Dorte Dahlin, Visual Artist (DK)

Founder and General Coordinator of NOMAD ACADEMY

• "The IV. International Biennial", Sharjah 1999.
• "Overlaps. North-Southeast," Sharjah Art Museum, 2000. Curator/participant.
• "The V. International Biennial", Sharjah 2001. Official Danish curator.
• "Proposal for an Academy of Fine Arts in Sharjah", 2001.
• Member of the initiative group concerning a concept for "An Arabic Cultural Institute in Copenhagen", 2001-.
• "Lightscape", artistic director of an ongoing project for art in the public space in Sharjah.
• "Seven from Afar", Sharjah Art Museum 2004. Lecturer.
• "Moon, Light & Sand", Gallery Specta, Copenhagen 2004.
• "Climate Change Cinema Copenhagen", Grand Theater, Copenhagen 2007. Organizer.
• "Nomad Academy Goes Helsinki", University of Helsinki 2007.
• "Nomad Academy Goes Florida", Florida Atlantic University 2007.
• "Nomad Academy Goes Public", Sharjah Art Museum 2008.
• ”Nomad Academy Seminar” during ”Sharjah – Art from the Emirates”, The National Museum, Copenhagen 2010
• ”Lightscape The Snow Queen”, bookrelease, 2010
• ”Embodied Experience”, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 2011
• ”Iranian take on: Transition from Vitality to Livability in urban life beyond Urbanism”, ADEPT, Copenhagen 2012

Former Rector of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Founder and General Coordinator of NOMAD ACADEMY

• "Overlaps. North-Southeast", Sharjah 2000. Protector/lecturer/writer.
• "Proposal for an Academy of Fine Arts in Sharjah", 2001. Director.
• "The Sharjah IV. International Biennial", Sharjah 2001. Lecturer/jury member.
• Member of the initiative group concerning a concept for "An Arabic Cultural Institute in Copenhagen", 2001-.
• "Seven from Afar", Sharjah Art Museum 2004. Lecturer.
• "Arabic calligraphy, photography and video", The Royal Library, Cph 2007. Coordinator.
• Seminar: "Selected Aspects of Art, Poetry and Music in the Arab World", The Royal Library, Cph 2007. Coordinator.
• Seminar: "Art, Faith, Thought and Power. A Dialogue among Arabic and Nordic philosophers", The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 2007. Director.
• "Climate Change Cinema Copenhagen", Grand Theater, Copenhagen 2007. Participant.
• "Nomad Academy Goes Florida", Florida Atlantic University 2007.
• "Dr. K", Uppsala 2008.
• "Nomad Academy Goes Public", Sharjah Art Museum 2008.
• ”Sharjah – Art from the Emirates”, The National Museum, Copenhagen 2010
• ”Embodied Experience”, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 2011
• ”New alliances – body, nature and social relations”, Utzon Center, Aalborg 2011

Bioscientist, University of Copenhagen, and author of several translations of books and anthologies, in Danish and Arabic. General Coordinator of NOMAD ACADEMY

• "Overlaps. North-Southeast", Sharjah 2000. Poetry recitation/translator
• "Proposal for an Academy of Fine Arts in  Sharjah", 2001, Co-author
• "Anthology, a concise presentation of Danish and Arabic poetry" 2004-
• "Moonlight Garden", outline for a site-specific project in Sharjah, participant 2004-08
• "Moonlight Garden" Moon, Light & Sand, Copenhagen 2004
• "Climate Change Cinema Copenhagen", Grand Theater, Copenhagen 2007.
• "Moonlight Garden" Nomad Academy Goes Public, Sharjah Art Museum 2008.
• "Moonlight Performance " Embodied Experience, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 2011
• "Mit liv som Abbas", translation of a novel by Ahmed Alaidy, 2011
• "BOGEN Stedets gårsdag er nuet", translation of Adonis, 2011

Has been professor at the Chuo University in Tokyo, professor at the Institute for the Study of Modern Muslim Civilizations in London. Since 2009 he is Honorary Professor of Monash University in Australia.
He created a think tank for knowledge excellence in Tehran and he initiated Space for Architecture, Urbanism and Culture in Iran. He is the co-ordinator of the Central Asia Study Group, an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional study group. His main areas of research are related to social and cultural transformations in Muslim societies, with a particular focus on cities.
His last edited book in English is Homogenization of Representations, 2011 (I.B.TAURIS, London) - and in Persian: Japan: Cooperation and Competition, 2011.

• ”Iranian take on: Transition from Vitality to Livability in urban life beyond Urbanism”, ADEPT, Copenhagen 2012

An experienced project manager and adviser, at present Murat holds a position as a consultant at Kunde & Co, one of Europe’s most prominent advertising agencies. Murat has undertaken studies at Stanford University, Copenhagen Business School, University of Southern Denmark and Goldsmiths College. In addition to a career in consulting, Murat currently pursues postgraduate studies in Art History at Copenhagen University. Art criticism, curating and art mediation are his primary interests. Murat has lived and worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and USA.

Nousha has studied Gallery Management and Art Administration in New York, Art History in Rhode Island, Iranian Studies in Copenhagen, and Museum Studies in Paris. She has lived in Iran, United States, Saudi Arabia, France, Denmark, Japan, and Estonia. She has worked for public and private art institutions in New York and Copenhagen.She is good at spotting cultural gaps and aspires at closing them. At the moment, she is preoccupied with the idea of creating a forum in Denmark, where the vibrant, dynamic, exciting, engaging and globally significant art of the Middle East is represented in a sustained manner.

• "Iranian take on: Transition from Vitality to Livability in urban life beyond Urbanism", ADEPT, Copenhagen, 2012

Founder and General Coordinator of NOMAD ACADEMY 

• "The IV. International Biennial", Sharjah 1999
• "Overlaps. North-Southeast", Sharjah 2000
• "Proposal for an Academy of Fine Arts in Sharjah", 2001
• "The Sharjah IV. International Biennial", Sharjah 2001
• Cultural Exchange Program, 2001
• "Five from Afar", Gallery Q-Space, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 2003
• "Seven from Afar", Sharjah Art Museum 2004
• "Images of the Middleeast", Cph 2007
• "Written Images", The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen 2007
• "Nomad Academy Goes Public", Sharjah Art Museum 2008
• ”Sharjah – Art from the Emirates”, The National Museum, Copenhagen 2010

Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar Chair in the Humanities at Florida Atlantic University, where he directs the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture.  Richard Shusterman's research is deeply concerned with the topics of art, body, and environment.

• Nomad Academy Goes Florida (2007)
• "Dr. K", Uppsala (2008).
• ”Embodied Experience”, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 2011
• ”New alliances – body, nature and social relations”, Utzon Center, Aalborg 2011

General Co-ordinator of the Spanish department of Nomad Academy. Lives partly in Andalusia since 30 years, cultivating a deep interest in the historical relationship between the Islamic and European cultures. Her main focus is on cultural exchange.

Xiaman University, Computer studies, Gallerist, Curator in Beijing and Xiaman. Lan Lan´s main focuses are Cultural Exchange between China and the Scandinavian countries and Art, Body & Environment.

Tong Wang, Visual artist (China)

Guest professor at different Chinese and Mongolian Art Academies since 1985. Tong Wang´s main focuses are Cultural Exchange between China and the Scandinavian countries and Art, Body & Environment.

Research Professor for Art, Body and Nature at the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Medicine of Aalborg University Denmark. Media-philosophical Supervisor of NOMAD ACADEMY Copenhagen and probono.tv Berlin/Cologne.

•  "Climate Change Cinema Copenhagen", Grand Theater, Copenhagen 2007. Initiator.
• “Art, Body and Nature (Part 1)”, Mygdal Art Farm (DK) 2007. Initiator.
• "Nomad Academy Goes Helsinki", University of Helsinki 2007. Initiator.
• "Bedeep.tv: A pragmatist experiment in independent web TV". World Wide Web 2007ff. Initiator.
• "Art, Body and Nature (Part 2)", Center for Body, Mind, and Culture, Florida Atlantic University (USA) 2008. Initiator
• "Nomad Academy Goes Public", Sharjah Art Museum 2008.