Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Rifahi, Oussama

Rifahi, Oussama

Speaker

Oussama Rifahi joined the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture as Executive Director in July 2010.

Rifky, Sarah

Rifky, Sarah

Curator, Writer, Speaker

Is a writer, curator and co-founder of Beirut, a space of art in Cairo that thinks about institution building as a curatorial act.

Rizvi, Uzma

Rizvi, Uzma

Speaker

Uzma Rizvi is an anthropological archaeologist and cultural archaeologist who specializes in the third millennium BCE, creative placemaking and critical heritage studies.

Sadik, Rana

Sadik, Rana

Speaker

Rana Sadik is a board member of the Welfare Association and a board member of Ashkal Alwan, Beirut.

Said, Mustafa

Said, Mustafa

Artist, Speaker

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

Saidi, Nabila

Saidi, Nabila

Originally from Morocco, refugee rights activist and Social and Health Assistant, Nabila Saidi has called Denmark home for more than 20 years.

Simone, AbdouMaliq

Simone, AbdouMaliq

Art Professional

AbdouMaliq Simone’s research is focused on the explorations of (non)human life in an era of extensive urbanisation, as well as the infrastructures and politics of urban popular economies across different geographies.

Smith, Terry

Smith, Terry

Speaker, Writer, Professor

Terry Smith is Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Sydney, and Andrew W. Mellon Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Pittsburgh.

Soon Sien Yong, Simon

Soon Sien Yong, Simon

Professor, Artist

Simon Sien Yong Soon is Senior Lecturer in art history at the Visual Art Studies Program, Faculty of Creative Arts at Universiti Malaya.

Sow, Ibrahima

Sow, Ibrahima

Speaker

Professor Ibrahima Sow is a philosopher, researcher and writer interested in the role the imaginary and maraboutage [sorcery and magic practices] in Senegalese life.

Stewart, Ruth Ann

Stewart, Ruth Ann

Speaker

Ruth Ann Stewart is a Clinical Professor of Public Policy and joined the Wagner School faculty in September 2003 with a specialisation in cultural policy and the role of the arts in urban revitalisation.

Steyerl, Hito

Steyerl, Hito

Speaker

Hito Steyerl is a prolific artist, filmmaker and writer, working at the intersection of art, philosophy and politics. She investigates how sounds and images are transmitted and understood within a politicised global context.

Suleman, Adeela

Suleman, Adeela

Speaker

Adeela Suleman is the Coordinator of Vasl Artists’ Collective, Pakistan and a visual artist, working primarily in sculpture.

Surabhi Sharma

Surabhi Sharma

Speaker

Surabhi Sharma is an independent filmmaker with films that have been screened and awarded at various international film festivals. Sharma has produced and directed more than 10 feature length films.

Sutherland, Adam

Sutherland, Adam

Speaker

Adam Sutherland has served as the Director of Grizedale Arts since March 1999.

Syms, Martine

Syms, Martine

Artist, speaker

Martine Syms uses video and performance to examine representations of blackness and its relationship to American situation comedy, black vernacular, feminist movements and radical traditions.

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