Reem Fadda was born in Kuwait and lives and works in Abu Dhabi, where she is now director of the Cultural Foundation. From 2010–16, Fadda worked at the Guggenheim Museum in New York as associate curator of Middle Eastern art as part of the museum’s Abu Dhabi project. She has curated exhibitions and biennial projects around the world, including the United Arab Emirates pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and the Saudi pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2022.
As well as serving as director of the Cultural Foundation, Fadda is also director of culture programming at the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abi Dhabi, overseeing Public Art Abu Dhabi, Culture Summit Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Art and the Music Programme. She curated the first edition of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, which took place in 2024–25.