Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Nazer, Filwa

Nazer, Filwa

Artist

Ranging from digital print to collage, textile and photography, Filwa Nazer’s work centres around questions of emotional identity in relation to spatial and social contexts.

Ne Jame, Adele

Ne Jame, Adele

Poet

In the 9th Sharjah Biennial, selections of poetry by Adele NeJame were exhibited alongside paintings of Hawaiian flowers by her daughter, the artist Melissa Chimera.

Neto, Alcino Leite

Neto, Alcino Leite

Writer

Alcino Leite Neto is a Brazilian journalist and critic and the editor and publisher of Três Estrelas, an imprint of Empresa Folha da Manhã dedicated to non-fiction books.

Neto, Ernesto

Neto, Ernesto

Artist

Ernesto Neto draws inspiration from the biomorphic and modernist abstraction of Alexander Calder and Constantin Brancusi.

New Orleans Airlift

New Orleans Airlift

Artists

Established in 2008, New Orleans Airlift is an artist-driven non-profit that not only creates but also funds and produces most of its own work.

New Visions

New Visions

Artist Collective

In forming New Visions, artists Sliman Mansour, Vera Tamari, Nabil Anani and Tayseer Barakat sought to address a more avant-garde outlook on how art can serve the national struggle, without compromising each artist’s individual expressive style.

Ngaire Blankenberg

Ngaire Blankenberg

Art Professional

Ngaire Blankenberg is the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art (2021–present).

Ngcobo, Gabi

Ngcobo, Gabi

Speaker, artist

Gabi Ngcobo is an artist and curator.

Nguyen Corey, Pamela

Nguyen Corey, Pamela

Art Historian, Educator

Pamela Nguyen Corey researches and teaches modern and contemporary art history, focusing on Southeast Asia within broader transnational Asian and global contexts.

Nguyễn, Tuấn Andrew

Nguyễn, Tuấn Andrew

Artist, Filmmaker

Encompassing video, sculpture and installation, Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn’s work explores strategies of political resistance.

Niang, Amy

Niang, Amy

Speaker

Amy Niang is Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute, Sharjah. Her research interests are broadly centred around the history of state formation and sovereignty, Africa’s international relations and the history of geopolitics.

Niazi, Sofia

Niazi, Sofia

Artist

Sofia Niazi is an artist based between London and the West Midlands.

Nicolai, Carsten

Nicolai, Carsten

Artist, Performance

In his work Carsten Nicolai seeks to overcome the separation of art forms and genres for an integrated artistic approach.

Nika Oblak & Primõz Novak

Nika Oblak & Primõz Novak

Artist

Contemporary art is nothing but a business - we take it as a joke. - Nika Oblak & Primõz Novak

Nissinen, Erkka

Nissinen, Erkka

Artist

Erkka Nissinen studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and the Academy of Fine Art in Helsinki.

Nkanga, Otobong

Nkanga, Otobong

Artist

Otobong Nkanga works across a broad spectrum of mediums in order to explore ideas surrounding land and natural resources.

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