Monira Al Qadiri (b. 1983) is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. Spanning sculpture, installation, film and performance, her multifaceted practice is based on research into the cultural histories of the Gulf region. Her interpretation of the Gulf’s so-called ‘petroculture’ is manifested through speculative scenarios that derive inspiration from science fiction, autobiography, traditional practices and pop culture, resulting in uncanny and covertly subversive works that destabilise mythologies of statecraft and modernisation. Tracing the delicate ecologies threatened by the petroleum industry’s relentless resource extraction, Al Qadiri’s works envision a world in which oil is a relic of humanity’s past. She is currently based in Berlin.