumana

Artist

Jumana Emil Abboud’s practice is grounded in the Palestinian cultural landscape.

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