Sabih Ahmed

Sabih Ahmed is a curator, writer, and educator living in the UAE. His work focuses on modern and contemporary art, mapped through diverse itineraries and interdisciplinary formations. He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026, alongside Nora Razian. Since 2020, Ahmed has served as Director of the Ishara Art Foundation in Dubai, where he now works as a Projects Advisor. During his tenure, he led the organisation’s strategic direction and expansion, organising and curating solo and group exhibitions, initiating artist-led curations, and developing international partnerships. Before joining Ishara, Ahmed worked at the Asia Art Archive from 2009 to 2019 as a Senior Researcher and Projects Manager. Recent curatorial projects include Shilpa Gupta: Lines of Flight (2025), Notations on Time (co-curated with Sandhini Poddar at Ishara, 2023), and Navjot Altaf: Pattern (Ishara, 2022). He is also the co-author of the book Mass Traffic with Lantian Xie (2023) and was a Visiting Faculty member at Ambedkar University Delhi from 2014 to 2019.