Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Yacoub, Paola

Yacoub, Paola

Artist

Paola Yacoub documents the historical, political, aesthetic and emotional implications of the use of space through photographs, videos, sound recordings, maps, texts and installations.

Yang, Haegue

Yang, Haegue

Artist

Haegue Yang employs ready-made objects such as fans, clothing racks and building materials, to create works that depict a unique play on human experience through temporality and spatialisation.

Yang, Jun

Yang, Jun

Artist

Jun Yang addresses the architectural, historical and political structures of public and private spaces through the personal narratives of people inhabiting these spaces.

Yassin, Raed

Yassin, Raed

Artist

Raed Yassin is a video, sound and visual artist and musician whose strongly conceptual work uses image, music and text to explore myriad themes.

Yiadom-Boakye, Lynette

Yiadom-Boakye, Lynette

Artist

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s oil paintings focus on fictional figures that exist outside of specific times and places.

Yonamine

Yonamine

Artist

Painting, drawing, engraving, graffiti, photography, video and installation intermesh to create a discourse which contains as much criticism and disruptive power as it does a sort of velvet violence or if you will, an aesthetic violence. Isabel Carlos

Yoshida, Tatsuya

Yoshida, Tatsuya

Artist

Tatsuya Yoshida began playing professionally in the early 1980s, and in 1985 he formed his hardcore punk/Zeuhl-influenced band, Ruins.

Yoshimi

Yoshimi

Artist

Yoshimi is an original member of the radical Japanese experimental music group Boredoms.

Young-Whan, Bae

Young-Whan, Bae

Artist

Bae Young-whan’s artistic practice includes sculpture, painting, drawing and photography, as well as public projects that extend beyond the boundaries of the art world.

Yousif, Mohamed

Yousif, Mohamed

Artist

The sculptures and installations of Mohamed Yousif are distillations of his engagement with and contemplation of the natural environment.

Yousri, Bassem

Yousri, Bassem

Artist

Bassem Yousri is a visual artist and independent filmmaker.

Youssef, Hisham

Youssef, Hisham

Artist

A self-taught artist, Hisham Youssef uses his experience in furniture making and building restoration to create mostly wooden sculptures, ranging in size from two inches to sixty feet.

Youssou N’Dour

Youssou N’Dour

Musician

Well known for his powerful tenor voice, singer and songwriter Youssou N’Dour has introduced audiences around the world to mbalax, a style of popular Senegalese music.

YOVO! YOVO!

YOVO! YOVO!

Collective

The four artists were drawn together by their common interests: a dedication to exploring space and place as well as their own roles and representations.