People

Alexander Markov has earned degrees from St.Petersburg University of Culture and Arts and the Cinema History Department of the Russian Institute of Art History.

Carlos Martiel is a performance artist whose visceral political critiques address contemporary issues related to censorship, oppression and immigration.

Hassan Massoudy learned classical Arabic calligraphy in Baghdad, Iraq, having moved there in 1961.

The work of Hiroyuki Masuyama pays homage to the great nineteenth century landscape artists, reflecting the interrelation between time, space and medium in a distinct and compelling way.

Informed by his education and work as a medical doctor as well as the social, religious and historical contexts of Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Mater’s practice explores the narratives of Islamic culture in an era of globalisation, consumerism and flux.

Suchitra Mattai's mixed-media works explore the complex relationship between history, memory and the construction of identity in diasporic communities.

Rodney McMillian’s multimedia work addresses themes of economic inequity and identity in contemporary American society.

Josephine Meckseper’s installations, photography and film works have been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions in the USA and Europe.

Hassan Meer’s work is multifaceted, encompassing painting, photography, video and installations using light and text.

Iranian artist Gita Meh uses visual and written language as tools to form a space for human interaction and cultural integration, goals that originate from her own personal history and experience of migration and intercultural negotiation.

Shohreh Mehran is a painter and a graphic designer. She graduated with a degree in Graphic Arts from the Tehran College of Arts.

Julie Mehretu is best known for her large-scale paintings that layer geographical schema, maps and architectural representations of the city –the compressed and densely populated urban environments of the twenty-first century as well as cities with histories of erasure.

Najat Meky explores the natural environment and Emirati cultural traditions in her sculpture and painting.

Bjørn Melhus is a German-Norwegian media artist and Professor of Film.