Sharjah Biennial 16

A pioneer of conceptual art and experimental practice in the Middle East, Hassan Sharif explored form, time, social action and mathematical systems throughout his career.

Wissam Shawkat is a calligrapher born in Al Basra, Iraq

In photographs, installations, videos and performances, Wael Shawky mines traditions of entertainment and performance through multilayered historical reconstructions that force viewers to navigate the territory of truth, myth, stereotype and cliché.

An innovative and free-minded drummer, Kevin Shea has always imbued his playing with a unique sense of humour and flexibility.

In his paintings, prints and etchings, Anwar Jalal Shemza explored modernism from both Islamic and Western perspectives.

Dr Tina Sherwell is the Director of The International Academy of Art Palestine, a post she has held since 2007.

Composer and musician Keiichiro Shibuya has created musical works for live performances, films and sound installations and established the music label ATAK.

Shimabuku's work seeks to make the familiar strange and is often inspired by personal anecdotes, collective experiences or humorous discoveries made on his travels.

As they formulate their designs, Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo make careful observations of the daily activities planned for a site and the existing context.

The work of Taro Shinoda often explores humans’ relationship to nature, science and engineering.

Architect, educator and writer Kazuo Shinohara formed what is now widely known as the Shinohara School.

Sadia Shirazi is a writer, art historian, architect and independent curator whose research focuses on transregional histories of modernism and contemporary art across South Asia, the Middle East and their diasporas.

Kamran Shirdel is an influential figure of Iran’s new cinema and documentary school of filmmaking.

Keith Shiri is founder and director of Africa at the Pictures, the London African Film Festival and the Africa Media Centre University of Westminster, London.