Hoor Al-Qasimi is President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, the public art institution she founded in 2009 as a catalyst for contemporary art and cultural exchange in Sharjah, the UAE and internationally. Director of Sharjah Biennial since 2003, she has curated and co-curated major exhibitions for the Foundation and numerous international institutions, including the acclaimed Sharjah Biennial 15 (2023), the touring retrospective Hassan Sharif: I Am The Single Work Artist (2017–2018) and solo exhibitions of artists Simone Fattal, Rasheed Araeen, Yayoi Kusama, Farideh Lashai, Khalil Rabah, Bouchra Khalili, Emily Karaka, Antonio Dias and William Kentridge. Al-Qasimi also serves as President of the International Biennial Association; President of The Africa Institute, Sharjah; Director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial; President of Sharjah’s Global Studies University; President of the Sharjah Creative Quarter; and President of the University of the Arts Sharjah. Al-Qasimi curated the 2020 Lahore Biennial, was Artistic Director of the 6th Aichi Triennale (2025) and is the Artistic Director of the 25th Biennale of Sydney (2026). She received the insignia of Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, conferred by the Embassy of France in the UAE and is the 2025–2026 Ambassador Extraordinary for Arab Culture by ALECSO.
