Sharjah Biennial 16

Is a writer, curator and co-founder of Beirut, a space of art in Cairo that thinks about institution building as a curatorial act.

Uzma Rizvi is an anthropological archaeologist and cultural archaeologist who specializes in the third millennium BCE, creative placemaking and critical heritage studies.

Rana Sadik is a board member of the Welfare Association and a board member of Ashkal Alwan, Beirut.

Mustafa Said is a composer, musicologist and virtuoso oud player.

Originally from Morocco, refugee rights activist and Social and Health Assistant, Nabila Saidi has called Denmark home for more than 20 years.

AbdouMaliq Simone’s research is focused on the explorations of (non)human life in an era of extensive urbanisation, as well as the infrastructures and politics of urban popular economies across different geographies.

Terry Smith is Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Sydney, and Andrew W. Mellon Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Pittsburgh.

Simon Sien Yong Soon is Senior Lecturer in art history at the Visual Art Studies Program, Faculty of Creative Arts at Universiti Malaya.

Professor Ibrahima Sow is a philosopher, researcher and writer interested in the role the imaginary and maraboutage [sorcery and magic practices] in Senegalese life.

Ruth Ann Stewart is a Clinical Professor of Public Policy and joined the Wagner School faculty in September 2003 with a specialisation in cultural policy and the role of the arts in urban revitalisation.

Hito Steyerl is a prolific artist, filmmaker and writer, working at the intersection of art, philosophy and politics. She investigates how sounds and images are transmitted and understood within a politicised global context.

Adeela Suleman is the Coordinator of Vasl Artists’ Collective, Pakistan and a visual artist, working primarily in sculpture.

Surabhi Sharma is an independent filmmaker with films that have been screened and awarded at various international film festivals. Sharma has produced and directed more than 10 feature length films.

Adam Sutherland has served as the Director of Grizedale Arts since March 1999.

Martine Syms uses video and performance to examine representations of blackness and its relationship to American situation comedy, black vernacular, feminist movements and radical traditions.