Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Sepahvand, Ashkan

Sepahvand, Ashkan

Writer

The practice of writer and artistic researcher Ashkan Sepahvand traces associations from within the histories of the body and the sensory as well as imagination, celebration, transformation and futurity.

Shirazi, Sadia

Shirazi, Sadia

Writer, Architect, Curator

Sadia Shirazi is a writer, art historian, architect and independent curator whose research focuses on transregional histories of modernism and contemporary art across South Asia, the Middle East and their diasporas.

Shoufani, Hind

Shoufani, Hind

Filmmaker, Writer

Hind Shoufani is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, poet and storyteller.

Ross Simonini is an artist working in visual art, literature, interview and music.

Swastika, Alia

Swastika, Alia

Curator, Writer

Curator, researcher and writer, Alia Swastika's practice over the last 10 years has expanded on issues and perspectives of decoloniality and feminism.

Ming Tiampo is a curator, researcher and writer whose work engages with transcultural models and histories that provide new structures for understanding and reconfiguring the global norms.

Ujică, Andrei

Ujică, Andrei

Artist, Writer

Andrei Ujică is a screenwriter and director.

Victorino, Sophia

Victorino, Sophia

Artist, Writer

Sofia Victorino is the Daskalopoulos Director of Education and Public Programmes at Whitechapel Gallery, London.

Fabian Villegas is a spoken word artist, writer, journalist and researcher in South epistemologies, decolonial thought and racial studies.

W. Giorgis, Elizabeth

W. Giorgis, Elizabeth

Art Professional, Writer

Elizabeth W. Giorgis is Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at The Africa Institute.

Zaninović, Ante

Zaninović, Ante

Artist, Writer

Ante Zaninović was a screenwriter and filmmaker, he is the author of numerous short animated films.

Zaya, Octavio

Zaya, Octavio

Curator, Writer

An independent curator and art writer, Octavio Zaya is currently creating a Decolonial Archive for museum TEA (Tenerife Space for the Arts), Canary Islands.

Zolghadr, Tirdad

Zolghadr, Tirdad

Curator, Writer

Tirdad Zolghadr is an independent curator and writer whose multi-disciplinary practice and theoretical preoccupations are concerned with the impact of art and culture on urban development.

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