Shumon Basar is a writer, editor, and curator. He is author of the books The Extreme Self: Age of You (Walther & Franz König, 2021) and The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present (Penguin, 2015), both with Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Together, the three co-curated the large-scale exhibition Age of You at MOCA Toronto and Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Since 2010, Shumon has been the commissioner of the Global Art Forum, Art Dubai’s annual transdisciplinary summit. He became a founding member of Fondazione Prada’s Thought Council in 2015. Shumon holds editorial and advisory positions at the magazines Tank, Bidoun, 032c, and Flash Art.