Venice Biennale | 79 artists and collectives for the main exhibition

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Antoine Catala at UKS, Oslo. Photo by Vegard Kleven
Seventy-nine artists and collectives will be brought together from May 11 to November 24 for the central exhibition “May You Live in Interesting Times”, directed by curator Ralph Rugoff.

 

The artists present will consist of 16 Americans, 6 French, 6 Chinese, 3 British, 3 German, 3 Japanese, 3 Korean, 2 Italian, 2 Swiss, 2 Canadian, 2 South African, 2 Argentinean, 2 Mexican...

 

 

1. Lawrence Abu Hamdan

b. 1985 Jordan, lives and works in Beirut

 

2. Njideka Akunyili Crosby

b. 1983 Nigeria, lives and works in Los Angeles

 

3. Halil Altındere

b. 1971 Turkey, lives and works in Istanbul

 

4. Michael Armitage

b. 1984 Kenya, lives and works in London and Nairobi

 

5. Korakrit Arunanondchai

b. 1986 Thailand, lives and works in New York and Bangkok for the work in Arsenale, in collaboration with Alex Gvojic b. 1984 USA, lives and works in New York

 

6. Ed Atkins

b. 1982 United Kingdom, lives and works in Berlin and Copenhagen

 

7. Tarek Atoui

b. 1980 Lebanon, lives and works in Paris

 

8. Darren Bader

b. 1978 USA, lives and works in New York City and elsewhere

 

9. Nairy Baghramian

b.1971 Iran, lives and works in Berlin

 

10. Neïl Beloufa

b. 1985 France, lives and works in Paris

 

11. Alexandra Bircken

b. Germany, lives and works in Berlin

 

12. Carol Bove

b. 1971 Switzerland, lives and works in New York

 

13. Christoph Büchel

b. 1966 Switzerland, lives and works in Reykjavik and Basel

 

14. Ludovica Carbotta

b. 1982 Italy, lives and works in Barcelona

 

15. Antoine Catala

b. 1975 France, lives and works in New York

 

16. Ian Cheng

b. 1984 USA, lives and works in New York

 

17. George Condo

b. 1957 USA, lives and works in New York

 

18. Alex Da Corte

b. 1980 USA, lives and works in Philadelphia

 

19. Jesse Darling

b. United Kingdom, lives and works in London and Berlin

 

20. Stan Douglas

b. 1960 Canada, lives and works in Vancouver

 

21. Jimmie Durham

b. 1940 USA, lives and works in Berlin

 

22. Nicole Eisenman

b. 1965 France, lives and works in New York

 

 

Nicole Eisenman, Morning is Broken (2018) — © Anton Kern Gallery

 

 

 

23. Haris Epaminonda

b. 1980 Republic of Cyprus, lives and works in Berlin

 

24. Lara Favaretto

b. 1973 Italy, lives and works in Turin

 

25. Cyprien Gaillard

b. 1980 France, lives and works in Berlin

 

26. Gauri Gill

b. 1970 India, lives and works in New Delhi

 

27. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

b. 1965 France, lives and works in Paris

 

28. Shilpa Gupta

b. 1976 India, lives and works in Mumbai

 

29. Soham Gupta

b. 1988 India, lives and works in Kolkata

 

30. Martine Gutierrez

b. 1989 USA, lives and works in New York

 

31. Rula Halawani

b. 1964 Palestine, lives and works in Jerusalem

 

32. Anthea Hamilton

b. 1978 United Kingdom, lives and works in London

 

33. Jeppe Hein

b. 1974 Denmark, lives and works in Berlin

 

34. Anthony Hernandez

b. 1947 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles and Idaho

 

35. Ryoji Ikeda

b. 1966 Japan, lives and works in Paris and Kyoto

 

36. Arthur Jafa

b. 1960 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles

 

37. Cameron Jamie

b. 1969 USA, lives in Paris, works in Paris and Cologne

 

38. Kahlil Joseph

b. 1981 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles

 

39. Zhanna Kadyrova

b. 1981 Ukraine, lives and works in Kyiv

 

40. Suki Seokyeong Kang

b. 1977 Republic of Korea, lives and works in Seoul

 

41. Mari Katayama

b. 1987 Japan, lives and works in Gunma

 

42. Lee Bul

b. 1964 Republic of Korea, lives and works in Seoul

 

43. Liu Wei

b. 1972 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Beijing

 

44. Maria Loboda

b. 1979 Poland, lives and works in Berlin

 

45. Andreas Lolis

b. 1970 Albania, lives and works in Athens

 

46. Christian Marclay

b. 1955 USA, lives and works in London

 

47. Teresa Margolles

b. 1963 Mexico, lives and works in Mexico City and Madrid

 

48. Julie Mehretu

b. 1970 Ethiopia, lives and works in New York

 

49. Ad Minoliti

b. 1980 Argentina, lives and works in Buenos Aires

 

50. Jean-Luc Moulène

b. 1955 France, lives and works in Paris

 

51. Zanele Muholi

b. 1972 Republic of South Africa, lives and works in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town

 

52. Jill Mulleady

b. 1980 Uruguay, lives and works in Los Angeles

 

53. Ulrike Müller

b. 1971 Austria, lives and works in New York

 

54. Nabuqi

b. 1984 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Beijing

 

55. Otobong Nkanga

b. 1974 Nigeria, lives and works in Antwerp

 

56. Khyentse Norbu

b. 1961 Bhutan, Khyentse Norbu’s rigorous international teaching schedule requires continuous travel. He has residences in India and Bhutan.

 

57. Frida Orupabo

b. 1986 Norway, lives and works in Oslo

 

58. Jon Rafman

b. 1981 Canada, lives and works in Montreal

 

59. Gabriel Rico

b. 1980 Mexico, lives and works in Guadalajara

 

60. Handiwirman Saputra

b. 1975 Indonesia, lives and works in Yogyakarta

 

61. Tomás Saraceno

b. 1973 Argentina, lives and works in Berlin

 

62. Augustas Serapinas

b. 1990 Lithuania, lives and works in Vilnius

 

63. Avery Singer

b. 1987 USA, lives and works in New York

 

64. Slavs and Tatars

founded 2006, based in Berlin

 

65. Michael E. Smith

b. 1977 USA, lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island

 

66. Hito Steyerl

b. 1966 Germany, lives and works in Berlin

 

67. Tavares Strachan

b. 1979 The Bahamas, lives and works in New York

 

68. Sun Yuan (b. 1972 People’s Republic of China) and Peng Yu (b. 1974 People’s Republic of China), both live and work in Beijing

 

69. Henry Taylor

b. 1958 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles

 

70. Rosemarie Trockel

b. 1952 Germany, lives and works in Cologne

 

71. Kaari Upson

b. 1972 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles

 

72. Andra Ursuţa

b. 1979 Romania, lives and works in New York

 

73. Danh Vo

b. 1975 Vietnam, lives and works in Mexico DF

 

74. Kemang Wa Lehulere

b. 1984 Republic of South Africa, lives and works in Cape Town

 

75. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

b. 1970 Thailand, lives and works in Chiang Mai for the work in Arsenale, in collaboration with Tsuyoshi Hisakado b. 1981 Japan, lives and works in Kyoto

 

76. Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim

b. 1958 Australia, both live and work in Los Angeles

 

77. Anicka Yi

b. 1971 Republic of Korea, lives and works in New York

 

78. Yin Xiuzhen

b. 1963 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Beijing

 

79. Yu Ji

b. 1985 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Shanghai and Vienna

 

 

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/artists