Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Joreige, Lamia

Joreige, Lamia

Artist, Filmmaker

Visual artist and filmmaker Lamia Joreige uses archival documents and elements of fiction to reflect on the construction of historical narratives and the relationship between individual stories and collective memory.

José Pereira, Fernando

José Pereira, Fernando

Artist

Since the mid 1990s, Fernando José Pereira has used video to explore a range of interests that have recently focused on the remote territories of the extreme North.

Joskowicz, Claudia

Joskowicz, Claudia

Artist

Claudia Joskowicz work has been shown extensively in international exhibitions and biennials.

Jubran, Kamilya

Jubran, Kamilya

Artist

For nearly four decades, Kamilya Jubran has been performing music while, in her words, ‘roaming the in-between spaces and non-commercial milieus of the world’.

Just, Jesper

Just, Jesper

Artist

Jesper Just’s films began as recorded happenings, but over the past decade they have developed into carefully choreographed scenarios that explore cinematic representations.

Hiwa K's referential repository consists of stories told by family members and friends, found situations and everyday forms that are the products of pragmatism and necessity.

Kabakov, Ilya and Emilia

Kabakov, Ilya and Emilia

Artists

Considered among the most significant Russian artist to have emerged in the 20th Century, since 1988 Ilya Kabakov has been working collaboratively with his wife Emila.

Kahraman, Hayv

Kahraman, Hayv

Artist

Hayv Kahraman uses the visual languages of the Italian Renaissance, and the figurative style of traditional Japanese and Islamic art in intricately detailed paintings of women as they carry out the rituals of daily or celebratory life.

Kamarstudios

Kamarstudios

Artist collective

A laboratory for the research and creation of contemporary music located in the heart of Marrakech’s Medina.

Kanwar, Amar

Kanwar, Amar

Artist, Filmmaker

Amar Kanwar's poetic documentaries and video installations examine nationalism, politics, violence and social performance in the Indian subcontinent.

Kanyinda, Balufu Bakupa

Kanyinda, Balufu Bakupa

Artist, Writer

Balufu Bakupa Kanyinda is a writer, journalist, producer and director from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Kapoor, Anish

Kapoor, Anish

Artist

Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation.

Karim Sultan

Karim Sultan

Curator and Artist

Karim Sultan is a curator and artist whose works act as a kind of travelogue, both physical and metaphorical.

Kasahara, Miki

Kasahara, Miki

Artist

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

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.

Kazem, Mohammed

Kazem, Mohammed

Artist

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

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