Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

For Minam Apang, drawing is a way of renewing relationships with her surroundings as well as a method of mining memory and the fluid space of imagination.

Aquilizan, Alfredo and Isabel

Aquilizan, Alfredo and Isabel

Artists

Alfredo Juan and Isabel Aquilizan's projects are informed by their home life as well as their experience as Filipino immigrants to Australia.

Arab, Leila

Arab, Leila

Artist

Leila Arab is a London-based record producer and DJ.

Arabindan-Kesson, Anna

Arabindan-Kesson, Anna

Speaker, Art historian, Writer

Anna Arabindan-Kesson is an Associate Professor of African American and Black Diasporic Art with a joint appointment in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University

Araeen, Rasheed

Araeen, Rasheed

Artist

Known for his formal geometric sculptures made from simple materials, Rasheed Araeen is widely considered to be an early pioneer of minimalism.

Araujo, Juan

Araujo, Juan

Artist

Using the traditional medium of oil on wood, Araujo creates works associated with the history of painting, photography, publications, catalogues, magazines, postcards and posters.

Aravena Abughosh, Claudia

Aravena Abughosh, Claudia

Artist

In her work, Claudia Aravena Abughosh often deals with questions of identity, displacements and memory through a unique perspective.

Arcangel, Cory

Arcangel, Cory

Artist

Cory Arcangel employs a wide range of mediums to explore how video games and software can rapidly formulate new communities and traditions.

Arias & Aragón

Arias & Aragón

Artist Collective

The aesthetic of Arias & Aragón’s work in the late 1980s and 1990s responded to their interest in the absurd and generating visual poetry.

Arikan, Burak

Arikan, Burak

Artist

Burak Arikan uses social, economic and political issues as inputs to generate network maps, rendering power dynamics visible and discussable.

Arni, Sophie Mayuko

Arni, Sophie Mayuko

Curator

Sophie Mayuko Arni believes in breaking the geographical boundaries of contemporary art as well as expanding the art world to include design, fashion and street culture.

Arondekar, Anjali

Arondekar, Anjali

Speaker

Anjali Arondekar is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and founding Co-Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Arsanios, Marwa

Arsanios, Marwa

Artist

Marwa Arsanios is an artist, filmmaker and researcher who reconsiders the Middle Eastern politics of the mid-twentieth century from a contemporary perspective.

Mining the depths of the unconscious mind, Yüksel Arslan’s work connects critical thought and spirituality, existing between mythology, science and the visual arts.

Arthur Liou, Jawshing

Arthur Liou, Jawshing

Artist

Jawshing Arthur Liou creates video installations that employ digital technology to transform representation and reality.

Asaminew, Matthew

Asaminew, Matthew

Software Engineer

Matthew Asaminew is a Toronto-based software engineer with diverse interests rooted in music, chemical engineering and coding.

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