National Participations Pavilions at the 59th Venice International Art Biennale 2022

Albania

Lumturie Blloshmi.From scratch
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture; Curator: Adela Demetja
Exhibitor: Lumturie Blloshmi
Venue: Arsenal

Argentina

The Importance of the Origin Will Be Imported by the Origin of the Substance
Commissioner: Paula Vázquez; Curator: Alejo Ponce de León
Exhibitor: Mónica Heller
Venue: Arsenal

Armenia

Gharib
Commissioner: Arayik Khzmalyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Curators: Anne Davidian, Elena Sorokina
Exhibitor: Andrius Arutiunian
Venue: Palazzo Zenobio Dorsoduro 2596

Australia

Desastres Commissioner: Australia Council for the Arts; Curator: Alexie Glass-Kantor
Exhibitor: Marco Fusinato
Venue: Giardini

Angry Body Parts

Austria

Invitation of the Soft Machine and Her Angry Body Parts
Commissioner: The Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport; Curator: Karola Kraus
Exhibitors: Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl
Venue: Giardini

Azerbaijan

Born to Love
Commissioner: Mammad Ahmadzada, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Curator: Emin Mammadov
Exhibitors: Narmin Israfilova, Infinity, Ramina Saadatkhan, Fidan Novruzova, Fidan Akhundova, Sabiha Khankishiyeva, Agdes Baghirzade
Venue: Procuratie Vecchie San Marco 153/a/139

Bangladesh

Time: Mask And Unmask
Commissioner: Liaquat Ali Lucky Curator: Viviana Vannucci
Exhibitors: Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Iqbal, Harun-Ar-Rashid, Sumon Wahed, Promity Hossain, Mohammad Eunus, Marco Cassarà, Franco Marrocco, Giuseppe Diego Spinelli
Venue: Palazzo Rossini, San Marco 4013

Belgium

The Nature of the Game
Commissioner: Jan Jambon, Minister-president of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Culture, ICT and Facility Management; Curator: Hilde Teerlinck
Exhibitor: Francis Alÿs
Venue: Giardini

Jonathas de Andrade, Burning ear

Brazil

com o coração saindo pela boca / with the heart coming out of the mouth
Commissioner: José Olympio da Veiga Pereira, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo; Curator: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
Exhibitor: Jonathas de Andrade
Venue: Giardini

Bulgaria

There You Are
Commissioner: Iara Boubnova; Curator: Irina Batkova
Exhibitor: Michail Michailov
Venue: Spazio Ravà, San Polo 1100

Cameroon

Il tempo delle Chimere/The Time of the Chimeras
Commissioner: Armand Abanda Maye; Curators: Paul Emmanuel Loga Mahop, Sandro Orlandi Stagl
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)
Venue: Liceo Artistico Guggenheim San Polo 2186 and Palazzo San Bernardo San Polo 2186

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Paolo Fantin, Alloro Lympha, Laurel, Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition

Paolo Fantin, Lympha, Daphné et Apollon

Canada

2011 ≠ 1848
Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada; Curator: Reid Shier
Exhibitor: Stan Douglas
Venue: Giardini and Magazzini del Sale n5

Chile

Turba Tol Hol-Hol Tol
Commissioner: Ximena Moreno; Curator: Camila Marambio
Exhibitors: Ariel Bustamante, Carla Macchiavello, Dominga Stomayor, Alfredo Thiermann
Venue: Arsenal

China

Meta-Scape
Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd.; Curator: Zhang Zikang
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
Venue: Arsenal

Croatia

Untitled (Croatian Pavilion), 2022
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia; Curator: Elena Filipovic
Exhibitor: Tomo Savić-Gecan.
Venue:via Garibaldi

Cuba

Terra Ignota, (proposals for a New World)
Commissioner: Norma Rodriguez Derivet; Curator: Nelson Ramirez de Arellano Conde
Exhibitors: Rafael Villares, Kcho,Giuseppe Stampone
Venue: Isola di San Servolo

We Walked the Earth

Denmark

We Walked the Earth
Commissioner: Danish Arts Foundation; Curator: Jacob Lillemose
Exhibitor: Uffe Isolotto
Venue: Giardini

Egypt

Eden-Like Garden
Commissioner: Ministero della Cultura-Accademia d'Egitto; Curators: Heba Youssef and Mohamed Shoukry
Exhibitors: Mohamed Shoukry, Weaam El Masry, Ahmed El Shaer
Venue: Giardini

Estonia

Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance
Commissioner: Maria Arusoo, Estonian Center for Contemporary Art; Curator: Corina L Apostol
Exhibitors: Kristina Norman, Bita Ravazi
Venue: Giardini

Finland (Aalto)

Close Watch
Commissioner: Raija Koli, Frame Finland; Curator: Christina Li
Exhibitor: Pilvi Takala
Venue: Giardini

Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n'ont pas de titre

France

Les rêves n’ont pas de titre / Dreams have no titles
Commissioner: Institut Francais; Curators: Yasmina Reggad, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
Exhibitor: Zineb Sedira
Venue: Giardini

Georgia

Mi fa Pena il Giardino
Commissioner: Magda Guruli; Curators: Vato Urushadze, Khatia Tchokhonelidze, Giorgi Spanderashvili
Exhibitors: Mariam Natroshvili, Detu Jincharadze
Venue: Spazio Punch, Fondamenta S. Biagio, 800/o

Germany

Commissioner: ifa - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen; Curator: Yilmaz Dziewior
Exhibitors: Maria Eichorn
Venue: Giardini

Ghana

Black Star - The Museum as Freedom
Commissioner: Akwasi Agyeman, CEO, Ghana Tourism Authority Ministry of Tourism, Arts And Culture; Curator: Nana Oforiatta Ayim
Exhibitors: Na Chainkua Reindorf, Diego Araúja, Afroscope
Venue: Arsenal

Noah Davis, Birch Trees

Great Britain

Feeling Her Way
Commissioner: Emma Dexter, British Council; Curator: Emma Ridgway
Exhibitor: Sonia Boyce
Venue: Giardini

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Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg

Faraway So Close
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture; Curator: Christophe Gallois, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Exhibitor: Tina Gillen
Venue: Arsenal

Greece

Oedipus In Search of Colonus
Commissioner: National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum (represented by the Director, Professor Marina Lambraki Plaka); Curator: Heinz Peter Schwerfel
Exhibitor: Loukia Alavanou
Venue: Giardini

Grenada

An Unknown that Does Not Terrify
Commissioner: Susan Mains; Curator: Daniele Radini Tedeschi
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
Venue: Il Giardino Bianco Art SpaceVia Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1814

Guatemala

Inclusion
Commissioner: Felipe Amado Aguilar Marroquin, Minister of Culture
Curator/Exhibitor: Christian Escobar “Chrispapita”
Venue: SPUMA - Space For The Arts Giudecca 800/R

Zsofia Keresztes

Hungary

Dopo i sogni: ho il coraggio di sfidare i danni / After Dreams: I Dare to Defy the Damage
Commissioner: Julia Fabényi; Curator: Mónika Zsikla
Exhibitor: Zsófia Keresztes
Venue: Giardini

Iceland

Perpetual Motion
Commissioner: Auður Jörundsdóttir, Icelandic Art Center; Curator: Mónica Bello
Exhibitor: Sigurdur Gudjonsson
Venue: Arsenal

Ireland

Gather
Commissioner: Culture Ireland; Curator: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Exhibitor: Niamh O'Malley
Venue: Arsenal

Queendom Panel 2

Israel

Queendom
Commissioners: Michael Gov, Arad Turgeman; Curator: Shelley Harten
Exhibitor: Ilit Azoulay
Venue: Giardini

Italy

Commissioner: Onofrio Cutaia, Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea, Ministero della Cultura; Curator: Eugenio Viola
Exhibitor: Gian Maria Tosatti
Venue: Arsenal

Ivory Coast

The dreams of a story
Commissioner: Henri Koffissé N'koumo; Curators: Massimo Scaringella, Alessandro Romanini
Exhibitors: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Abdoulaye Diarrassouba dit Aboudia, Armand Boua, Saint-Etienne Yéanzi dit Yeanzi, Laetitia Ky, Aron Demetz
Venue: Magazzino del Sale 3, Dorsoduro 264

Japan

Dumb Type
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation
Exhibitors: Dumb Type (Shiro Takatani, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ken Furudate, Satoshi Hama, Ryo Shiraki, Marihiko Hara, Hiromasa Tomari, Takuya Minami, Yoko Takatani)
Venue: Giardini

Kazakhstan

Lai-Phi-Chu-Plee-Lapa
Commissioner: Meruyert Kaliyeva
Curators/Exhibitors: ORTA collective (Alexandra Morozova, Rusten Begenov, Darya Jumelya, Alexander Bakanov, Sabina Kuangali)
Venue: Spazio Arco, Dorsoduro 1485

Kenya

Exercises in Conversation
Commissioner: Kiprop Lagat; Curator: Jimmy Ogonga
Venue: Zattere Gallery, Dorsoduro 46-48

Kyrgyzstan

Gates of Turan
Commissioner: Saltanat Abdyldaevna Amanova; Curator: Janet Rady
Exhibitor: Firouz Farman Farmaaian
Venue: Hydro Space, Giudecca Art Center ,Giudecca 211/C

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Yunchul Kim, Chroma 5 Gyre

Korea

Gyre
Commissioner: Arts Council Korea; Curator: Youngchul Lee
Exhibitor: Yunchul Kim
Venue: Giardini

Kosovo

The Monumentality of the Everyday
Commissioner: Alisa Gojani-Berisha; Curator: Inke Arns
Exhibitor: Jakup Ferri
Venue: Arsenal

Latvia

Selling Water by the River
Commissioner: Solvita Krese; Curators: Solvita Krese and Andra Silapētere
Exhibitors: Skuja Braden (Ingūna Skuja and Melissa D. Braden)
Venue: Arsenal

Lebanon

The World in the Image of Man
Commissioner/Curator: Nada Ghandour
Exhibitors: Ayman Baalbaki, Danielle Arbid
Venue: Arsenal

Malgorzata Mirga-Tas, Re-enchanting The World

Lithuania

Gut Feeling
Commissioner: Kęstutis Kuizinas; Curator: Neringa Bumblienė
Exhibitors: Robertas Narkus
Venue: Castello 3200 and 3206, Campo de le Gate

North Macedonia

Landscape experience
Commissioner: Dita Starova Qerimi, National Gallery of the Republic of North Macedonia; Curator: Ana Frangovska
Exhibitor: Robert Jankuloski

Malta

Diplomazija Astuta
Commissioner: Arts Council Malta; Curators: Keith Sciberras, Jeffrey Uslip
Exhibitors: Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, Brian Schembri
Venue: Arsenal

Mexico

Hasta que los cantos broten (Until The Songs Spring)
Commissioner: Diego Sapién; Curators: Catalina Lozano and Mauricio Marcin
Exhibitors: Mariana Castillo Deball, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Fernando Palma Rodríguez and Santiago Borja Charles
Venue: Arsenal

Break the Head

Mongolia

A Journey Through Vulnerability
Commissioner: Nomin Chinbat, Minister of Culture of Mongolia; Curator: Gantuya Badamgarav
Exhibitors: Munkhtsetseg Jalkhaajav
Venue: Castello 2131

Montenegro

The Art Of Holding Hands as we break through the sedimentary cloud Commissioner: Jelena Božović; Curator: Natalija Vujošević
Exhibitors: Dante Buu, Lidija Delić, Ivan Šuković, Darko Vučković, Jelena Tomašević, Art Collection of Non-Aligned Countries (Zuzana Chalupova, Rene Portocarrero, unknown author from Iraq and Bernard Matemera
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3078-3079/A, Ramo Malipiero

Namibia

A Bridge to the Desert
Commissioner: Marcellinus Swartbooi, Senior Art Education Officer of the Directorate of Arts: Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture; Curator: Marco Furio Ferrario
Exhibitor: “RENN”
Venue: Isola della Certosa

Nepal

Tales of Muted Spirits-Dispersed Threads-Twisted Shangri-La
Commissioner: Chancellor Kancha Kumar Karmacharya (Nepal Academy of Fine Arts), Sangeeta Thapa (Founder Director Siddhartha Arts Foundation); Curators: Hit Man Gurung, Sheelasha Raj Bhandari
Exhibitor: Ang Tsherin Sherpa (also known as) Tsherin Sherpa
Venue: Castello 994

Netherlands

When the body says Yes
Commissioner: Mondriaan Fund; Curators: Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg, Geir Haraldseth, Soraya Pol
Exhibitor: melanie bonajo
Venue: Chiesetta della Misericordia of Art Events, Cannaregio

New Zeland

Paradise Camp Commissioner: Caren Rangi, Creative New Zealand; Curator: Natalie King
Exhibitor: Yuki Kihara
Venue: Arsenal

Feodoroff, Sculptures

Nordic Countries (Norway Sweden Finland)

The Sámi Pavilion
Commissioner: Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA); Curators: Katya García-Antón, Liisa-Rávná Finborg and Beaska Niillas
Exhibitors: Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sara, Anders Sunna
Venue: Giardini

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Philippines

Andi taku e sana, Amung taku di sana / All of us present,This is our gathering
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; Curators: Yael Buencamino Borromeo and Arvin Flores
Exhibitors: Gerardo Tan, Felicidad A.Prudente and Sammy N. Buhle
Venue: Arsenal

Oman (Sultanate of)

Commissioner : Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, His Excellency Sayyid Saeed bin Sultan bin Yarub Al Busaidi Curator: Aisha Stoby
Exhibitors: Anwar Sonja, Hassan Meer, Budoor Al Riyami, Radhika Al Khimji, Raiya Al Rawahi
Venue: Arsenal

Peru

Peace is a Corrosive Promise
Commissioner: Armando Andrade; Curator: Jorge Villarcorta
Exhibitor: Herbert Rodriguez
Venue: Arsenal

Malgorzata Mirga-Tas, Re-enchanting The World

Poland

Re-enchanting the World
Commissioner: Janusz Janowski (from 2022), Hanna Wróblewska (till 2021) / Zachęta — National Gallery of Art; Curators: Wojciech Szymański and Joanna Warsza
Exhibitor: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
Venue: Giardini

Portugal

Vampires in Space
Commissioner: Direção-Geral Das Artes; Curators: João Mourão/ Luís Silva
Exhibitor: Pedro Neves Marques
Venue: Palazzo Franchetti San Marco 2847

Romania

You Are Another Me - A Cathedral of the Body
Commissioner: Attila Kim; Curators: Cosmin Costinas and Viktor Neumann
Exhibitor: Adina Pintilie
Venue: Romanian Pavilion, Giardini and New Gallery of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research (Palazzo Correr, Campo Santa Fosca, Cannareggio 2214)

Russia

Cancelled 914
In support of Ukraine and to denounce its invasion by Russia, the Russian artists who were supposed to represent Russia, Kirill Savchenkov, Alexandra Sukhareva, as well as the curator, Raimundas Malasauskas, decided not to participate in the 2022 Art Biennale.

Gerardo Goldwasser, Persona

San Marino

Postumano Metamorfico Commissioner: Riccardo Varini; Curators: Vincenzo Rotondo; Scientific Commitee: Alessandro Bianchini, Roberto Felicetti, Cristian Contini, Fulvio Granocchia, Pasquale Lettieri, Angela Vettese, Ami Barak, Riccardo Varini
Exhibitors: Elisa Cantarelli, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Roberto Paci Dalò, Endless, Michelangelo Galliani, Rosa Mundi, Mouna Rebeiz, Anne-Cécile Surga, Michele Tombolini
Venue: Palazzo Donà Dalle Rose, Fondamenta Nove Cannaregio 5038 and Chiesa anglicana di San Giorgio, Campo San Voi, Dorsoduro 729/A

Saudi Arabia

The Teaching Tree
Commissioner: Visual Arts Commission, Ministry of Culture; Curator: Reem Fadda
Exhibitor: Muhannad Shono
Venue: Arsenal

Serbia

Walking with Water
Commissioner: Marijana Kolarić; Curator: Biljana Ćirić
Exhibitor: Vladimir Nikolić
Venue: Giardini

Singapore

Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book
Commissioner: Rosa Daniel, Chief Executive Officer National Arts Council Singapore; Curator: Ute Meta Bauer
Exhibitor: Shubigi Rao
Venue: Arsenal

Slovenia

Senza Padrone/Without a Master
Commissioner: Aleš Vaupotič; Curator: Robert Simonišek
Exhibitor: Marko Jakše
Venue: Arsenal

Spain

Correction
Commissioner : Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación de España. AECID Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo; Curator: Beatriz Espejo Exhibitor: Ignasi Aballí
Venue: Giardini

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South Africa

Into the Light
Commissioner: Nosipho Nausca-Jean Ngcaba Ambasciatore della Repubblica del Sudafrica in Italia; Curator: Amé Bell
Exhibitors: Roger Ballen,Lebohang Kganye, Phumulani Ntuli
Venue: Arsenal

Latifa Echakhch, The Concert, Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition

Echakhch, Le Concert

Switzerland

The Concert
Commissioners: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia (Madeleine Schuppli, Sandi Paucic, Rachele Giudici Legittimo); Curators: Alexandre Babel, Francesco Stocchi
Exhibitor: Latifa Echakhch
Venue: Giardini

Syria

The Syrians People: a common Destiny
Commissioner/Curator: Emad Kashout
Exhibitors: Saousan Al Zubi, Ismael Nasra, Adnan Hamideh, Omran Younis, Aksam Tallaa, Giuseppe Amadio, Marcello Lo Giudice, Lorenzo Puglisi
Venue: Isola di San Servolo

Turkey

Once upon a time...
Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV); Curator: Bige Örer
Exhibitor: Füsun Onur
Venue: Arsenal

Pavlo Makov, Piazza Ukraina

Ukraine

The Fountain of Exhaustion. Acqua alta
Commissioner: Kateryna Chuyeva, Deputy Minister for European Integration of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine; Curators: Lizaveta German, Maria Lanko, Borys Filonenko
Exhibitor: Pavlo Makov
Venue: Arsenal

Uganda

Radiance: They dream In Time
Commissioner: Naumo Juliana Akoryo; Curator: Shaheen Merali
Exhibitors: Acaye Elizabeth Pamala Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo
Venue: Palazzo Palumbo Fossati San Marco 2597

United Arab Emirates

Between Sunrise and Sunset
Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation; Curator: Maya Allison
Exhibitor: Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim
Venue: Arsenal

Simone Leigh, Satellite

United States Of America

Sovereignty
Commissioner: Jill Medvedow, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston; Curator: Eva Respini, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Exhibitor: Simone Leigh
Venue: Giardini

Uruguay

Persona
Commissioner: Silvana Bergson; Curator: Laura Malosetti Costa and Pablo Uribe
Exhibitor: Gerardo Goldwasser
Venue: Giardini

Palmira Correa

Uzbekistan

Dixit Algorizmi: Garden of Knowledge
Commissioner: Art and Culture Development Foundation; Curators: Studio Space Caviar (Joseph Grima, Camilo Oliveira, Sheida Gomashchi)
Exhbitors: Saodat Ismailova, Vyacheslav Useionov, Space Caviar
Venue: Arsenal

Venezuela

Tierra, País, Casa, Cuerpo
Commissioner: Paola Claudia Posani Urdaneta; Curators: Zacarías García
Exhibitors: Palmira Correa, César Vázquez, Mila Quast,Jorge Recio
Venue: Giardini

Zimbabwe