Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Bassene, Kemi

Bassene, Kemi

Speaker

Kemi Bassene is a photographer, musicologist and cultural critic who explores fragments of African cultures to identify intersections with cultures outside Africa and ways Africans are viewed internationally.

Berbic, Isak

Berbic, Isak

Speaker

Isak Berbic is a photography, video and performance artist.

Bilkhair, Aisha

Bilkhair, Aisha

Aisha Bilkhair is a Research Advisor at the National Library and Archives, UAE.

Bilong, Nadine

Bilong, Nadine

Speaker

Nadine Bilong is a curator and arts professional who focuses on performance art.

Yarimar Bonilla is a political anthropologist, professor and writer specialising in questions around sovereignty, citizenship and race across the Americas.

Boulbina, Seloua Luste

Boulbina, Seloua Luste

Speaker

Seloua Luste Boulbina is a philosopher and theorist of decolonisation who is interested in the political, intellectual and artistic dimensions of colonialism and postcolonialism.

Broderick, Peter

Broderick, Peter

Film Distributer

Peter Broderick spearheads the distribution of exceptional independent films and consults with filmmakers around the world. As President of Paradigm Consulting, he helps filmmakers and media companies maximize maximise distribution, audiences, and revenues.

Caycedo, Carolina

Caycedo, Carolina

Artist

Carolina Caycedo is a multidisciplinary artist known for her performances, videos, artist’s books, sculptures and installations that examine environmental and social issues. Her work contributes to the construction of environmental historical memory, as a fundamental element for non-repetition of violence against human and non-human entities.

Chambers, Eddie

Chambers, Eddie

Artist, Speaker, Professor

Eddie Chambers is a Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin (2016–ongoing). His work centres primarily on African American art and African Diaspora art history.

Chong, Doryun

Chong, Doryun

Curator and speaker

Doryun Chong is Chief Curator of M+, a museum for visual culture scheduled to open in 2017 in Hong Kong

Christian Oxenius

Christian Oxenius

Curator, Writer

Christian Oxenius is an independent curator, writer and researcher.

Crawford, Margo

Crawford, Margo

Professor

Crossing boundaries between African-American literature, visual art and cultural movements, Margo Natalie Crawford’s scholarship opens new ways of understanding Black radical imaginations.

Davis, Muriam

Davis, Muriam

Speaker

Muriam Haleh Davis is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR)

Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR)

Architects, Artists, Writers

Through their work as co-directors of DAAR, architects Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti combine conceptual speculations and architectural interventions to subvert, reuse, profane and recycle the existing infrastructure of colonial occupation.

Dewachi, Hydar

Dewachi, Hydar

Speaker

Hydar Dewachi is London-based artist, photographer and freelance IT engineer.

Dezember, Michelle

Dezember, Michelle

speaker

Michelle Dezember is the Head of Education at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar.

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