Biennale Arte 2022 Giardini
National Participations
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2022
59th International Art Exhibition
BIENNALE ARTE 2022
The 59th International Art Exhibition
IL LATTE DEI SOGNI / THE MILK OF DREAMS
Pre-opening: Press and professionals
20, 21 and 22 April 2022
Open to the public:
Saturday 23 April – Sunday 27 November 2022.
Central Pavilion (Giardini) and in the Arsenale
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022/national-participations
Commissioners, Curators, Exhibitors, Venues
*** New participations: Republic of Cameroon, Namibia, Nepal, Sultanate of Oman, Uganda
* Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Republic of Uzbekistan participate for the first time with their own pavilion
AUSTRALIA
Marco Fusinato DESASTRES
Exhibitor: Marco Fusinato
Curator: Alexie Glass-Kantor
Commissioner: Australia Council for the Arts
Venue: Giardini

AUSTRIA
Invitation of the Soft Machine and Her Angry Body Parts
Exhibitors: Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl
Curator: Karola Kraus
Commissioner: The Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Ministry for Arts,
Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
Venue: Giardini
https://www.biennalekneblscheirl.at/en/exhibition
BELGIUM
THE NATURE OF THE GAME
Exhibitor: Francis Alÿs
Curator: Hilde Teerlinck
Commissioner: Jan Jambon, Minister-president of the Government of Flanders
and Flemish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Culture, ICT and Facility Management
Venue: Giardini
https://www.belgianpavilion.be/en/projects/belgian-pavilion-2022
BRAZIL
com o coração saindo pela boca /
with the heart coming out of the mouth
Exhibitor: Jonathas de Andrade
Commissioner: José Olympio da Veiga Pereira, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo;
Curator: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
Venue: Giardini
CANADA
2011 ≠ 1848
Exhibitor: Stan Douglas
Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada; Curator: Reid Shier
Venue: Giardini and Magazzini del Sale n5
DENMARK
We Walked the Earth
Exhibitor: Uffe Isolotto
Curator: Jacob Lillemose
Commissioner: Danish Arts Foundation
Venue: Giardini
EGYPT
Eden-Like Garden
Exhibitors: Mohamed Shoukry, Weaam El Masry, Ahmed El Shaer
Curator: Mohamed Shoukry
Commissioner: Ministero della Cultura-Accademia d’Egitto
Venue: Giardini
ESTONIA
Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance
Exhibitors: Kristina Norman, Bita Ravazi
Curator: Corina L Apostol
Commissioner: Maria Arusoo, Estonian Center for Contemporary Art
Venue: Giardini
FINLAND (Aalto)
Close Watch
Exhibitor: Pilvi Takala
Commissioner: Raija Koli, Frame Finland; Curator: Christina Li
Venue: Giardini
FRANCE
Les rêves n’ont pas de titre / Dreams have no titles
Exhibitor: Zineb Sedira
Commissioner: Institut Francais;
Curators: Yasmina Reggad, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
Venue: Giardini
https://www.institutfrancais.com/en
https://www.institutfrancais.com/en/interview/zineb-sedira
GERMANY
Deutscher Pavillon
Commissioner: ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen;
Curator: Yilmaz Dziewior; Exhibitors: Maria Eichorn
Pressetermin: 22. April 2022 | 11 Uhr
Venue: Giardini
https://www.deutscher-pavillon.org/de/
https://www.facebook.com/deutscherpavillon2022
GREAT BRITAIN
Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way
Exhibitor: Sonia Boyce
Commissioner: Emma Dexter, British Council; Curator: Emma Ridgway;
Venue: Giardini
GREECE
Oedipus In Search of Colonus
Exhibitor: Loukia Alavanou
Commissioner: National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum (represented
by the Director, Professor Marina Lambraki Plaka)
Curator: Heinz Peter Schwerfel
Venue: Giardini
HUNGARY
After Dreams: I Dare to Defy the Damage
Exhibitor: Zsófia Keresztes
Commissioner: Julia Fabényi; Curator: Mónika Zsikla;
Venue: Giardini
ISRAEL
Queendom
Exhibitor: Ilit Azoulay
Commissioners: Michael Gov, Arad Turgeman;
Curator: Shelley Harten;
Venue: Giardini
JAPAN
Dumb Type
Exhibitors: Dumb Type (Shiro Takatani, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ken Furudate,
Satoshi Hama, Ryo Shiraki, Marihiko Hara, Hiromasa Tomari, Takuya Minami, Yoko Takatani)
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation;
Venue: Giardini
KOREA (Republic of)
Gyre
Exhibitor: Yunchul Kim
Commissioner: Arts Council Korea; Curator: Youngchul Lee;
Venue: Giardini
NORDIC COUNTRIES (NORWAY-SWEDEN-FINLAND)
The Sámi Pavilion
Exhibitors: Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sara, Anders Sunna
Curators: Katya García-Antón, Liisa-Rávná Finborg and Beaska Niillas
Commissioners: Katya García-Antón, Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA),
Leevi Haapala, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
The Finnish National Gallery, Gitte Ørskou, Moderna Museet;
Venue: Giardini
POLAND
Re-enchanting the World
Exhibitor: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
Curators: Wojciech Szymański and Joanna Warsza
Commissioner: Janusz Janowski (from 2022), Hanna Wróblewska (till 2021) / Zachęta
National Gallery of Art
Venue: Giardini
SERBIA
Walking with Water
Exhibitor: Vladimir Nikolić
Commissioner: Marijana Kolarić; Curator: Biljana Ćirić
Venue: Giardini
SPAIN
Correction
Exhibitor: Ignasi Aballí
Curator: Beatriz Espejo
Commissioner: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación de España.
AECID Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
Venue:Giardini
https://oletuestilo.blogspot.com/2021/07/la-biennale-di-venezia-2022-correccion.html
SWITZERLAND
The Concert
Exhibitor: Latifa Echakhch
Commissioners: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia (Madeleine Schuppli,
Sandi Paucic, Rachele Giudici Legittimo);
Curators: Alexandre Babel, Francesco Stocchi;
Venue: Giardini
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Simone Leigh: Sovereignty
Commissioner: Jill Medvedow, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston;
Curator: Eva Respini, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston; Exhibitor: Simone Leigh
Venue: Giardini
URUGUAY
Persona
Exhibitor: Gerardo Goldwasser
Curator: Laura Malosetti Costa and Pablo Uribe
Commissioner: Silvana Bergson
Venue: Giardini
VENEZUELA (Bolivarian Republic of)
Tierra, País, Casa, Cuerpo
Commissioner: Paola Claudia Posani Urdaneta; Curators: Zacarías García; Exhibitors: Palmira Correa, César Vázquez, Mila Quast,Jorge Recio
Venue: Giardini
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022/national-participations