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
ALBANIA
Lumturie Blloshmi. From scratch
Inauguration on April 21 2022 | 12.15 pm
Curated by Adela Demetja
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture
23 April – 27 November 2022
ARSENALE Venice
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ARGENTINA
The Importance of the Origin Will Be Imported by the Origin of the Substance
Exhibitor: Mónica Heller
Curator: Alejo Ponce de León
Commissioner: Paula Vázquez
Venue: Arsenale
CHILE
Turba Tol Hol-Hol Tol
Exhibitors: Ariel Bustamante, Carla Macchiavello, Dominga Stomayor, Alfredo Thiermann
Commissioner: Ximena Moreno;
Curator: Camila Marambio
Venue: Arsenale
CHINA (People’s Republic of)
Meta-Scape
Exhibitor: Liu Jiayu, Wang Yuyang, Xu Lei, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
Institute of Sci-Tech Arts+Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence (TLBI)
Group Project
Curator: Zhang Zikang
Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd.
Venue: Arsenale
GHANA
Black Star – The Museum as Freedom
Exhibitors: Na Chainkua Reindorf, Diego Araúja, Afroscope
Curator: Nana Oforiatta Ayim
Commissioner: Akwasi Agyeman, CEO,
Ghana Tourism Authority Ministry of Tourism, Arts And Culture
Venue: Arsenale
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
Faraway So Close
Exhibitor: Tina Gillen
Curator: Christophe Gallois,
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture;
Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean;
Venue: Arsenale
ICELAND
Perpetual Motion
Exhibitor: Sigurdur Gudjonsson
Commissioner: Auður Jörundsdóttir, Icelandic Art Center;
Curator: Mónica Bello;
Venue: Arsenale
IRELAND
Gather
Exhibitor: Niamh O’Malley
Commissioner: Culture Ireland; Curator: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios;
Venue: Arsenale
ITALY
Storia della notte e destino delle comete
Exhibitor: Gian Maria Tosatti
Curator: Eugenio Viola;
Commissioner: Onofrio Cutaia,
Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea, Ministero della Cultura
Venue: Arsenale
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KOSOVO (Republic of)
The Monumentality of the Everyday
Exhibitor: Jakup Ferri
Commissioner: Alisa Gojani-Berisha; Curator: Inke Arns
Venue: Arsenale
LATVIA
Selling Water by the River
Exhibitors: Skuja Braden (Ingūna Skuja and Melissa D. Braden)
Commissioner: Solvita Krese; Curators: Solvita Krese and Andra Silapētere;
Venue: Arsenale
LEBANON
The World in the Image of Man
Exhibitors: Ayman Baalbaki, Danielle Arbid
Commissioner/Curator: Nada Ghandour
Venue: Arsenale
MALTA
Diplomazija Astuta
Exhibitors: Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, Brian Schembri
Curators: Keith Sciberras, Jeffrey Uslip
Commissioner: Arts Council Malta
Venue: Arsenale
MEXICO
Hasta que los cantos broten (Until The Songs Spring)
Exhibitors: Mariana Castillo Deball, Naomi Rincón Gallardo,
Fernando Palma Rodríguez and Santiago Borja Charles
Curators: Catalina Lozano and Mauricio Marcin
Commissioner: Diego Sapién
Venue: Arsenale
NEW ZEALAND
Paradise Camp
Exhibitor: Yuki Kihara
Curator: Natalie King
Commissioner: Caren Rangi, Creative New Zealand
Venue: Arsenale
OMAN (Sultanate of) ***
Exhibitors:
Anwar Sonja, Hassan Meer, Budoor Al Riyami, Radhika Al Khimji, Raiya Al Rawahi
Curator: Aisha Stoby
Commissioner : Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth,
His Excellency Sayyid Saeed bin Sultan bin Yarub Al Busaidi
Venue: Arsenale
PHILIPPINES
Andi taku e sana, Amung taku di sana / All of us present,
This is our gathering
Exhibitors: Gerardo Tan, Felicidad A.Prudente and Sammy N. Buhle
Curators: Yael Buencamino Borromeo and Arvin Flores
Commissioner: National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA),
Arsenio “Nick” J. Lizaso, in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
and the Office of Deputy Speaker and Congresswoman Legarda;
Venue: Arsenale
PERU
Peace is a Corrosive Promise
Comm
Exhibitor: Herbert Rodriguez
issioner: Armando Andrade; Curators: Jorge Villarcorta, Viola Varotto;
Venue: Arsenale
SAUDI ARABIA
The Teaching Tree
Commissioner: Visual Arts Commission, Ministry of Culture;
Curator: Reem Fadda; Exhibitor: Muhannad Shono
Venue: Arsenale
SINGAPORE
Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book
Exhibitor: Shubigi Rao
Curator: Ute Meta Bauer
Commissioner: Rosa Daniel, Chief Executive Officer National Arts Council Singapore;
Venue: Arsenale
SLOVENIA (Republic of)
Without a Master
Exhibitor: Marko Jakše
Commissioner: Aleš Vaupotič; Curator: Robert Simonišek
Venue: Arsenale
SOUTH AFRICA (Republic of)
Into the Light
Exhibitors: Roger Ballen, Lebohang Kganye, Phumulani Ntuli
Curator: Amé Bell
Commissioner: Nosipho Nausca-Jean Ngcaba Ambasciatore della Repubblica del Sudafrica in Italia;
Venue: Arsenale
TURKEY
Once upon a time…
Exhibitor: Füsun Onur
Curator: Bige Örer
Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV);
Venue: Arsenale
UKRAINE
The Fountain of Exhaustion. Acqua alta
Exhibitor: Pavlo Makov
Curators: Lizaveta German, Maria Lanko, Borys Filonenko
Commissioner: Kateryna Chuyeva, Deputy Minister for European Integration
of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine;
Venue: Arsenale
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset
Exhibitor: Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim
Curator: Maya Allison
Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
Venue: Arsenale
UZBEKISTAN (Republic of) *
Dixit Algorizmi: Garden of Knowledge
Exhibitors: Charlie Tapp/Abror Zufarov, CCA Lab
Curators: Studio Space Caviar (Joseph Grima, Camilo Oliveira), Sheida Gomashchi
Commissioner: Gayane Umerova, Art and Culture Development Foundation
Venue: Arsenale
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022/national-participations