Contributed Research/Lecture/Music. HERE HISTORY BEGAN. TRACING THE RE/VERBERATIONS OF HALIM EL-DABH. Savvy Contemporary; Berlin, Germany.

Retreat Strategies for Ensemble. Commissioned Composition for Omnibus Ensemble. Donaueschingen Musiktage 2021; Donaueschingen, Germany.

Live Improvised/Experimental Electronic Music Sets. Collaborative performances with Youmna Saba, Territories, and 9T Antiope. Phonetics Festival 2021; Saint-Denis, France.

2020

Pause. Sound Work. Audiosphere. Sound Experimentation 1980-2020 Exhibition. Curated by Francisco López. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Madrid, Spain.

Ambivalences (Or: Music Composition Number ∞ for Majeed Marhoon). Project consisting of handwritten music encyclopedia by Majeed Marhoon, 52 handwritten letters/scores by artist, audiovisual projection by artist, sound narration by artist, and lecture performance by artist. Bahrain National Museum; Manama, Bahrain.

2019

Residents of the Ground Floor. Live Music for Theatrical Work by Bahraini director Hashem Al-Alawi. Jordan Theatre Festival; Amman, Jordan.

About the Time We Didn’t Wait. 2-Channel Video, Audio, 1000 Printed Poster. ‘32: The Rescore, Air Arabia Curator in Residence Exhibition (curated by Bhavisha Panchia). Sharjah Art Foundation; Sharjah, UAE.

The 30 Year Palindrome. Audiovisual performance. Artspace; Sydney, Australia.

Nostalgia and the Concorde. Choreographed Dance, Live Music, and Projected Audiovisuals. Bahrain Participation at 2019 Venice Art Biennale: The Wait (Curated by Amal Khalaf); Venice, Italy.

Re|Sound III. Live Music for film Rahhala by Lujain Al Rakadh (2017). Performed with Maki Makkuk and Laith Demashqieh. Sharjah Art Foundation; Sharjah, UAE.

2018

Tamboura/Electrified. Electroacoustic Music Composition/Performance. Art Abu Dhabi’s Durub Al Tawaya Platform; Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Grand Gestures of an Underdog. E-Book and Web-based Action. 52Artists52Actions Project. Artspace; Sydney, Australia.

New Music Ensemble of Manama. Ongoing web-based music self-run music residency/ research collective. Manama, Bahrain

2017

Signal Lights Connected. Collaborative generative sound and light intervention public artwork. Art Council Korea. Seoul, South Korea.

Nocturne for Pit Orchestra. Project by Ilaria Lupo, Music Direction by Rabih Beani. Improvised Electroacoustic Performance. Spring of Culture Festival. National Quarry, Bahrain.

2016

(Orientalist) Danger Music for NJP. Instructional Art Contribution to Do it بالعربي. Editors Hoor Al Qasimi and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Sharjah, UAE.

A Treatise on the Impending Death of Contemporary Arab Art. Text/Sculpture/Installation. Santa Cruz de la Sierra Biennale. Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Symphonies of the Self: A Project by Hasan Hujairi on Majeed Marhoon. Project producer/ performing electronic musician/researcher. Spring of Culture Festival. Manama, Bahrain.

The Future was Underwater: A Conversation and Audio/Visual Performance with Amal Khalaf. Global Art Forum. Dubai, UAE.

2015

nosebleed: structurally, an opera. Multimedia eBook/digital performance structured as an opera. Ibraaz Platform 009.

2014

10,000 Simple Steps to Perfectly Draw an Arabian Horse. Instructional Sound Art Installation. “Never Never Land” Exhibition (Curated by Amal Khalaf). London, UK.

Squamish Working Papers. Monograph, Performance, and Workshop Series. Vancouver Biennale. Between Squamish and Vancouver, Canada.

Revisiting Gesualdo: An Opera. Commissioned Co-Composition. Work-in-Progress Festival. Seoul National University. Seoul, South Korea.

Chongganbo Cartography Number 1. Commissioned Electroacoustic Music Composition. Korean Music Project Festival. National Gugak Theatre. Seoul, South Korea.

Improvised Noise Music Performance. Noise from the Middle East: Micro-Festival of Electronic Music. New York University Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

2013

Natural Politics 2.0. Site-Specific Animated Graphic Music Score and Generative Audio- Visual Installation. IPO Alternative Art Space. Seoul, South Korea.

Ansan UFO Welcome Committee: An Extraterrestrial Radio Station. Site-specific Intervention. LITMUS Art Center. Ansan, South Korea.

Room for Evasive Explorers. Interactive Audio-Visual Installation. Shabbak Art Festival. London, UK.

The Emic: What Comes from Within. Experimental music performance in Sharjah as part of larger project by Tarek Atoui. Khorfakkan/Sharjah, UAE.

2012

Limen for Three Kayageum, One Voice, and One Pak. Commissioned Composition for Aura Kayageum Trio. Welcomm Theater. Seoul, South Korea.

Basement Viceroys. Electronic musical instrument building workshop and performance collective led by Byungjun Kwon. Seoul, South Korea.

Instrument building and performance project collaboration with Luigi Pizzaleo. Concept Stage/Instrument Lab project. STEIM. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Music for Film

What Difference Does it Make: A Film About Making Music. Directed by Ralf Schermberg. Produced by Red Bull Music Academy. 2014.

Cabaret Crusades: Path to Cairo. A film by Wael Shawky. 2012.

Selected Discography

Greatest Hits. Parody Solo Album. Qarār Records: July 2022.

Worlds. Solo Album. Qarār Records: April 2020.

Uchronia: Experimental, Electroacoustic, Noise, Improvised Music from the Middle East, Central, South, South East, East Asia. Various Artists. Syrphe: March 2018.

Throat. Solo Album. Paxico Records: November 2017.

Classics from the Bluweirdo: Perspectives on Sounds with a World-Fi Tribe. Various

Artists. Fullfridge Music: June 2014.

Wall Gods. Creative-Commons Licensed Contribution. Absence of Wax Netlabel. September 2012.

Various Assets: Not for Sale. Red Bull Music Academy 2010. CD/EP. Various Artists: June 2010.

Manama and Other Spices. Self-Published Creative-Commons License EP: June 2009. [Republished in 2020 by Qarār Records].

Selected Publications

2025

Songs of the Arabian Red Sea: A Cultural History. Published by IB Tauris. Co-author with Dionisius A. Agius and Muhammad Zafer Alhazmi. (Early 2025)

2024

Arabic translation of Silence: Lecture and Writings by John Cage. Sharjah Art Foundation.. (November 2024)

2023

Christine Rebet: Escapologie. Foreword by Isabelle Bertolotti. Text by Lilian Davies, Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Sébastien Rey, Cécile Daumas, Emanuele Coccia, Hasan Hujairi, Marilou Laneuville. Silvana Editoriale (March 2023)

2021

NAHMA:A GULF POLYPHONY. Various authors. Contributed essay. FLEE PROJECT (November 2021)

2015

On Constant Invention: Notes on Maverickism as Genealogy and Genealogy as Approach. Essay. Ibraaz (October 2015)

Juries

2024

Mawred Al Thaqafi Music Grant. Jury Panel Member. Jordan, Amman.

2023

AFAC Music Grant. Jury Panel Member. Beirut, Lebanon.

Selected Residencies

2021

Phonetics Festival 2021. Performer-in-Residence. Saint-Denis, France.

2018

Elektronmusikstudion EMS. Composer-in-Residence. Stockholm, Sweden.

2014

Arts and Culture in Asia (ACIA) Artist and Curator Study Program. Artist in Residence. Gwangju, South Korea.

Vancouver Biennale Residency Program. Artist in Residence. Vancouver/Squamish, Canada.

Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition (TADAEX). Sound Artist in Residence. Tehran, Iran. 2013

Community Space LITMUS. Resident Artist/Composer. Ansan, South Korea.

Sharjah Biennale Resident Artist. Part of ‘Within’ Sound/Music Project (by Tarek Atoui). Sharjah Art Foundation. Sharjah, UAE.

2012

Art Major Faculty ‘Explore K-ARTS’ (AMFEK). Resident Artist and Researcher. Department of Korean Traditional Music. Korean National University of Arts. Seoul, South Korea.

Instrument Lab #3. STEIM. Resident Artist. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2010

Red Bull Music Academy. Participating artist. London, UK.