(b.1978, Derby, UK)

Yara El-Sherbini’s playful, multidisciplinary approach to art-making uses wit and humour to engage audiences in a process through which social and political systems of power and influence are poignantly exposed. Her work explores knowledge production and knowledge as commodity, probing how language, as an imperfect tool, is often used to manipulate knowledge and shape social consciousness. Her practice includes live art, installation, interventions, video, and object-based work. She often uses familiar formats, such as popular games and socially interactive settings, as accessible devices to invite the viewer to look at contemporary society in a new light.