Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Sedira, Zineb

Sedira, Zineb

Artist and Founder, aria

In video, photography, sculpture and installation, Zineb Sedira explores notions of gender, language, national identity and modernity.

Seeds Collective

Seeds Collective

Seeds Collective is an informal community library which houses intersectional feminist texts, along with community-affirming screenings and workshops.

Lindsay Seers’ artistic practice goes beyond simple storytelling to become a network in which conceptual investigation, a desire for photography to act as evidence, historical and personal contexts, and the camera itself merge.

Seifee, Sina

Seifee, Sina

Artist

Sina Seifee researches as an artist in the fields of narrative, performance and knowledge production.

Sejima, Kazuyo

Sejima, Kazuyo

Architect

With a penchant for glass, aluminium, metal mesh and sculptural surfaces, Kazuyo Sejima has an architectural style defined by the soft division of space and clean lines.

Sekhukhuni, Bogosi

Sekhukhuni, Bogosi

Artist

Conceptual artist Bogosi Sekhukhuni works from research to explore cultures and histories of technology.  

Selmani, Massinissa

Selmani, Massinissa

Artist

Massinissa Selmani’s work often presents montages of drawings and images or short animations in which he mingles humour, irony and a sense of revolt.

Sen, Mithu

Sen, Mithu

Artist

Mithu Sen’s conceptual art practice is born of a desire to subvert hierarchical social codes pertaining to myths of the market, sexuality, language and marginalisation.

Sengupta, Shuddhabrata

Sengupta, Shuddhabrata

Artist and curator

Shuddhabrata Sengupta is an artist and curator who has been working with the Raqs Media Collective since co- founding it in 1992.

Sepahvand, Ashkan

Sepahvand, Ashkan

Writer

The practice of writer and artistic researcher Ashkan Sepahvand traces associations from within the histories of the body and the sensory as well as imagination, celebration, transformation and futurity.

Nada Shabout’s research and teaching address contemporary visual practices and problems of representation from a global perspective, with emphasis on questions of methodology and in relation to the cultural politics of the Middle East.

Setareh Shahbazi is best known for her drawings and installations, which are based primarily on found visual material she has digitally manipulated.

Shalabi, Sam

Shalabi, Sam

Artist

Musician and composer Sam Shalabi is a central node in Montreal’s free improvisation scene and is well-known as the founding member of the Shalabi Effect, Nutsak and Hawaga.

Shanaathanan, T.

Shanaathanan, T.

Artist

Visual artist T. Shanaathanan’s work explores the meaning of home in the context of displacement and migration.

Shaobin, Yang

Shaobin, Yang

Artist

Born to a family of coal miners, Yang Shaobin is highly concerned with the state of the industry in China.

Sharif, Abdul-Raheem

Sharif, Abdul-Raheem

Artist

Abdul-Raheem Sharif founded the Flying House (2007), a non-profit platform which promotes Emirati artists.

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