Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Stéphanie Saadé’s sculptures and installations, produced from materials such as plants, fabric, wood, brass and gold, explore past moments, memories and estrangement through the use of pre-existing shapes.

Saadeh, Raeda

Saadeh, Raeda

Artist

Raeda Sa’adeh’s work is mainly rooted in photography, performance and video, and the artist uses her own body as the core subject of most of her work.

Sabsabi, Khaled

Sabsabi, Khaled

Artist

Sabsabi specialises in multimedia and site-specific installations, often involving people on the margins of society.

Sadek, Walid

Sadek, Walid

Artist

The early work of artist and writer Walid Sadek investigated the violent legacies of the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) as partially and inadequately seen and experienced by a young Christian-born Lebanese.

Saeed, Reem

Saeed, Reem

Artist

Reem Saeed is a UAE national with a passion for photography.

Safadi, Mahmoud

Safadi, Mahmoud

Artist, Filmmaker

Multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Mahmoud Safadi examines notions of urbanism and its intersection with the natural world.

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.

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