Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Diouf, Malik

Diouf, Malik

Speaker

Malik Diouf is an academic and researcher specialising in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Domela, Paul

Domela, Paul

Speaker

Paul Domela is Programme Director of Liverpool Biennial after being Deputy Chief Executive from 2001-2007.

Edjabe, Ntone

Edjabe, Ntone

Ntone Edjabe is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Chimurenga, a journal and platform for editorial and curatorial activities.

El Abdallah, Fadi

El Abdallah, Fadi

Writer, Speaker

Fadi El Abdullah is a poet, lawyer, communicator, writer and music critic with a wide range of performances and publications.

El Ali, Haidar

El Ali, Haidar

Speaker

Haidar El Ali is an ecologist, documentary filmmaker and Senegalese government minister.

El Tahri, Jihan

El Tahri, Jihan

Artist, Director, Writer

Jihan El Tahri is a multi-award-winning film director, writer, visual artist and producer.

Elkoury, Fouad

Elkoury, Fouad

Artist and speaker

Fouad Elkoury is a photographer and a video artist.

Fall, Papa Demba

Fall, Papa Demba

Speaker

Papa Demba Fall is a researcher whose interests centre on African, and particularly Senegalese, migrations.

Flores, Patrick

Flores, Patrick

Speaker

Patrick Flores is Professor of Art Studies at the Department of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines, Manila.

Fouad Makki

Fouad Makki

Speaker

Fouad Makki is Director of the Polson Institute for Global Development (2019–present) and Associate Professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University. He is also a founding board member of Cornell’s Institute for Comparative Modernities.

Gardner, Anthony

Gardner, Anthony

Speaker, Professor

Anthony Gardner, Professor of Contemporary Art History at the University of Oxford, investigates postwar and contemporary art and curatorial histories, critical theories, and temporal and body-based media.

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Speaker

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is a Professor at Columbia University. Her core interest is humanities for social justice. She has taught globally and held permanent posts in several US universities, including at Iowa, Texas-Austin, Emory and Pittsburgh.

Geis, Terri

Geis, Terri

Curator, Art Historian

Art historian and independent curator Terri Geis is a Visiting Associate Professor, Art and Art History, at New York University, Abu Dhabi.

Gray, Alexander

Gray, Alexander

Speaker

Alexander Gray is Owner and Principal of Alexander Gray Associates, a contemporary art gallery in New York, established in 2007.

Gvinjia, Maxim

Gvinjia, Maxim

Speaker

Is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia.

Hafiz, Mohammed

Hafiz, Mohammed

Mohammed Hafiz is the Co-Founder of Athr Gallery and the CEO of Al-Sawani Group, a fashion and lifestyle retail company in Saudi Arabia.

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