Mohammed Kazem (b.1969, Dubai, United Arab Emirates) lives and works in Dubai
Mohammed Kazem has developed an artistic practice that encompasses video, photography and performance to find new ways of apprehending his environment and experiences. The foundations of his work are informed by his training as a musician, and Kazem is deeply engaged with developing processes that can render transient phenomena, such as sound and light, in tangible terms. Acknowledged as one of the ‘Five’, an informal group of artists at the vanguard of conceptual and interdisciplinary art practice in the UAE, Kazem has an MFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia (2012) and is also active as a curator, co-curating the 8th Sharjah Biennial (2007). In addition to representing the UAE at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), he has exhibited prolifically in the UAE and notable international participations include the Lyon Biennale (2022), Yinchuan Biennale and Honolulu Biennial (both 2016), Singapore Biennial (2006), Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka (2002) and Havana Biennial (2000). His works are held in the collections of the British Museum; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and New York; Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art; and the Koç Foundation, Istanbul among others.