Rubaiya Qatar, a new quadrennial opening next month in Doha, has announced the full list of artists participating in its first edition. The quadrennial will include over 120 artists across three exhibitions and public art installations.
Unruly Waters )وحُمُ جُُ ياه(م, will take place from 21 November to 30 April and will feature:
Bani Abidi, Pakistan; Nicholas Galanin, United States; Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lebanon / UK; Shilpa Gupta, India; Yousef Ahmad, Qatar; Hit Man Gurung, Nepal; Khalid Albaih, Sudan; Mayar Hamdan, Palestine; Kamal Aljafari, Palestine; Sohrab Hura, India; Sophia Al-Maria, Qatar; Saodat Ismailova, Uzbekistan; Farah Al Qasimi, UAE; Naiza Khan, UK / Pakistan; Majid Al-Remaihi, Qatar; Saba Khan, Pakistan; Shaima Al-Tamimi, Yemen; Ayoung Kim, South Korea; Meriem Bennani, Morocco; Charles Lim, Singapore; Mohamed Bourouissa, France / Algeria; Imaad Majeed, Sri Lanka; Liu Chuang, China; Diego Marcon, Italy; Ade Darmawan, Indonesia; Naeem Mohaiemen, Bangladesh; Alia Farid, Puerto Rico / Kuwait; Yuko Mohri, Japan; Simone Fattal, Lebanon; Manny Montelibano, Philippines; Cao Fei, China; Jean Katambayi Mukendi, DRC; Oscar Murillo, Colombia; Selma Selman, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Hira Nabi, Pakistan; Priya Sen, India; Dala Nasser, Lebanon; Wael Shawky, Egypt; New Red Order, United States; Ahlam Shibli, Palestine; Ho Tzu Nyen, Singapore; Marina Tabassum, Bangladesh; Lydia Ourahmane, Algeria; Newsha Tavakolian, Iran; Pratchaya Phinthong, Thailand; Nathalie Vairac, France / Senegal; Tan Pin Pin, Singapore; Adrian van Wyk, South Africa; Khalil Rabah Palestine; Munem Wasif, Bangladesh; Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Nepal; He Xiangyu, China; Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Thailand; Ayman Zedani, Saudi Arabia.
Our Common Currents (حِينَ نَنْسَابُ معًا) will take place from 22 November to 30 April and feature:
Nadia Belerique, Canada; Basim Magdy, Egypt and Aziz Motawa, Kuwait; Joseph Ntensibe, Uganda; works from the Art Mill Museum Collection by KABINDA; Olafur Eliasson, Iceland / Denmark; Barbara Chase-Riboud, France / US; Lala Rukh, Pakistan and new commissions by Taloi Havini, Australia / Bougainville; Latent Community, Greece; Miguel Fernández de Castro, Mexico; Artcom Platform, Kazakhstan.
Seething Sea (بَحْرٌ مَسْجُورٍ) will take place from 22 November to 30 April and feature:
Abbas Al-Mahroos, Bahrain; Hisham Zubari, Bahrain; Abdul Karim Al-Bosta, Bahrain; Hossein Kashian, Iran; Abdul Qader Al-Rais, United Arab Emirates; Iran Darroudi, Iran; Abdulhalim Radwi, Saudi Arabia; Issa Saqer, Kuwait; Abdulkarim Al-Orrayed, Bahrain; Jasem AlSanea, Kuwait; Abdullah Al-Muharraqi, Bahrain; Jassim Zaini, Qatar; Abdulrasoul Salman, Kuwait; Khaled Al-Rahhal, Iraq; Abeer Al-Kuwari, Qatar; Khalifa Al-Qattan, Kuwait; Ahmed Abdul Ridha Saleh, Kuwait; Mahmoud Sabri, Iraq; Ali Dasmal Al-Kuwari, Qatar; Mahood Ahmad, Iraq; Ali Sharif, Qatar; Majid Hilal Al-Naimi, Qatar; Ali Yahya, Iraq; Manal AlDowayan, Saudi Arabia; Alymamah Rashed, Kuwait; Massoud Arabshahi, Iran; Amna Al-Baker, Qatar; Mohammed Fadhil, Oman; Bahman Dadkhah, Iran; Mohammed Ghani Hikmet, Iraq; Balqees Fakhro, Bahrain; Mohammed Jassim Al-Jaidah, Qatar; Basmah Felemban, Saudi Arabia; Monira Al Qadiri, Kuwait; Charles Hossein-Zenderoudi, Iran; Moosa Omar Al-Zadjali, Oman; Dalal Al-Obaidi, Kuwait; Nasser Ovissi, Iran; Dia Azzawi, Iraq; Pouran Jinchi, Iran; Essa Al-Ghanem, Qatar; Rafa Nasiri, Iraq; Essa Al-Malki, Qatar; Salem Mathkour, Iraq; Faisal Samra, Saudi Arabia; Sophia Al-Maria, Qatar; Fuad Al-Futaih, Yemen; Suad Al-Attar, Iraq; Gholamhossein Nami, Iran; Tamader Al-Sultan, Qatar; Hamid Al-Attar, Iraq; Wafika Sultan Al-Essa, Qatar; Hassan Sharif, United Arab Emirates.
Newly commissioned public art installations will be unveiled between 21 November and 30 April. Artists include:
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Thailand; Jitish Kallat, India; Ibrahim Mahama, Ghana; Lubna Chowdhary, UK; Minerva Cuevas, Mexico; Shaikha Hala Al Khalifa, Bahrain; Nazgol Ansarinia, Iran.