Sharjah Biennial 16

Working in a wide range of mediums, Kemang Wa Lehulere reflects on the historical narratives of native South Africans and the aftermath of apartheid.

Hajra Waheed’s multidisciplinary practice ranges from interactive installations to collage, video, sound and sculpture.

Sharif Waked’s work, reflects on power, politics and the everyday, often creating junctions between particular moments in the present and cultural references from the past.

Aleksandra Waliszewska is an artist, whose primary medium is painting.

Andrea Wallace examines the impact of digital technologies on the preservation, interpretation and dissemination of cultural heritage as well as the obstacles and opportunities presented by the digital realm.

Intentionally leaving the meaning of his work open, Nari Ward re-contextualises found objects in thought-provoking juxtapositions that create complex, metaphorical meanings to confront social and political issues.

In his photography and videos, Munem Wasif investigates conceptions of ‘documents’ and ‘archives’ and their corresponding influence on politically and geographically complex issues.

Maya Watanabe is known for her multi-channel video installations in which the unspeakable becomes present, not by being voiced, but by its effect being made tangible.

Amelie Wedel is a Berlin-based curator and researcher.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul's lyrical and mysterious non-linear works deal with memory and subtly address social issues.

Karine Wehbé's work constitutes intimate and public chronicles, drawing on childhood and adolescent experiences, cinematographic and musical influences, architecture and urbanism, various histories and the mechanisms of memory and nostalgia.

Liu Wei gives shape to the world around us, offering an acute visual commentary on underlying ideologies.

Weiner regularly participates in public and private projects and exhibitions in ‘both the new and old world’