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Khaled Ramadan (born in 1980) artist, curator, filmmaker educator, and cultural writer. Currently, he is working as an evaluator of Alt University professorship program, 2016 and is the co-editor of the book, Truth in Time of War, forthcoming by Aljazeera TV station, Doha 2017 Aljazeera Media Training and Development Centre. Previously, Ramadan has worked as director of BMAF, Muscat, 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.
Ramadan and Alfredo Cramerotti are the co-founder of the art collective Chamber of Public Secrets, which has existed since 2004. In 2006, Ramadan co-founded Doculogia, a platform for critical media. In 2009, Al-Jazeera TV produced a documentary about Ramadan's activities and achievements.
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.
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