Meet the Author
Lina Ramadan
(b. 1990, Doha) A curator and writer in contemporary and modern art, Lina Ramadan develops research on post-colonial MENA regions, women artists, and solidarities. Between 2016 and 2022, she served as a curator at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha. Her recent curated exhibitions include: Like Every Leaving Wasn’t a Country: Ibi Ibrahim (2024); Taysir Batniji: No Condition is Permanent (2022- 2023), (co-curated with Abdellah Karroum). As assistant curator; Kader Attia: On Silence (2021); Raqs Media Collective: Still More World (2019); Mohamed Melehi: 1959-1971 (2017-2018). Ramadan's publications include: “Moments of Return in the work of Mohamed Bourouissa, Yto Barrada and Iman Issa” in Avant-garde & Liberation. Contemporary Art and Decolonial Modernism 2024, Ed. Kravagna, C. Mumok, 2024; “Foreword” in Photography from Yemen Ed. Vartanian Collier, L & Ibrahim, I. Makan Press, 2024; “The Palaver Tree'' in Farid Belkahia: For A New Modernity. Ed. Gauthier, m. Centre Pompidou & Mathaf, 2021 among others. She is the recipient of the 2024- 2025 Darat al Funun Fellowship. Currently, Ramadan is a PhD Candidate in Art Theory and Cultural Studies at the Academy of Fine Art Vienna.
