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Dr Omar Kholeif, FRSA, is a writer, curator and cultural historian who has curated more than 100 exhibitions and authored or edited more than two dozen publications. He currently holds the position of Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. Over the last decade, he has held senior curatorial positions at some of the world's leading arts institutions and initiatives, including Manilow Senior Curator and Director of Global Initiatives at MCA Chicago; Curator at Whitechapel Gallery, London; Senior Curator at Cornerhouse, Manchester; Curator at FACT, Liverpool; Artistic Director, Arab British Centre London; Head of Art and Technology, SPACE; Guest Programmer, International Film Festival Rotterdam; and Founding Director of the UK’s Arab Film Festival. He has also curated exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and co-curated the Liverpool Biennial and co-curated Sharjah Biennial 14.
His contributions to books and major publications have been translated into 12 languages and his publications have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide. He has held senior editorial positions as co-founding editor of Portal 9 and Senior Editor of Ibraaz Publishing. Kholeif has also served in university professorships and teaching roles at leading educational institutions including the University of Chicago; Hunter College; City University of New York; and the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford. He has received awards from the Warhol Foundation and the Graham Foundation, and is a finalist for the University of Glasgow’s World Changing Alumni Award.
Dr Kholeif is a Trustee of SPACE, London, where he chairs the Access and Inclusion Action Group, and is a member and fellow of numerous organisations focused on issues in the fields of culture, diversity, human and social justice. He holds degrees in Political Science, Film, Curating, Cultural Studies and Art History.
From press information.
© Photo: Eric T. White. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.
26 June - 26 September 2020
Galleries 1, 2 & 3
Al Mureijah Square
Sharjah Art Foundation
Curator: Omar Kholeif
