Sharjah Biennial 16

Painter Ahmed Sharif explores memory through the simple shapes and muted colour palette that characterise his compositions.

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.

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.

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

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

Suha Shoman’s painting and video installations explore issues of identity and memory through the filter of personal and collective experiences.

Shahzia Sikander’s practice creates an interpretive and critical dialogue with the history and provenance of Indo-Persian miniature painting.

Reflecting his interest in sports and drawing, Gary Simmons’ work often refers to the intersection of pop culture, race and class.

Nida Sinnokrot is an artist whose work explores how various forms of power and bias are embedded in dominant narrative structures of time and space.

Chai Siri’s videos and photography deal with the reconstruction of personal and social histories.