Artist
Khaled Sabsabi
Curator
Michael Dagostino
Commissioner
Creative Australia
Global Ambassador and Advocate
Cav. Simon Mordant AO
Creative Australia Project Team
Anne-Marie Brockenhuus-Schack, Diego Carpentiero, Adrian Collette AM, Franchesca Cubillo, Erin Davidson, Masha Jayasiri, Gillian Mercer, Michelle Newton, Sarah Rose, and Court Williams
Studio Khaled
Mikala Tai and team
Design
Boccalatte
Editor
José Da Silva
Technical Production
Gotaro Uematsu
Visual Production
Jerome Pearce
Architect
Gabriele Ulacco
Exhibition Project Support
Abdul Abdullah and AHAH Studio,
Arts & Cultural Exchange—ACE, Renato Danieli and Coxs Consorzio, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor AM OBE, Tahmina Maskinyar, Josh Milani and Milani Gallery, Alia Swastika, and Garry Trinh.
Anasheed
Al Rahma Islamic Association, Sheikh Azzam Mesto
Ahbab Al-Mustafa: Youssef Elrich, Mahmoud Dandan, Kutaiba El Rich, Abdallah Elrich, Hussien Elrich, Abdulkader Mourad, Raed Halibi, Ali Mohamad Skaf, Muhammad Taher Tehseldar, Osman Yassir
Companion Contributors
Michael Dagostino, Claire Dillon, Kon Gouriotis OAM, Tahmina Maskinyar, Hammad Nasar, Dr Nur Shkembi OAM, and Dr Mikala Tai
Publication Partner
Spector Books
Website
The Design Embassy
Videography
Illuminate Films, and Motel Picture Company
Cultural Mediation Partner
The University of Queensland Art Museum
Exhibition Cultural Mediators
Jordan Azcune, Lisa Fuller, Gala Jane Hazell, Nur Aishah Abdullah Farid Kenton, Charlie Komšić. Natalie O’Connor, Joshua Purvis, and Lucy Wilson
Exhibition Interns
Sharon Chiang, Abi Montgomery, Owen Redmond, and Aileen Wesson
Programming
José Da Silva, Karen Hall, Emily Roebuck, and Catherine Woolley
Programming Partners
ArtReview, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Parramatta Artists Studios, City of Parramatta Council, Parramatta Town Hall, and Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Special thanks to our families, the supporters and contributors of Australia at Venice, Biennale Arte 2026, National Association for the Visual Arts, Charitabl, and to the wider Australian and international creative community and public who made this work possible.
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Khaled Sabsabi
conference of one’s self, 2026
Eight-channel HD video installation with audio, 8 acrylic paintings on canvas, 2 embroidery textile works, 54 mins, site specific surround wall stencils. Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
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Khaled Sabsabi
khalil, 2026
Eight-channel HD video installation with audio, 40 x 2.8 metre acrylic paint on canvas, steel, black oud scent, 64 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
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Installation photos: Andrea Rossetti. Gathering and invitation photos: Garry Trinh. Image of Khaled Sababi on home page: Nic Walker.
