Biennale Arte 2026: the invited artists

The 111 invited participants of this exhibition – among them, individual artists, collaborative duos, collectives, and artist-led organisations – hail from many geographies and regions selected by Koyo Kouoh with particular attention to resonances, affinity, and and possible convergences between practices, even when far apart. In looking to artists working in Salvador, Dakar, San Juan, Beirut, Paris, or Nashville, for example, Koyo sought to envision how their ingenuity, breadth of material experimentation, and visionary ideas bear connections to other artists and movements in simultaneity. In this spirit, In Minor Keys expands upon Koyo’s relational geography of encounters with artists over her lifetime. 

1. Pio Abad

Born 1983, Manila, Philippines. Lives in London, UK.

 

2. Philip Aguirre y Otegui

Born 1961, Schoten, Belgium. Lives in Antwerp, Belgium.

 

3. Akinbode Akinbiyi

Born 1946, Oxford, UK. Lives in Berlin, Germany.

 

4. Laurie Anderson

Born 1947, Chicago, IL, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

5. Fabrice Aragno

Born 1970, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

6. arms ache avid aeon:

Nancy Brooks Brody

                 Born 1962, New York City, NY, USA, D. 2023.

 

Joy Episalla

Born 1957, Bronxville, NY, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

Zoe Leonard

Born 1961 Liberty, NY, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

Carrie Yamaoka

Born 1957, Glen Cove, NY, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

fierce pussy

                 Founded 1991, New York City, NY, USA.

 

Jo-ey Tang

Born 1978, Hong Kong, China. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

7. Kader Attia

Born, 1970, Dugny, France. Lives in Berlin, Germany and Paris, France.

 

8. Sammy Baloji

Born 1978, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lives in Brussels, Belgium and Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

 

9. Ranti Bam

Born 1985, Lagos, Nigeria. Lives in Paris, France and Lagos, Nigeria.

 

10. Alvaro Barrington

Born 1983, Caracas, Venezuela. Lives in London, UK.

 

11. Éric Baudelaire

Born 1973, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Lives in Paris, France.

 

12. Sabian Baumann

Born 1962, Zug, Switzerland. Lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

 

13. blaxTARLINES KUMASI

Founded 2015, Kumasi, Ghana.

 

14. Beverly Buchanan

Born 1940, Fuquay, NC, USA. D. 2015.

 

15. Seyni Awa Camara

Born 1945, Oussouy, Senegal. D. 2026.

 

16. Nick Cave

Born 1959, Chicago, IL, USA. Lives in Chicago, IL, USA.

 

17. Carolina Caycedo

Colombian, born 1978, London, UK. Lives in Los Angeles, CA, USA and Caguas, Puerto Rico.

 

18. Annalee Davis

Born 1963, St. Michael, Barbados. Lives in St. George, Barbados.

 

19. BuBu de la Madeleine

Born 1961, Osaka, Japan. Lives in Nara, Japan.

 

20. Dawn DeDeaux

Born 1952, New Orleans, LA, USA. Lives in New Orleans, LA, USA.

 

21. Nolan Oswald Dennis

Born 1988, Lusaka, Zambia. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

22. Denniston Hill

Founded 2008, Glen Wild, NY, USA.

 

23. Bonnie Devine

Born 1952, Toronto, Canada. Lives in Toronto, Canada.

 

24. Godfried Donkor

Born 1964, Accra, Ghana. Lives in London, UK and Accra, Ghana.

25. Marcel Duchamp

Born 1887, Blainville-Crevon, France. D. 1968.

 

26. Edouard Duval-Carrié

Born 1954, Port-au-Prince, Haïtï. Lives in Miami, FL, USA.

 

27. Torkwase Dyson

Born 1973, Chicago, IL, USA. Lives in Beacon, NY, USA.

 

28. rana elnemr

Born 1974, Hannover, Germany. Lives in Cairo, Egypt.

 

29. Theo Eshetu

Born 1958, London, UK. Lives in Berlin, Germany and Rome, Italy.

 

30. Rachel Fallon (with Alice Maher)

Born 1971, Dublin, Ireland. Lives in Dublin, Ireland.

 

31. G.A.S. Foundation

Founded 2023, Lagos and Ijebu Ode, Nigeria.

 

32. Sofía Gallisá Muriente

Born 1986, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lives in Puerto Rico.

 

33. Adebunmi Gbadebo

Born 1992, Livingston, NJ, USA. Lives in Philadelphia, PA and Newark, NJ, USA.

 

34. Leonilda González

Born 1923, Minuano, Uruguay. D. 2017.

 

35. Linda Goode Bryant

Born 1949, Columbus, OH, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

36. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Born 1969, Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Beirut, Lebanon and Paris, France.
Born 1969, Moussaitbeh, Lebanon. Lives in Beirut, Lebanon and Paris, France.

 

37. Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka

Born 1988, Toronto, Canada. Lives in Toronto, Canada; New York City, NY, USA; and Japan.

 

38. Ayrson Heráclito

Born 1968, Macaúbas, Bahia, Brazil. Lives in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

 

39. Clarissa Herbst & Dominique Rust

Born 1959, Crailsheim, Germany. Lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

Born 1960, Basel, Switzerland. Lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

 

40. Nicholas Hlobo

Born 1975, Cape Town, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

41. Carsten Höller

Born 1961, Brussels, Belgium. Lives in Stockholm, Sweden; Biriwa, Ghana; and Tuscany, Italy.

 

42. Sohrab Hura

Born 1981, Chinsurah, India. Lives in New Delhi, India.

 

43. Alfredo Jaar

Born 1965, Santiago, Chile. Lives in Lisbon, Portugal.

 

44. Mohammed Joha

Born 1978, Gaza, Palestine. Lives in Marseille, France.

 

45. Michael Joo

Born 1966, Ithaca, NY, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

46. Nina Katchadourian

Born 1968, Stanford, CA, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA and Berlin, Germany.

 

47. Bodys Isek Kingelez

Born 1948, Kimbembele Ihunga, former Belgian Congo, now Democratic Republic of the Congo. D. 2015.

 

48. Sandra Knecht

Born 1968, Buus, Switzerland. Lives in Buus, Switzerland.

 

49. Marcia Kure
    Born 1970, Kano State, Nigeria. Lives in Princeton, NJ, USA; Abuja, and Kaduna, Nigeria.

 

50. Natalia Lassalle-Morillo (in collaboration with Gloria Morillo)

Born 1991, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

51. Florence Lazar

Born 1966, Paris, France. Lives in Paris, France.

 

52. Dan Lie

Born 1988. Lives in Berlin, Germany.

 

53. Werewere Liking

Born 1950, Mgombas, Cameroon. Lives in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

 

54. lugar a dudas

Founded 2004, Cali, Colombia.

 

55. Daniel Lind-Ramos

Born 1953, Loiza, Puerto Rico. Lives in Loiza, Puerto Rico.

 

56. Alice Maher

Born 1956, Tipperary, Ireland. Lives in County Mayo, Ireland.

 

57. Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons & Kamaal Malak

Born 1959, Matanzas, Cuba Lives in Nashville, TN, USA.

Born 1962, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Lives in Nashville, TN, USA.

 

58. Senzeni Marasela

Born 1977, Thokoza, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

59. Guadalupe Maravilla

Born 1976, San Salvador, El Salvador. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

60. Manuel Mathieu

Born 1986, Port-au-Prince, Haïtï. Lives in Montreal, Canada and Paris, France.

 

61. Georgina Maxim

Born 1980, Harare, Zimbabwe. Lives in Harare and Mutare, Zimbabwe.

 

62. Tiona Nekkia McClodden

Born 1981, Blytheville, AR, USA. Lives in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

63. Big Chief Demond Melancon

Born 1978, New Orleans, LA, USA. Lives in New Orleans, LA, USA.

 

64. Avi Mograbi

Born 1956, Tel Aviv. Lives in Lisbon, Portugal.

 

65. Wangechi Mutu

Born 1972, Nairobi, Kenya. Lives in New York City, NY, USA and Nairobi, Kenya.

 

66.  Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI)

Founded 2020, Nairobi, Kenya.

 

67. Eustaquio Neves

Born 1955, Juatuba, Brazil. Lives in Diamantina, Brazil.
 

68. Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn

Born 1976, Sài Gòn, Việt Nam. Lives in Hội An, works in Hồ Chí Minh City, Việt Nam.

 

69. Tammy Nguyen

Born 1984, San Francisco, CA, USA. Lives in Easton, CT, USA.

 

70. Otobong Nkanga

Born 1974, Kano, Nigeria. Lives in Antwerp, Belgium, and Uyo, Nigeria.

71. Kaloki Nyamai

Born 1985, Nairobi, Kenya. Lives in Nairobi, Kenya.

 

72. Temitayo Ogunbiyi

Born 1984, Rochester, NY, USA. Lives in Lagos, Nigeria.

 

73. Pauline Oliveros

Born 1932, Houston, TX, USA. D. 2016.

 

74. Kambui Olujimi

Born 1976, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

75. Hagar Ophir

Born 1983, Jerusalem. Lives in Berlin, Germany.

 

76. Uriel Orlow

Born 1973, Zurich, Switzerland. Lives in Lisbon, Portugal; London, UK; and Basel, Switzerland.

 

77. Ebony G. Patterson

Born 1981, Kingston, Jamaica. Lives in Kingston, Jamaica and Chicago, IL, USA.

 

78. Rajni Perera & Marigold Santos

Born 1985, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Lives in Toronto, Canada.

Born 1981, Manila, Phillipines. Lives in Calgary, Canada.

 

79. Thania Petersen

Born 1980, Cape Town, South Africa. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

 

80. Alan Phelan

Born 1968, Dublin, Ireland. Lives in Dublin, Ireland.

 

81.  Johannes Phokela

 Born 1966, Johannesburg, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

82. Léonard Pongo

Born 1988, Liège, Belgium. Lives in Brussels, Belgium and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

83. Walid Raad

Born 1967, Chbanieh, Lebanon. Lives in Medusa, NY, USA.

 

84. Mohammed Z. Rahman

Born 1997, London, UK. Lives in London, UK.

 

85. RAW Material Company

Founded 2008, Dakar, Senegal.

 

86. Tabita Rezaire

Born 1989, Paris, France, 1989. Lives in Cayenne, French Guiana.

 

87. Guadalupe Rosales

Born 1980, Redwood City, CA, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

 

88. Yo-E Ryou

Born 1987, Seoul, South Korea. Lives in Seoul and Jeju Island, South Korea.

 

89. Khaled Sabsabi

Born 1965, Tripoli, Lebanon. Lives in Sydney, Australia.

 

90. Rose Salane

Born 1992, New York City, NY, USA.  Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

91. Issa Samb

Born 1945, Dakar, Senegal. D. 2017.

 

92. Amina Saoudi Aït Khay

Born 1955, Casablanca, Morocco. Lives in Sousse, Tunisia.

 

93. Carrie Schneider

Born 1979, Chicago, IL USA. Lives in New York City, NY, USA.

 

94. Hala Schoukair

Born 1957, Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Beirut, Lebanon.

 

95. Berni Searle

Born 1964, Cape Town, South Africa. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

 

96. Mmakgabo Mmapula Helen Sebidi

Born 1943, Marapyane, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

97. Wardha Shabbir

Born 1987, Lahore, Pakistan. Lives in Lahore, Pakistan.

 

98. Yoshiko Shimada

Born 1959, Tokyo, Japan. Lives in Chiba, Japan.

 

99. Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser

Born 1987, New Delhi, India. Lives in London, UK and New Delhi, India.

Born 1985, Bonn, Germany. Lives in London, UK and New Delhi, India.

 

100. Buhlebezwe Siwani

Born 1987, Johannesburg, South Africa. Lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Cape Town, South Africa.

 

101. Cauleen Smith

 Born 1967, Riverside, CA, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

 

102. Vera Tamari

Born 1944, Jerusalem, Palestine.  1944. Lives in Ramallah, Palestine.

 

103. Tsai Ming-liang

Born 1957, Kuching, Malaysia. Lives in New Taipei City and Taipei, Taiwan.

 

104. Victoria-Idongesit Udondian

Born 1982, Uyo, Nigeria. Lives in Lagos, Nigeria and New York City, NY, USA.

 

105. Celia Vásquez Yui

Born 1960, Pucallpa, Peru. Lives in the Peruvian Amazon, Pucallpa, Peru.

 

106. Kemang Wa Lehulere

Born 1984, Cape Town, South Africa. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

 

107. Kennedy Yanko

Born 1988, St. Louis, MO, USA. Lives in Miami, FL, USA.

 

108. Raed Yassin

Born 1979, Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Beirut, Lebanon and Berlin, Germany.

 

109. Sawangwongse Yawnghwe

Born 1971, Shan State Burma. Lives in Zutphen, Netherlands and Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 

110. Billie Zangewa

Born 1973, Blantyre, Malawi. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

 

APPLIED ARTS PAVILION
A Special Project of La Biennale di Venezia and Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 

Gala Porras-Kim*

Born 1984, Bogotá, Colombia. Lives in Los Angeles, CA, USA and London, UK. 

 

* Out of competition