Sharjah Art Foundation has announced further details for the upcoming 2025 edition of the Biennial, including the final participating artists list and title.
The Sharjah Biennial 16 will take place from 6 February to 15 June 2025 in various locations across the Emirate, including Sharjah City, Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid, Kalba, and Al Madam.
With work from over a 140 artists, as well as more than 80 new commissions under the title to carry, the Biennial will explore the multitude of ways in which one can carry, ranging from the concrete concept of carrying tangible objects, as well as the immaterial things one carries across time and space. Curators Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Natasha Ginwala and Zeynep Öz invite us to turn towards each other, inwards and across in troubled times, to open up during a moment of collective change.
‘The constellation of diverse methodologies that the five curators have gathered offers audiences the opportunity to engage in thought-provoking dialogues bridging the local context with global narratives about identity, movement, change and collectivity,’ said Hoor Al Qasimi, President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation. ‘By centring the act of carrying, Sharjah Biennial 16 offers a space for imagining new collective futures while recognising the weight of shared histories and experiences.’
Artists for the Sharjah Biennale 16 (including those previously announced) are:
Adam HajYahia
Adelita Husni-Bey
Akinbode Akinbiyi
Akira Ikezoe
Akram Zaatari
Albert Refiti
Alia Farid
Aluaiy Kaumakan
Ana Iti
Anga Art Collective
Arthur Jafa
Ayman Zedani
Ayşe İdil İdil
Betül Aksu
Okyanus Çağrı Camcı with Merve Elveren
Ayumi Paul
Aziz Hazara
Betty Adii with Septina Layan
Bilna’es
Bint Mbareh
Brian Martin
Cannupa Hanska Luger
Cassi Namoda
Cécile B. Evans
Chandralekha
Chun Shao
Citra Sasmita
Ciwas Tahos (Anchi Lin)
Claudia Martínez Garay
Concrete Thread Repertoire
Daniel Boyd
Dian Suci Rahmawati
Dilek Winchester
Doruntina Kastrati
Driant Zeneli
Ellen Pau
Emily Kam Kngwarray
Emre Hüner; Fatma Belkıs
Faye Heavyshield
Fazal Rizvi
Fernando Palma Rodríguez
Fiona Pardington
Güneş Terkol
Hashel Al Lamki
Helene Kazan
Hellen Ascoli
Heman Chong
Hugh Hayden
Hylozoic/Desires
Ipeh Nur
Joe Namy
John Clang
Jorge González Santos
Julianknxx
Kaili Chun
Kaloki Nyamai
Kapulani Landgraf
Kate Crawford with Vladan Joler
Kate Newby
Liu Chuang
Lorna Simpson
Luana Vitra
Luke Willis Thompson
Maïa Tellit Hawad
Mabel Juli
Mahmoud Khaled
Mangku Muriati
Mara TK
María José Murillo
Mariam Alnoaimi
Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien
M’barek Bouhchichi
Megan Cope
M’hammed Kilito
Michael Parekōwhai
Mila Turajlić
Mohammed Al Hawajri, Dina Mattar and family with Ala Younis
Mónica de Miranda
Monira Al Qadiri
Morris Foit
Nadia Christidi with Sary Moussa and Joseph Kai
Nadiah Bamadhaj
Naeem Mohaiemen
Nasser Al Yousif
Ndidi Dike
Nge Lay
Noémie Goudal
Olivia Plender
Onur Gökmen
Paky Vlassopoulou
Pallavi Paul
Pastizal Zamudio with Andrea Torreblanca
Photo Kegham – Kegham Djeghalian
Pratchaya Phinthong
Raafat Majzoub
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
Rajni Perera
Rajyashri Goody
Raven Chacon
Reetu Sattar
Restu Ratnaningtyas
Richard Bell
Risham Syed
Rita Mawuena Benissan
Rossella Biscotti
Roy Samaha
RRD (Reproduction and Distribution Network
Anuar Portugal, Bruno Ruiz, Joel Castro, Laura Muciño and Sergio Torres)
Rully Shabara
S M Sultan
Saffronn Te Ratana
Sakiya
Salima Hakim
Sancintya Mohini
Simpson
Sangdon Kim
Sarah Abu Abdullah
Serapis Maritime
Sevil Tunaboylu
Shivanjani Lal
Shubigi Rao
Singing Wells
Sky Hopinka
Stephanie Comilang
Steven Yazzie
Subash Thebe
Limbu
Suzanne Lacy
T. Vinoja
Tara Al Dughaither
Te Matahiapo Collective
The Voice of Domestic Workers x MOI TRAN
Tishani Doshi
Viswanadhan
Vitória Cribb
Wael Shawky
Womanifesto
Ximena Garrido-Lecca
Yhonnie Scarce
Yim Yen Sum
Yvonne Koolmatrie
Zadie Xa
Sharjah Biennial 16 runs from 6 February to 15 June 2025
