Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 9: Provisions for the Future
and Past of the Coming Days


El Azma, Sherif

El Azma, Sherif

Artist

Cairo-based artist Sherif El Azma has worked extensively in film and video, producing short, experimental pieces such as Powerchord Skateboard, documentary shorts like Interview with a Housewife and full-length television pilots for Egyptian Soap Opera. His 2001 film Donia / Amar was screened as part of Past of the Coming Days.

Ellen Kelly, Erin

Ellen Kelly, Erin

Choreographer and dancer

Dancer, performer and choreographer, Erin Ellen Kelly uses techniques from Butoh, qigong, gymnastics, farming, cabaret dancing, and performance action-theatre to create performance installation pieces that comment on the human condition and its relationship to environment and society.

Epaminonda, Haris

Epaminonda, Haris

Artist

Haris Epaminonda uses video and film, collage, photography, books and objects in an extensive process of assembling and disassembling appropriated materials to reconstruct non-linear narratives in her work

Erkmen, Ayşe

Erkmen, Ayşe

Artist

The public projects of Ayşe Erkmen nearly always reflect her concerns with the physical, cultural and social landscapes in which she works.

Ernst, Sophie

Ernst, Sophie

Artist

Sophie Ernst explores themes of memory, displacement and cultural relativity through video and installation work that often reflects the complexities of the relationship between East and West.