Biennale Arte 2022
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
PAVILION OF ARMENIA
59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia
Andrius Arutiunian: Gharīb
Opening reception: 21. April 2022 | 5–7pm
launch of The Book of Gharīb and Hallow Ground vinyl
Curators: Anne Davidian and Elena Sorokina
Commissioner: Arayik Khzmalyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia
April 23–November 27, 2022
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–7pm
2125, Campo Tana, Castello Venice Italy
https://www.instagram.com/gharib_pavilion/
AZERBAIJAN (Republic of)
Born to Love
Exhibitors: Narmin Israfilova, Infinity, Ramina Saadatkhan, Fidan Novruzova,
Fidan Akhundova, Sabiha Khankishiyeva, Agdes Baghirzade
Commissioner: Mammad Ahmadzada, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Curator: Emin Mammadov;
Venue: Procuratie Vecchie San Marco 153/a/139
BANGLADESH (People’s Republic of)
Time: Mask and Unmask
Exhibitors: Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Iqbal, Harun-Ar-Rashid,
Sumon Wahed, Promity Hossain, Mohammad Eunus, Marco Cassarà,
Franco Marrocco, Giuseppe Diego Spinelli
Commissioner: Liaquat Ali Lucky; Curator: Viviana Vannucci;
Venue: Palazzo Pisani Revedin, San Marco 4013
BOLIVIA
Wara Wara Jawira
Curator/Exhibitor: Warmichacha
Commissioner: Roberto Aguilar Quisbert
Venue: Artspace4rent, Cannaregio 4120
BULGARIA
There You Are
Exhibitor: Michail Michailov
Commissioner: Iara Boubnova; Curator: Irina Batkova;
Venue: Spazio Ravà, San Polo 1100
CAMEROON (Republic of) ***
The Time of the Chimeras
Exhibitors: Francis Nathan Abiamba (Afran), Angéle Etoundi Essamba, Justine Gaga, Salifou Lindou, Shay Frisch, Umberto Mariani, Matteo Mezzadri, Jorge R. Pombo, NFT (Kevin Abosch, João Angelini, Marco Bertìn (Berxit), Cryptoart Driver, Lana Denina, Alberto Echegaray Guevara, Genesis People, Joachim Hildebrand, Meng Huang, Eduardo Kac, Giulia Kosice, Julio Le Parc, Marina Nuñez, Miguel Soler-Roig, Miguel Ángel Vidal, Burkhard von Harder, Gabe Weis, Clark Winter, Shavonne Wong, Wang Xing, Alessandro Zannier, ZZH)
Curators: Paul Emmanuel Loga Mahop, Sandro Orlandi Stagl
Commissioner: Armand Abanda Maye
Venue: Liceo Artistico Guggenheim,
Dorsoduro 2613 and Palazzo Ca’ Bernardo Molon, San Polo 2186
CROATIA
Untitled (Croatian Pavilion) 2022
Exhibitor: Tomo Savić-Gecan.
Curator: Elena Filipovic
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Venue: via Garibaldi 1513, Castello
CUBA
Terra Ignota, (proposals for a New World)
Exhibitors: Rafael Villares, Kcho,Giuseppe Stampone
Curator: Nelson Ramirez de Arellano Conde
Commissioner: Norma Rodriguez Derivet
Venue: Isola di San Servolo
GEORGIA
I Pity the Garden
Exhibitors: Mariam Natroshvili, Detu Jincharadze
Commissioner: Magda Guruli; Curators: Vato Urushadze,
Khatia Tchokhonelidze, Giorgi Spanderashvili;
Venue: Spazio Punch, Fondamenta S. Biagio, 800/O, Giudecca
https://inbetween.media/en/National_Pavilion_Georgia
GRENADA
An Unknown that Does Not Terrify
Exhibitors: Cypher Art Collective of Grenada: Oliver Benoit, Billy Gerard Frank,
Ian Friday, Asher Mains, Susan Mains, Angus Martin, Samuel Ogilvie, Giancarlo Flati,
Identity Collective, Anna Maria Li Gotti, Nino Perrone, Rossella Pezzino de Geronimo,
Marialuisa Tadei
Commissioner: Susan Mains; Curator: Daniele Radini Tedeschi
Venue: Il Giardino Bianco Art SpaceVia Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1814
GUATEMALA
Inclusion
Curator/Exhibitor: Christian Escobar “Chrispapita”
Commissioner: Felipe Amado Aguilar Marroquin, Minister of Culture
Venue: SPUMA – Space For The Arts Giudecca 800/R
IVORY COAST
The dreams of a story
Exhibitors: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Abdoulaye Diarrassouba dit Aboudia,
Armand Boua, Saint-Etienne Yéanzi dit Yeanzi, Laetitia Ky, Aron Demetz
Curators: Massimo Scaringella, Alessandro Romanini
Commissioner: Henri Koffissé N’koumo
Venue: Magazzino del Sale 3, Dorsoduro 264
KAZAKHSTAN (Republic of) *
Lai-Phi-Chu-Plee-Lapa
Centre for the New Genius
Curators/Exhibitors: ORTA collective (Alexandra Morozova, Rusten Begenov,
Darya Jumelya, Alexander Bakanov, Sabina Kuangaliyeva)
Commissioner: Meruyert Kaliyeva;
Venue: Spazio Arco, Dorsoduro 1485
KENYA
Exercises in Conversation
Exhibitors: Dickens Otieno, Syowia Kyambi, Kaloki Nyamai, Wanja Kimani
Commissioner: Kiprop Lagat; Curator: Jimmy Ogonga;
Venue: Fàbrica 33, Cannaregio 5063
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC *
Gates of Turan
Exhibitor: Firouz Farman Farmaian
Commissioner: Saltanat Abdyldaevna Amanova;
Curator: Janet Rady;
Venue: Hydro Space, Giudecca Art District ,Giudecca 211/C
LITHUANIA
Gut Feeling
Exhibitors: Robertas Narkus
Curator: Neringa Bumblienė
Commissioner: Kęstutis Kuizinas;
Venue: Castello 3200 and 3206, Campo de le Gate
NORTH MACEDONIA (Republic of)
Landscape experience
Exhibitors: Robert Jankuloski, Monika Moteska
Curators: Ana Frangovska, Sanja Kojic Mladenov
Commissioner: Dita Starova Qerimi,
National Gallery of the Republic of North Macedonia
Venue: Scuola dei Laneri, Santa Croce 113/A
MONGOLIA
A Journey Through Vulnerability
Exhibitors: Munkhtsetseg Jalkhaajav
Curator: Gantuya Badamgarav
Commissioner: Nomin Chinbat, Minister of Culture of Mongolia;
Venue: Castello 2131
http://www.mongolia-pavilion-venice-biennale.com/
MONTENEGRO
The Art Of Holding Hands as we break through the sedimentary cloud
Exhibitors: Dante Buu, Lidija Delić & Ivan Šuković, Darko Vučković, Jelena Tomašević,
Art Collection of Non-Aligned Countries (Zuzana Chalupova, Rene Portocarrero,
Curator: Natalija Vujošević
unknown author from Iraq and Bernard Matemera
Commissioner: Jelena Božović;
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3078-3079/A, Ramo Malipiero
NAMIBIA ***
A Bridge to the Desert
Exhibitor: “RENN”
Curator: Marco Furio Ferrario
Commissioner: Marcellinus Swartbooi, Senior Art Education Officer
of the Directorate of Arts: Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture;
Venue: Isola della Certosa
NEPAL ***
Tales of Muted Spirits-Dispersed Threads-Twisted Shangri-La
Exhibitor: Ang Tsherin Sherpa (also known as) Tsherin Sherpa
Curators: Hit Man Gurung, Sheelasha Raj Bhandari
Commissioner: Chancellor Kancha Kumar Karmacharya (Nepal Academy of Fine Arts),
Sangeeta Thapa (Founder Director Siddhartha Arts Foundation);
Venue: Castello 994
NETHERLANDS (The)
When the body says Yes
Exhibitor: melanie bonajo
Curators: Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg, Geir Haraldseth, Soraya Pol
Commissioner: Mondriaan Fund;
Venue: Chiesetta della Misericordia of Art Events, Cannaregio
PORTUGAL
Vampires in Space
Exhibitor: Pedro Neves Marques
Commissioner: Direção-Geral Das Artes; Curators: João Mourão/ Luís Silva;
Venue: Palazzo Franchetti San Marco 2847
ROMANIA
You Are Another Me – A Cathedral of the Body
Exhibitor: Adina Pintilie
Commissioner: Attila Kim; Curators: Cosmin Costinas and Viktor Neumann
Venue: Romanian Pavilion, Giardini
and New Gallery of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research
Palazzo Correr, Campo Santa Fosca, Cannareggio 2214
https://www.cathedralofthebody.com/
SAN MARINO (Republic of)
Postumano Metamorfico
Exhibitors: Elisa Cantarelli, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Roberto Paci Dalò, Endless,
Michelangelo Galliani, Rosa Mundi, Anne-Cécile Surga, Michele Tombolini
Curators: Vincenzo Rotondo
Commissioner: Riccardo Varini Scientific Committee: Alessandro Bianchini,
Cristian Contini, Roberto Felicetti, Fulvio Granocchia, Pasquale Lettieri, James Putnam,
Riccardo Varini; Angela Vettese
Venue: Palazzo Donà Dalle Rose, Fondamenta Nove Cannaregio 5038
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
The Syrians People: a common Destiny
Exhibitors: Saousan Alzubi, Ismaiel Nasra, Adnan Hamideh, Omran Younis,
Aksam Tallaa, Giuseppe Amadio, Marcello Lo Giudice, Lorenzo Puglisi, Hannu Palosuo
Commissioner/Curator: Emad Kashout
Venue: Isola di San Servolo
UGANDA
Radiance: They dream In Time
Exhibitors: Acaye Kerunen, Collin Sekajugo
Commissioner: Naumo Juliana Akoryo; Curator: Shaheen Merali;
Venue: Palazzo Palumbo Fossati, San Marco 2597
ZIMBABWE (Republic of)
I did not leave a sign
Exhibitors: Wallen Mapondera, Ronald Muchatuta, Kresiah Mukwazhi, Terrence Musekiwa
Curator: Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa
Commissioner: Raphael Chikukwa, National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà
https://www.alminerech.com/exhibitions/8711-i-did-not-leave-a-sign
https://www.facebook.com/PavilionOfZimbabwe/
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