Sharjah Biennial 16

Asim Altokhais is a film producer, screenwriter, novelist, and co-founder and general manager of 3rd action, Inc.

Carsten Nicolai seeks to overcome the separation of art forms and genres to create an integrated artistic approach.

Fernanda Alvarado is a self-taught urban and documentary photographer. A member of the La Revuelta collective, she collaborates on the Voces del Centro project and has been an English teacher for eight years.

Susana Alvarado is a cultural producer with the La Revuelta collective.

Mckie Alvarez is a musician, songwriter, dub-reggae producer, sound designer and DJ.

Maria Thereza Alves’ work ranges from written texts and drawings to photographs, videos, mixed media installations and performances.

Spanning drawing, writing, sculpture, video, multimedia and performance, Doa Aly's work explores themes of love, death, madness and alienation.

Francis Alÿs explores issues ranging from political structures and transnational boundaries to questions of how the individual makes sense of social representations and cultural mythologies.

A filmmaker and artist, Amar Kanwar centres the politics of power, sovereignty and justice in his practice.

Awam Amkpa is Dean of Arts and Humanities, NYUAD and Global Network Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU New York.

Carlos Amorales’s work spans performance, drawing, digital animation and installation. He has collaborated with graphic designers, communication specialists and musicians.

Poet, essayist and photographer Pierre Amrouche is a specialist in African art and tribal arts as well as an expert in public art sales. Member of a Berber family from Kabylia, he is also very involved in Kabyle culture.

Nabil Anani is a pivotal figure in the contemporary Palestinian art movement. His practice encompasses painting, ceramics and sculpture, where he pioneered the use of local materials.

Yazid Anani is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and the Master Program in Urban Planning and Landscape-Birzeit University, Palestine.

Brooklyn-based Ayreen Anastas uses text, film, video, audio and the internet to create work that focuses on legal and discursive shifts around differing notions of security and the subsequent effects on everyday life.