Sharjah Biennial 16

Maha Maamoun is an artist who works primarily with the mediums of text, photography and video.

Zeina Maasri is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Bristol.

José Maceda was a composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist who dedicated his life to the understanding and popularisation of Filipino traditional music.

Christine Macel is the chief curator at the Pompidou Centre, Musée National d’Art Moderne and an art critic.

Ruth Maclennan examines changing relationships between places and their inhabitants in the context of geopolitical and climate upheaval.

Antonio Vega Macotela works in a multidisciplinary, site-specific and research-based art practice.

Robert MacPherson used the rich and colourful culture of his rural childhood to address the environmental, colloquial and distinctive aspects of Australian landscape and language.

A lifelong political activist, Rachida Madani is a poet, novelist and painter.

Through painting and animation, Tala Madani’s work raises pertinent questions and offers a critique of gender and politics that reflects on who and what is represented in art.

MADEYOULOOK is a Johannesburg-based interdisciplinary artist collaborative established by Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho.

Lani Maestro has used a range of media including installation, sound, video, books and text to create work that explores the often complex dualities of human experience and the physical power of the natural world.

Basim Magdy’s practice began with painting and has gradually evolved through experimentation with various mediums.

Nidhi Mahajan is an Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of California in Santa Cruz and also the inaugural Fatima Mernissi Postdoctoral Fellow in Social and Cultural Studies at The Africa Institute in Sharjah.

Sarat Maharaj is Professor of Visual Art and Knowledge Systems at Lund University/Malmö Art Academy, Sweden.

Teboho Mahlatsi has written, produced and directed many projects, including the documentary Ghetto Diaries for the South African educational channel SABC Education TV.