People

Shinichiro Ogata is a designer and restaurateur who heads up his own small design company called Simplicity.

Kyohei Sakaguchi is an artist and architect, who works with used and discarded materials to create mobile structures.

The painting and sculpture of Abdulraheem Salim reflect a fascination with both figurative and abstract forms and depict the artist’s longstanding engagement with Emirati culture and the history of the Arabian Gulf.

Mark Teh is a director, curator and researcher whose diverse projects are engaged with issues of history, memory and urban contexts.

Abdulrahman Zainal expresses his ethical and political vision in his work, aiming not to depict his subject matter realistically but rather to portray its narrative context.