People

Pianist Tarek Yamani has dedicated himself to exploring relationships between African American jazz and classical Arabic music.

She received her BFA in 1994 from Seoul National University in Korea and her MFA from Städelschule in Germany in 1999.

Jun Yang addresses the architectural, historical and political structures of public and private spaces through the personal narratives of people inhabiting these spaces.

Filmmaker Rami Yasin focuses on developing, directing and producing independent Arab cinema.

Raed Yassin graduated from the theater department in the Lebanese university, Beirut

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye uses traditional formal considerations of painting such as line, colour and scale juxtaposed with contemporary painting techniques and subjects.

Painting, drawing, engraving, graffiti, photography, video and installation intermesh to create a discourse which contains as much criticism and disruptive power as it does a sort of velvet violence or if you will, an aesthetic violence. Isabel Carlos

Tatsuya Yoshida began playing professionally in the early 1980s, and in 1985 he formed his hardcore punk/Zeuhl-influenced band, Ruins.

Yoshimi is an original member of the radical Japanese experimental music group Boredoms.

Bae Young-whan’s artistic practice includes sculpture, painting, drawing and photography, as well as public projects that extend beyond the boundaries of the art world.

As artist, researcher and curator, Ala Younis’ multifaceted practice has explored the formation of the modern Arab world and the potential for renewed thought and action the era continues to inspire.


The sculptures and installations of Mohamed Yousif are distillations of his engagement with and contemplation of the natural environment.

Bassem Yousri is a visual artist and independent filmmaker.

A self-taught artist, Hisham Youssef uses his experience in furniture making and building restoration to create mostly wooden sculptures, ranging in size from two inches to sixty feet.