Sharjah Biennial 16

Marieke van Hal is an art historian and the Founding Director and President of the Biennial Foundation.

Amira Hanafi has worked in diverse capacities in the cultural field for over 15 years as an artist, writer, teacher, curator and arts administrator.

Poet and writer, Nathalie Handal is a Visiting Associate Professor of Practice in Literature and Creative Writing at NYU Abu Dhabi. Her poetry draws on her experiences of dislocation, home, travel and exile.

Elizabeth Harney’s cross-disciplinary scholarship documents, analyses and publicises the work of artists who have been active in Africa and its diaspora since the beginning of the twentieth century.

John Harvey is a multidisciplinary artist of Torres Strait Island (Saibai Island) and English descent. A writer, director and producer, he works in theatre, visual art and film.

Suha Hasan’s research explores obscure histories, material conditions and environmental impacts connected to the built environment, specifically archaeological and heritage sites.

Brent Hayes Edwards is the Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Alanna Heiss is the Director of ArtonAir.org and the Clocktower Gallery and is a leader of the early 1970s alternative spaces movement in New York City.

Charles Heller is a filmmaker and researcher whose work has a long-standing focus on the politics of migration and aesthetic practice within and at the borders of Europe.

In her role as Industry Inclusion Executive at British Film Institute (BFI), Melanie Hoyes advocates for increased access and equity in the UK film sector.

Louise Hui-Juan Hsu works in the field of contemporary art and earned a Master degree in Art History from the Free University, Berlin.