Jun 20 2019

Istanbul Biennial Releases Full Artist List

by Xuan Wei Yap

NICOLAS BOURRIAUD is the curator of the 2019 Istanbul Biennial, which will feature 57 artists and collectives. Photo by Sergio Rosales Medina. Courtesy Istanbul Biennial.

HAEGUE YANG is among the participating artists in the 16th Istanbul Biennial. Photo by Zan Wimberley. Courtesy Biennale of Sydney.

KORAKRIT ARUNANONDCHAI is among the participating artists in the 16th Istanbul Biennial. Courtesy Patrick McMullan.

OZAN ATALAN is among the participating artists in the 16th Istanbul Biennial. Image via Ozan Atalan’s website.

The Istanbul Biennial has released the full roster of artists participating in its 16th edition. The Biennial will feature exhibits—including 38 new commissions—by 57 artists and collectives from 26 countries, including Turkey, Iran, South Korea, Japan, and Thailand. Slated to open on September 14, the Biennial will take place across three sites: the Istanbul Shipyards, the Pera Museum, and Büyükada Island.

Titled “The Seventh Continent” in reference to the colloquial name of the seven-million-ton mound of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean, the exhibition, curated by art scholar and Montpellier Contemporain director Nicolas Bourriaud, will bring together different perspectives on the effects of the Anthropocene and the interconnectedness of nature and culture.

The full list of artists is as follows:

Agnieszka Kurant (Poland / USA)
Ambera Wellmann (Canada / Germany)
Andrea Zittel (USA)
Anzo (José Iranzo Almonacid) (Spain)
Armin Linke (Italy / Germany)
Charles Avery (UK)
Claudia Martínez Garay (Peru / Netherlands)
David Douard (France)
Deniz Aktaş (Turkey)
Dora Budor (Croatia / USA)
Elmas Deniz (Turkey)
Eloise Hawser (UK)
En-Man Chang (Taiwan)
Ernst Haeckel (Germany)
Eva Kot’átková (Czech Republic)
Evru/Zush (Spain)
Feral Atlas Collective (Australia / China / USA)
Glauco Rodrigues (Brazil)
Glenn Ligon (USA)
Güneş Terkol & Güçlü Öztekin (Turkey)
Hale Tenger (Turkey)
Haegue Yang (South Korea / Germany)
Jared Madere (USA)
Jennifer Tee (Netherlands)
Johannes Büttner (Germany / Netherlands)
Jonathas de Andrade (Brazil)
Korakrit Arunanondchai (Thailand / USA)
Luigi Serafini (Italy)
Marguerite Humeau (France / UK)
Mariechen Danz (Ireland / Germany)
Monster Chetwynd (UK)
Max Hooper Schneider (USA)
Melvin Moti (Netherlands)
Mika Rottenberg (Argentina / USA)
Müge Yılmaz (Turkey / Netherlands)
Norman Daly (USA)
Ozan Atalan (Turkey)
Özlem Altın (Germany)
Pakui Hardware (Ugnius Gelguda & Neringa Černiauskaitė) (Lithuania / Germany)
Paul Sietsema (USA)
Piotr Uklański (Poland / USA)
Phillip Zach (Germany / USA)
Pia Arke (Greenland / Denmark)
Radcliffe Bailey (USA)
Rashid Johnson (USA)
Rebecca Belmore (Canada)
Sanam Khatibi (Iran / Belgium)
Simon Fujiwara (UK / Germany)
Simon Starling (UK / Denmark)
Suzanne Husky (France / USA)
Suzanne Treister (UK / France)
Tala Madani (Iran / USA)
Thiago Rocha Pitta (Brazil)
Turiya Magadlela (South Africa)
Ursula Mayer (Austria / UK)
Ylva Snöfrid (Sweden / Greece)
Yuji Agematsu (Japan / USA)