Avakian,Vartan

Avakian,Vartan

Artist

Vartan Avakian employs video, installation, photography and other media drawn from popular culture in order to examine the tools and processes of modern cultural production.

Dana Awartani is an artist who seeks to revive traditional Arab forms, techniques, concepts and spatial constructs as well as historic artistic practices by infusing them with the contemporary.

Ayas, Defne

Ayas, Defne

Speaker

Defne Ayas is the new Director of Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam as of 2012.

Aydabi, Yousif

Aydabi, Yousif

Writer

Dr Yousif Aydabi is a poet, playwright, film critic and academic. He is currently the Cultural Advisor at the Dr Sultan Al Qasimi Centre for Gulf Studies and Advisor to the Arab Theater Authority in Sharjah.

Ayoub, Elissa

Ayoub, Elissa

Filmmaker

Elissa Ayoub is a scholar and filmmaker who produces fiction and non-fiction films about the Middle East with a focus on women’s lives.

Ayouch, Hicham

Ayouch, Hicham

Filmmaker, Writer

Hicham Ayouch is a former journalist, he worked for a few years in French television before shifting his career to writing and film directing.

Azimi, Negar

Azimi, Negar

Speaker

Negar Azimi is the Senior Editor of Bidoun Projects.

Azra Deniz Okyay

Azra Deniz Okyay

Filmmaker

Screenwriter and filmmaker, Azra Deniz Okyay has filmed various shorts, documentary and video art projects, fashion videos, commercials and music videos.

Badran, Samira

Badran, Samira

Artist

Samira Badran’s project for the 9th Sharjah Biennial Have a Pleasant Stay! was a visual and physical metaphor of the concept of suffocation and imprisonment based on the experience of passing through the dense and claustrophobic Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem.

Bagchi, Jeebesh

Bagchi, Jeebesh

Artist, Curator

Jeebesh Bagchi is an artist and curator with the Raqs Media Collective.

Bahar Demirel, Şirin

Bahar Demirel, Şirin

Filmmaker

Encompassing video, film, collage and photography, Şirin Bahar Demirel’s work examines mis/displacement, home, memory and their relationship with places and objects.

Bahri, Ismaïl

Bahri, Ismaïl

Artist

Ismaïl Bahri is interested in phenomenology, and his drawings, photographs and videos capture small experiments.

Baiana, Aline

Baiana, Aline

Artist

Focusing on ontological conflict in convergence with indigenous, feminist, ethnic, environmental and social justice studies, Aline Baiana’s work reveals the importance of uncovering other histories.

Bailey, Jeremy

Bailey, Jeremy

Artist

Self-proclaimed ‘Famous New Media Artist’, Jeremy Bailey is a podcaster, venture socialist and the Head of Experience at FreshBooks.

Bailey, Xenobia

Bailey, Xenobia

Artist

Fine Artist Xenobia Bailey’s textile interpretations explore contemporary mythology, African antiquity and the 21st century visual aesthetic of ‘Cosmic-Funk’.

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