Sharjah Biennial 16

Politcs, power relationships, sexuality and communication are often the focus of the work of Agnes Janich.

Ann Veronica Janssens’s experimental work emphasises in-situ installations and the use of very simple or intangible materials, such as light, sound or artificial fog.

Activist, painter, printmaker, curator and writer Gavin Jantjes was born in Cape Town, South Africa, just as the apartheid regime was beginning its ascent.

Samer Jaradat is a musician and entrepreneur with experience in cultural music management and business leadership.

Danda Jaroljmek holds a BA in Public Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London and works from Kuona Trust, Centre for Visual Arts, Kenya.

Khaled Jarrar works in photography, video and performance.

Informed by travel and nature as well as UAE culture and tradition, Salem Jawhar creates vividly coloured ceramic works that reflect his multi-faceted engagement with his surroundings.

Wang Jianwei is known for his conceptually complex, multifaceted explorations of the paradoxical presence of history in contemporary China.

Lu Jie is an artist, curator and the Founder and Director of the Long March Project, which was founded in 1999 and is an ongoing art project that links Chinese and international artists.

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

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige question the fabrication of images and representations, the construction of imaginaries and the writing of history.