Khaled Ramadan
Khaled Ramadan (born 1965) is a Lebanese artist, curator and filmmaker. Since 2015, Ramadan has been director of Bait Muzna for Art Film, located in Muscat, Oman. Previously, Ramadan has worked as a senior advisor for the Maldives Ministry of Culture and for the Danish Arts Council, and as an external consultant for the Prince Claus Fund, the Manifesta Foundation, and the Nordic Institute for Contemporary Arts (NIFCA).
Ramadan has curated projects at the Guangdong Museum of Modern Art, China and UCCA, Beijing; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, and KW Berlin, Germany. In 2013, he was the appointed curator for the Maldives Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale. In 2010, together with Chamber of Public Secrets, he was appointed co-curator of Manifesta 8 in Spain.
He is also founder of the art collective Chamber of Public Secrets, which has existed since 2004. In 2006, Ramadan co-founded Doculogia,[1] a platform for critical media. In 2009, Al-Jazeera TV produced a documentary about Ramadan's activities and achievements.[2]
Ramadan is a member of the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT) and the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). He regularly contributes to international magazines and journals on topics such as art, media, aesthetics and social activism.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "DocuLogia". www.doculogia.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ http://www.aljazeera.net/programs/a-date-in-exile/2009/3/29/خالد-رمضان
- ↑ "Lebanese Film Festival – Festival du Film Libanais: LFF2012 – Interview Khaled Ramadan". lebanesefilmfestival.blogspot.dk. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ "Turpin Distribution. TransVisuality: The Cultural Dimension of Visuality: Volume 2: Visual Organisations". ebiz.turpin-distribution.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ "Khaled Ramadan". HIVE. Retrieved 2015-11-02.