Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Karkhana

Karkhana

Karkhana’s lineup features artists from Beirut, Cairo and Istanbul whose individual projects echo a shared interest in sonic exploration.

Karroum, Abdellah

Karroum, Abdellah

Speaker

Abdellah Karroum is the Director of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha.

Kasahara, Miki

Kasahara, Miki

Artist

Miki Kasahara is inspired by daily life and the incongruities of contemporary society.

Kashani, Maryam

Kashani, Maryam

Filmmaker

Maryam Kashani’s research and work explore the possibilities of visual perception, cinematic narrative and representation.

Maryam Kashani’s research and work explore the possibilities of visual perception, cinematic narrative and representation.

Kassar, Kamal

Kassar, Kamal

Speaker

Kamal Kassar is the founder of AMAR Foundation focused on the archiving and research in Arab music.

Kassem, May

Kassem, May

Artist, Film maker

May Kassem’s journey began with experimental filmmaking using 16mm film and has developed to documentaries, fiction and animated films.

Kasten, Barbara

Kasten, Barbara

Artist

Barbara Kasten experiments with ways to integrate photography with other disciplines such as painting or sculpture.

Kaul, Shambhavi

Kaul, Shambhavi

Filmmaker

Whether working with found footage or her own images, Shambhavi Kaul explores the cinematic construction of place, and inevitably, that of human identity.

Kaya,Işık

Kaya,Işık

Photographer

In her series ‘Second Nature’, Işık Kaya explores artefacts of the digital age that have become a part of the Southern California landscape.

Kazem, Mohammed

Kazem, Mohammed

Artist

Mohammed Kazem’s practice is characterised by the use of reductive elements in repeating formats.

Alexandre Kazerouni is a professor and researcher in political science who specialises in contemporary aspects of the Muslim world and its cultural objects.

Kazim, Butheina

Kazim, Butheina

Writer, Filmmake

Butheina Kazim is the co-founder of Cinema Akil, an independent cinema platform in Dubai.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Speaker

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a scholar of racial inequality in public policy making and the various ways that Black communities have challenged or resisted these constraints.

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