Biennale di Venezia 2022
Biennale di Venezia 2022
The 59th International Art Exhibition will take place from 23 April to 27 November 2022 (pre-opening on 20, 21 and 22 April), curated by Cecilia Alemani. “As the first Italian woman to hold this position, I intend to give voice to artists to create unique projects that reflect their visions and our society”, Alemani has declared.
Cecilia Alemani is a curator who has organized many exhibitions of contemporary artists. She is currently Director and Chief Curator of High Line Art, the programme of public art of the urban park in New York, and is the past curator of the Italian Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2017.
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, will open to the public from Saturday April 23 to Sunday November 27, 2022, at the Giardini and the Arsenale; it will be curated by Cecilia Alemani and organised by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Roberto Cicutto. The Pre-opening will take place on April 20, 21 and 22; the Awards Ceremony and Inauguration will be held on 23 April 2022.
In 2021, La Biennale di Venezia launched a plan to reconsider all of its activities in light of recognized and consolidated principles of environmental sustainability. For the year 2022, the goal is to extend the achievement of “carbon neutrality” certification, which was obtained in 2021 for the 78th Venice International Film Festival, to all of La Biennale’s scheduled activities, which include the 59th International Art Exhibition, the Theatre, Music and Dance Festivals and the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
The Exhibition will take place in the Central Pavilion (Giardini) and in the Arsenale, including 213 artists from 58 countries; 180 of these are participating for the first time in the International Exhibition. 1433 the works and objects on display, 80 new projects are conceived specifically for the Biennale Arte.
Invited artists
1. Noor Abuarafeh 1986, Jerusalem. Lives between Jerusalem, Palestine and Maastricht, the Netherlands 2. Carla Accardi 1924, Trapani, Italy – 2014, Rome, Italy 3. Igshaan Adams 1982, Cape Town. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa 4. Eileen Agar 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1991, London, UK 5. Monira Al Qadiri 1983, Dakar, Senegal. Lives in Berlin, Germany 6. Sophia Al-Maria* 1983, Tacoma, USA. Lives in London, UK Pavilion of Applied Arts 7. Özlem Altın 1977, Goch, Germany. Lives in Berlin, Germany 8. Marina Apollonio 1940, Trieste, Italy. Lives in Padua, Italy 9. Gertrud Arndt 1903, Ratibor (Racibórz), German Empire (present-day Poland) – 2000, Darmstadt, Germany 10. Ruth Asawa 1926, Norwalk, USA – 2013, San Francisco, USA 11. Shuvinai Ashoona 1961, Kinngait. Lives in Kinngait, Nunavut 12. Belkis Ayón 1967 – 1999, Havana, Cuba 13. Firelei Báez 1981, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Lives in New York City, USA 14. Felipe Baeza 1987, Guanajuato, Mexico. Lives in New York City, USA 15. Josephine Baker 1906, Saint Louis, USA – 1975, Paris, France 16. Djuna Barnes 1892 – 1982, New York City, USA 17. Maria Bartuszová 1936, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) – 1996, Košice, Slovakia 18. Benedetta 1897, Rome, Italy – 1977, Venice, Italy 19. Mirella Bentivoglio 1922, Klagenfurt, Austria – 2017, Rome, Italy In collaboration with Annalisa Alloatti 1926 – 2000, Turin, Italy 20. Merikokeb Berhanu 1977, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lives in Silver Spring, USA 21. Tomaso Binga 1931, Salerno, Italy. Lives in Rome, Italy 22. Cosima von Bonin 1962, Mombasa, Kenya. Lives in Cologne, Germany 23. Louise Bonnet 1970, Geneva, Switzerland. Lives in Los Angeles, USA 24. Marianne Brandt 1893, Chemnitz, Germany – 1983, Kirchberg, Germany 25. Kerstin Brätsch 1979, Hamburg, Germany. Lives in New York City, USA and Berlin, Germany 26. Dora Budor 1984, Zagreb, Croatia. Lives in New York City, USA 27. Eglė Budvytytė 1981, Kaunas, Lithuania. Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania and Amsterdam, the Netherlands In collaboration with Marija Olšauskaitė and Julija Steponaitytė 1989, Vilnius. Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania and New York City, USA 1992, Vilnius. Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania and Amsterdam, the Netherlands 28. Liv Bugge 1974, Oslo. Lives in Oslo, Norway 29. Simnikiwe Buhlungu* 1995, Johannesburg. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa and Amsterdam, the Netherlands Biennale College Arte 30. Miriam Cahn 1949, Basel, Switzerland. Lives in Stampa, Switzerland 31. Claude Cahun 1894, Nantes, France – 1954, Saint Helier, Jersey, UK 32. Elaine Cameron-Weir 1985, Red Deer, Canada. Lives in New York City, USA 33. Milly Canavero 1920 – 2010, Genoa, Italy 34. Leonora Carrington 1917, Clayton-le-Woods, UK – 2011, Mexico City, Mexico 35. Regina Cassolo Bracchi 1894, Mede, Italy – 1974, Milan, Italy 36. Ambra Castagnetti* 1993, Genoa, Italy. Lives in Milan, Italy Biennale College Arte 37. Giulia Cenci 1988, Cortona. Lives in Cortona, Italy and Amsterdam, the Netherlands 38. Giannina Censi 1913, Milan, Italy – 1995, Voghera, Italy 39. Gabriel Chaile 1985, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Lisbon, Portugal 40. Ali Cherri 1976, Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Paris, France 41. Anna Coleman Ladd 1878, Bryn Mawr, USA – 1939, Santa Barbara, USA 42. Ithell Colquhoun 1906, Shillong, India – 1988, Lamorna, UK 43. Myrlande Constant 1968, Port-au-Prince. Lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti 44. June Crespo 1982, Pamplona, Spain. Lives in Bilbao, Spain 45. Dadamaino 1930 – 2004, Milan, Italy 46. Noah Davis 1983, Seattle, USA – 2015, Ojai, USA 47. Lenora de Barros 1953, São Paulo. Lives in São Paulo, Brazil 48. Valentine de Saint-Point 1875, Lyon, France – 1953, Cairo, Egypt 49. Lise Deharme 1898, Paris, France – 1980, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 50. Sonia Delaunay 1885, Odessa, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) – 1979, Paris, France 51. Agnes Denes 1931, Budapest, Hungary. Lives in New York City, USA 52. Maya Deren 1917, Kyiv, Ukraine – 1961, New York City, USA 53. Lucia Di Luciano 1933, Syracuse, Italy. Lives in Formello, Italy 54. Ibrahim El-Salahi 1930, Omdurman, Sudan. Lives in Oxford, UK 55. Sara Enrico 1979, Biella, Italy. Lives in Turin, Italy 56. Chiara Enzo 1989, Venice. Lives in Venice, Italy 57. Andro Eradze* 1993, Tbilisi. Lives in Tbilisi, Georgia Biennale College Arte 58. Jaider Esbell 1979, Normandia, Brazil – 2021, São Sebastião, Brazil 59. Jana Euler 1982, Friedberg, Germany. Lives in Frankfurt, Germany and Brussels, Belgium 60. Minnie Evans 1892, Long Creek, USA – 1987, Wilmington, USA 61. Alexandra Exter 1882, Białystok, Russian Empire (present-day Poland) – 1949, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France 62. Jadé Fadojutimi 1993, London. Lives in London, UK 63. Jes Fan 1990, Scarborough, Canada. Lives in New York City, USA and Hong Kong 64. Safia Farhat 1924 – 2004, Radès, Tunisia 65. Simone Fattal 1942, Damascus, Syria. Lives in Paris and Erquy, France 66. Célestin Faustin 1948, Lafond, Haiti – 1981, Pétion-Ville, Haiti 67. Leonor Fini 1907, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1996, Paris, France 68. Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven 1874, Swinemünde (Świnoujście), German Empire (present-day Poland) – 1927, Paris, France 69. Katharina Fritsch 1956, Essen, Germany. Lives in Wuppertal and Düsseldorf, Germany 70. Ilse Garnier 1927, Kaiserslautern, Germany – 2020, Saisseval, France 71. Aage Gaup 1943, Børselv, Sápmi/Northern Norway – 2021, Karasjok, Sápmi/Northern Norway 72. Linda Gazzera 1890, Rome, Italy – 1942, São Paulo, Brazil 73. Ficre Ghebreyesus 1962, Asmara, Eritrea – 2012, New Haven, USA 74. Elisa Giardina Papa 1979, Medicina, Italy. Lives in New York City, USA and Palermo, Italy 75. Roberto Gil de Montes 1950, Guadalajara, Mexico. Lives in La Peñita de Jaltemba, Mexico 76. Nan Goldin 1953, Washington, D.C., USA. Lives in New York City, USA 77. Jane Graverol 1905, Ixelles, Belgium – 1984, Fontainebleau, France 78. Laura Grisi 1939, Rhodes, Greece – 2017, Rome, Italy 79. Karla Grosch 1904, Weimar, Germany – 1933, Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (present-day Israel) 80. Robert Grosvenor 1937, New York City, USA. Lives in East Patchogue, USA 81. Aneta Grzeszykowska 1974, Warsaw. Lives in Warsaw, Poland 82. Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe 1971, Sheroana, Venezuela. Lives in Mahekototeri and Caracas, Venezuela 83. Florence Henri 1893, New York City, USA – 1982, Compiègne, France 84. Lynn Hershman Leeson 1941, Cleveland, USA. Lives in San Francisco, USA 85. Charline von Heyl 1960, Mainz, Germany. Lives in New York City and Marfa, USA 86. Hannah Höch 1889, Gotha, Germany – 1978, Berlin, Germany 87. Jessie Homer French 1940, New York City, USA. Lives in Mountain Center, USA 88. Rebecca Horn 1944, Michelstadt, Germany. Lives in Odenwald, Germany 89. Georgiana Houghton 1814, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain – 1884, London, UK 90. Sheree Hovsepian 1974, Isfahan, Iran. Lives in New York City, USA 91. Tishan Hsu 1951, Boston, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 92. Marguerite Humeau 1986, Cholet, France. Lives in London, UK 93. Jacqueline Humphries 1960, New Orleans, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 94. Kudzanai-Violet Hwami* 1993, Gutu, Zimbabwe. Lives in London, UK Biennale College Arte 95. Tatsuo Ikeda 1928, Saga, Japan – 2020, Tokyo, Japan 96. Saodat Ismailova 1981, Tashkent. Lives in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Paris, France 97. Aletta Jacobs 1854, Sappemeer, the Netherlands – 1929, Baarn, the Netherlands 98. Geumhyung Jeong 1980, Seoul. Lives in Seoul, South Korea 99. Charlotte Johannesson 1943, Malmö, Sweden. Lives in Skanör, Sweden 100. Loïs Mailou Jones 1905, Boston, USA – 1998, Washington, D.C., USA 101. Jamian Juliano-Villani 1987, Newark, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 102. Birgit Jürgenssen 1949 – 2003, Vienna, Austria 103. Ida Kar 1908, Tambov, Russia – 1974, London, UK 104. Allison Katz 1980, Montreal, Canada. Lives in London, UK 105. Bronwyn Katz 1993, Kimberley, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa 106. Kapwani Kiwanga 1978, Hamilton, Canada. Lives in Paris, France 107. Kiki Kogelnik 1935, Graz, Austria – 1997, Vienna, Austria 108. Barbara Kruger 1945, Newark, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, USA 109. Tetsumi Kudo 1935, Osaka, Japan – 1990, Tokyo, Japan 110. Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill 1979, Comox, Canada. Lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples 111. Louise Lawler 1947, Bronxville, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 112. Carolyn Lazard 1987, Upland, USA. Lives in New York City and Philadelphia, USA 113. Mire Lee 1988, Seoul, South Korea. Lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 114. Simone Leigh 1967, Chicago, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 115. Hannah Levy 1991, New York City. Lives in New York City, USA 116. Tau Lewis 1993, Toronto, Canada. Lives in New York City, USA 117. Shuang Li 1990, Wuyi Mountains, China. Lives in Berlin, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland 118. Liliane Lijn 1939, New York City, USA. Lives in London, UK 119. Candice Lin 1979, Concord, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, USA 120. Mina Loy 1882, London, UK – 1966, Aspen, USA 121. Antoinette Lubaki 1895, Bukama, Congo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) – ? 122. LuYang 1984, Shanghai. Lives in Shanghai, China 123. Zhenya Machneva 1988, Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg), Russia. Lives in Saint Petersburg, Russia 124. Baya Mahieddine 1931, Fort de l’Eau (present-day Bordj El Kiffan), Algeria – 1998, Blida, Algeria 125. Maruja Mallo 1902, Viveiro, Spain – 1995, Madrid, Spain 126. Joyce Mansour 1928, Bowden, UK – 1986, Paris, France 127. Britta Marakatt-Labba 1951, Idivuoma, Sápmi/Northern Sweden. Lives in Övre Soppero, Sápmi/Northern Sweden 128. Diego Marcon 1985, Busto Arsizio, Italy. Lives in Milan, Italy 129. Sidsel Meineche Hansen 1981, Ry, Denmark. Lives in London, UK 130. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647, Frankfurt am Main, Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany) – 1717, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (present-day the Netherlands) 131. Vera Molnár 1924, Budapest, Hungary. Lives in Paris, France 132. Delcy Morelos 1967, Tierralta, Colombia. Lives in Bogotá, Colombia 133. Sister Gertrude Morgan 1900, LaFayette, USA – 1980, New Orleans, USA 134. Sandra Mujinga 1989, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lives in Oslo, Norway and Berlin, Germany 135. Mrinalini Mukherjee 1949, Bombay (present-day Mumbai), India – 2015, New Delhi, India 136. Nadja 1902, Saint-André-lez-Lille, France – 1941, Bailleul, France 137. Louise Nevelson 1899, Pereiaslav, Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) – 1988, New York City, USA 138. Amy Nimr 1898, Cairo, Egypt – 1974, Paris, France 139. Magdalene Odundo 1950, Nairobi, Kenya. Lives in Farnham, UK 140. Precious Okoyomon 1993, London, UK. Lives in New York City, USA 141. Meret Oppenheim 1913, Berlin, Germany – 1985, Basel, Switzerland 142. Ovartaci 1894, Ebeltoft, Denmark – 1985, Risskov, Denmark 143. Virginia Overton 1971, Nashville, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 144. Akosua Adoma Owusu 1984, Alexandria, USA. Lives in New York City and Cambridge, USA 145. Prabhakar Pachpute 1986, Sasti, India. Lives in Pune, India 146. Eusapia Palladino 1854, Minervino Murge, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (present-day Italy) – 1918, Naples, Italy 147. Violeta Parra 1917, San Fabián de Alico, Chile – 1967, Santiago, Chile 148. Rosana Paulino 1967, São Paulo. Lives in São Paulo, Brazil 149. Valentine Penrose 1898, Mont-de-Marsan, France – 1978, Chiddingly, UK 150. Elle Pérez 1989, New York City. Lives in New York City, USA 151. Sondra Perry 1986, Perth Amboy, USA. Lives in Newark, USA 152. Solange Pessoa 1961, Ferros, Brazil. Lives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 153. Thao Nguyen Phan 1987, Ho Chi Minh City. Lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 154. Julia Phillips 1985, Hamburg, Germany. Lives in Chicago, USA and Berlin, Germany 155. Joanna Piotrowska 1985, Warsaw. Lives in Warsaw, Poland and London, UK 156. Alexandra Pirici 1982, Bucharest. Lives in Bucharest, Romania 157. Anu Põder 1947, Kanepi, Estonia – 2013, Tallinn, Estonia 158. Gisèle Prassinos 1920, Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) – 2015, Paris, France 159. Christina Quarles 1985, Chicago, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, USA 160. Rachilde 1860, Cros, France – 1953, Paris, France 161. Janis Rafa 1984, Athens. Lives in Athens, Greece and Amsterdam, the Netherlands 162. Alice Rahon 1904, Chenecey-Buillon, France – 1987, Mexico City, Mexico 163. Carol Rama 1918 – 2015, Turin, Italy 164. Paula Rego 1935, Lisbon, Portugal. Lives in London, UK 165. Edith Rimmington 1902, Leicester, UK – 1986, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK 166. Enif Robert 1886, Prato, Italy – 1974, Bologna, Italy 167. Luiz Roque 1979, Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil. Lives in São Paulo, Brazil 168. Rosa Rosà 1884, Vienna, Austria – 1978, Rome, Italy 169. Niki de Saint Phalle 1930, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 2002, La Jolla, USA 170. Giovanna Sandri 1923 – 2002, Rome, Italy 171. Pinaree Sanpitak 1961, Bangkok. Lives in Bangkok, Thailand 172. Aki Sasamoto 1980, Kanagawa, Japan. Lives in New York City, USA 173. Augusta Savage 1892, Green Cove Springs, USA – 1962, New York City, USA 174. Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt 1896, Lübben (Spreewald), Germany – 1924, Hamburg, Germany 1899 – 1924, Hamburg, Germany 175. Lillian Schwartz 1927, Cincinnati, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 176. Amy Sillman 1955, Detroit, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 177. Elias Sime 1968, Addis Ababa. Lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 178. Marianna Simnett 1986, London, UK. Lives in Berlin, Germany 179. Hélène Smith 1861, Martigny, Switzerland – 1929, Geneva, Switzerland 180. Sable Elyse Smith 1986, Los Angeles, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 181. Teresa Solar 1985, Madrid. Lives in Madrid, Spain 182. Mary Ellen Solt 1920, Gilmore City, USA – 2007, Santa Clarita, USA 183. P. Staff 1987, Bognor Regis, UK. Lives in London, UK and Los Angeles, USA 184. Sophie Taeuber-Arp 1889, Davos, Switzerland – 1943, Zürich, Switzerland 185. Toshiko Takaezu 1922, Pepeekeo, USA – 2011, Honolulu, USA 186. Emma Talbot 1969, Stourbridge, UK. Lives in London, UK 187. Dorothea Tanning 1910, Galesburg, USA – 2012, New York City, USA 188. Bridget Tichenor 1917, Paris, France – 1990, Mexico City, Mexico 189. Tecla Tofano 1927, Naples, Italy – 1995, Caracas, Venezuela 190. Josefa Tolrà 1880 – 1959, Cabrils, Spain 191. Tourmaline 1983, Boston, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 192. Toyen 1902, Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Czech Republic) – 1980, Paris, France 193. Rosemarie Trockel 1952, Schwerte, Germany. Lives in Berlin, Germany 194. Wu Tsang 1982, Worcester, USA. Lives in Zürich, Switzerland 195. Kaari Upson 1970, San Bernardino, USA – 2021, New York City, USA 196. Andra Ursuţa 1979, Salonta, Romania. Lives in New York City, USA 197. Grazia Varisco 1937, Milan. Lives in Milan, Italy 198. Remedios Varo 1908, Anglès, Spain – 1963, Mexico City, Mexico 199. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra 1967, Viña del Mar, Chile. Lives in Berlin, Germany 200. Marie Vassilieff 1884, Smolensk, Russia – 1957, Nogent-sur-Marne, France 201. Cecilia Vicuña 1948, Santiago, Chile. Lives in New York City, USA 202. Nanda Vigo 1936 – 2020, Milan, Italy 203. Marianne Vitale 1973, East Rockaway, USA. Lives in New York City, USA 204. Raphaela Vogel 1988, Nuremberg, Germany. Lives in Berlin, Germany 205. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller 1877, Philadelphia, USA – 1968, Framingham, USA 206. Laura Wheeler Waring 1887, Hartford, USA – 1948, Philadelphia, USA 207. Ulla Wiggen 1942, Stockholm. Lives in Stockholm, Sweden 208. Mary Wigman 1886, Hanover, Germany – 1973, Berlin, Germany 209. Müge Yilmaz 1985, Istanbul, Turkey. Lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 210. Frantz Zéphirin 1968, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti 211. Zheng Bo 1974, Beijing, China. Lives on Lantau Island, Hong Kong 212. Unica Zürn 1916, Berlin, Germany – 1970, Paris, France 213. Portia Zvavahera 1985, Harare. Lives in Harare, Zimbabwe
Cecilia Alemani:
“The Milk of Dreams takes its title from a book by Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) – Cecilia Alemani stated – in which the Surrealist artist describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination. It is a world where everyone can change, be transformed, become something or someone else. The Exhibition The Milk of Dreams takes Leonora Carrington’s otherworldly creatures, along with other figures of transformation, as companions on an imaginary journey through the metamorphoses of bodies and definitions of the human.
Grounded in conversations
This Exhibition is grounded in many conversations with artists held in the last few years. The questions that kept emerging from these dialogues seem to capture this moment in history when the very survival of the species is threatened, but also to sum up many other inquiries that pervade the sciences, arts, and myths of our time. How is the definition of the human changing? What constitutes life, and what differentiates plant and animal, human and non-human? What are our responsibilities towards the planet, other people, and other life forms? And what would life look like without us? These are some of the guiding questions for this edition of the Biennale Arte, which focuses on three thematic areas in particular: the representation of bodies and their metamorphoses; the relationship between individuals and technologies; the connection between bodies and the Earth.”
