FOUNDERS AND GENERAL COORDINATORS OF NOMAD ACADEMY
Nomad Academy has branches and co-ordinators all over the world: Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Florida, Spain and China.
Nomad Academy: Denmark
Else Marie Bukdahl, Prof. Dr. phil. (DK)
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.
- "Nomad Academy Goes Public", Sharjah Art Museum 2008.
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.
Mike Sandbothe, Prof. Dr. phil. habil. (DK)
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.
Nomad Academy: United Arab Emirates
Hisham Al Madhloum, Directorate of Art. General Coordinator of Sharjah International Biennial.
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
Nomad Academy: Florida
Richard Shusterman, Prof., Ph.D. (USA)
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)
Nomad Academy: Spain
Karen Bibi Elsing Klausen, Cand. Jur (DK/SPAIN)
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.
Nomad Academy: China
Lan Lan, Gallerist and curator (China)
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.







