Rama Ghanem (b. 1998) is an artist and culture professional.

She works in and out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is currently based in New York City. She’s an alumna of the Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship. Her institutional showcases include Columbia’s Wallach Art Gallery (New York City, 2024), Goldsmiths’ Laurie Grove Baths (London, 2020), and MiZa (Abu Dhabi, 2023). She has also curated several exhibitions, which you can read about here.

She has experience working in communications roles for the culture sector and beyond. She has developed programming, communications, and publications with teams at 421 Arts Campus, Alserkal Art Foundation, Goethe Institute, Google Arts & Culture, Gulf Photo Plus, Ishara Art Foundation, and Reel Palestine Film Festival. Her previous work as an agency-side copywriter at AKQA has garnered favor from clients like Dyson, Hyundai, Jumeirah Group, Loewe, and Under Armour.

After receiving her BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2020, she was awarded a grant from the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation to pursue an MFA at Columbia University, which she is expected to complete in 2025.