Munira Al Sayegh, an Emirati, holds an undergraduate degree from
University of London’s School of African and Oriental Studies in History of
Art and Archaeology,with a focus on the Middle East. After graduating,
Al Sayegh interned with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York
in the Educational and Developmental departments. Once she moved back
to Abu Dhabi, Al Sayegh worked with New York University Abu Dhabi as an
assistant producer on the FIND project. She continued on to become the
co-curator of Art Dubai Projects 2014, assistant curator of Emirati
Expressions 2015; and she is working currently on the Guggenheim Abu
Dhabi project The Creative Act: Performance, Process, Presence being the
programmes officer. Al Sayegh sits on the advisory council board of the
NYUAD gallery and has published various articles on the contemporary art
scene of the region.
