Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Hameed, Ayesha

Hameed, Ayesha

Artist

Ayesha Hameed explores the heritage of Black diasporas through the figure of the Atlantic Ocean. Her Afrofuturist approach combines performance, sound essays, videos and lectures.

David Hammons is a transformer of materials, whose work focuses on the physical and symbolic qualities of his surroundings in order to allow new meanings and metaphors to coalesce.

Hamou, Joachim

Hamou, Joachim

Artist

Joachim Hamou is an artist making video, performance and installation works focused on social issues.

Hana Makki

Hana Makki

Filmmaker

Hana Makki is a filmmaker of Saudi Arabian, Yemeni and British decent, who grew up in Sana’a, Abu Dhabi and Sheffield, and studied Literature at Goldsmiths College in London.

Hanafi, Amira

Hanafi, Amira

Speaker

Amira Hanafi has worked in diverse capacities in the cultural field for over 15 years as an artist, writer, teacher, curator and arts administrator.

Handal, Nathalie

Handal, Nathalie

Speaker

Poet and writer, Nathalie Handal is a Visiting Associate Professor of Practice in Literature and Creative Writing at NYU Abu Dhabi. Her poetry draws on her experiences of dislocation, home, travel and exile.

Hande, Archana

Hande, Archana

Artist

Archana Hande reflects on the nuances of growing up in the shadow of colonialism in India and the reproduction of power through industrialisation. Raised in Rourkela—an industrialist township in post-independence India—she began to question early how one understands oneself in a postcolonial schema.

Hanru, Hou

Hanru, Hou

Curator, Writer

A prolific writer and curator, Hou Hanru is currently the Artistic Director of MAXXI (National Museum of 21st Century Arts), Rome.

Harb, Hazem

Harb, Hazem

Artist

Working with drawing, painting, graphic design, video and sculpture, Hazem Harb creates installations that highlight issues of war, loss, trauma, human vulnerability and global instability.

Dale Harding works in a wide variety of media to explore the untold histories of his communities.

Harney, Elizabeth

Harney, Elizabeth

Art Historian

Elizabeth Harney’s cross-disciplinary scholarship documents, analyses and publicises the work of artists who have been active in Africa and its diaspora since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Harsha, N.S.

Harsha, N.S.

Artist

The work of N.S. Harsha embraces painting, installation, site-specific and community projects. Communicating narratives of everyday life, his work combines an eclectic range of images and iconography taken from his homeland of India and the wider world beyond.

Harutyunyan, Angela

Harutyunyan, Angela

Writer

Angela Harutyunyan is an art historian and curator. Between 2009 and 2010, she was Assistant Professor and Art Programme Director at the American University in Cairo.

Harvey, John

Harvey, John

Speaker, Artist

John Harvey is a multidisciplinary artist of Torres Strait Island (Saibai Island) and English descent. A writer, director and producer, he works in theatre, visual art and film.

Hasager, Maj

Hasager, Maj

Artist, Denmark

Maj Hasager is a Danish artist currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hasan, Suha

Hasan, Suha

Architect, Researcher

Suha Hasan’s research explores obscure histories, material conditions and environmental impacts connected to the built environment, specifically archaeological and heritage sites.

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