Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Sahib, Prem

Sahib, Prem

Artist

Exploring formalism, gender identity through the autobiographical, Prem Sahib's abstract sculptures, installations and paintings are minimalist, with an affinity for simple geometry.

Said, Mustafa

Said, Mustafa

Artist, Speaker

Mustafa Said is a composer, musicologist and virtuoso oud player.

Sakaguchi, Kyohei

Sakaguchi, Kyohei

Artist, Architect

Kyohei Sakaguchi is an artist and architect, who works with used and discarded materials to create mobile structures.

Sakamoto, Ryuichi

Sakamoto, Ryuichi

Artist

Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s diverse résumé includes pioneering electronic works, as well as globally inspired rock and classical scores, including an opera.

Sakiya

Sakiya

Sakiya is a progressive academy, a field for experimental knowledge production and sharing in Ramallah, Palestine.

Salam, Shazia

Salam, Shazia

Artist

Shazia Salam is an interdisciplinary artist. Situated in environments of work and play, her practice borrows from their rituals to examine constructs of being within capitalist systems.

Salcedo, Doris

Salcedo, Doris

Artist

Known for her sociopolitical sculptural work, Doris Salcedo’s multidisciplinary practice centres around themes of memory, loss and violence as experienced by the exiled and traumatised. Often incorporating everyday items such as clothing and furniture, her works recreate the ineffable emptiness that a loved one’s disappearance creates.

Salim, Abdulraheem

Salim, Abdulraheem

Artist, Sculptor

Abdulraheem Salim's paintings and sculptures reflect a fascination with both figurative and abstract forms and depict his longstanding engagement with Emirati culture and the history of the Arabian Gulf.

Salina, Tita

Salina, Tita

Artist

Together with partner Irwan Ahmett, Tita Salina has created self-initiated art projects that focus on urban issues, especially those that concern public space.

Samaha, Roy

Samaha, Roy

Artist, Filmmaker

Interested in how technology affects perception, filmmaker and artist Roy Samaha explores the non-linear relationships between images, memory and history.

SANAA

SANAA

Artist Collective

In 1995, Sejima and Nishizawa founded SANAA an Architectural Practice.

Sander, Karin

Sander, Karin

Artist

Karin Sander’s practice draws attention to the complex relationships between artworks, institutions and audiences through the innovative use of installation, sculpture, photography, new technologies and other media.

Sansour, Larissa

Sansour, Larissa

Artist

Working mainly in film, Larissa Sansour also produces installations, photos and sculptures.

Santanilla, Mario

Santanilla, Mario

Artist

Mario Santanilla’s practice moves across mediums, rummaging through different layers of space while questioning the conventions of photography, video, sound and installation.

Sappenfield, Ann

Sappenfield, Ann

Artist

Ann Sappenfield is a designer and illustrator based in New York City.

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