
Biennale of Sydney Names Artists Participating in Its 2020 Edition
The 2020 Biennale of Sydney has released the list of the ninety-eight artists and collectivesincluding several hailing from Afghanistan, Ecuador, Georgia, Nepal, and Sudanthat will be featured in its twenty-second edition. Titled “NIRIN,” meaning “edge,” and curated by artistic director Brook Andrew, the exhibition will take place across six sites: the Art Gallery of NSW, Artspace, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Cockatoo Island, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, and the National Art School.
“The urgent states of our contemporary lives are laden with unresolved past anxieties and hidden layers of the supernatural,” said Andrew. “‘NIRIN’ is about to expose this, demonstrating that artists and creatives have the power to resolve, heal, dismember, and imagine futures of transformation for re-setting the world. Sovereignty is at the center of these actions. I hope that NIRIN gathers life forces of integrity to push through often impenetrable noise.”
At a press conference in Little Bay, NSW, on the land of the Bidjigal and Gadigal clans, the biennial also revealed the launch of the programs NIRIN WIRnamed after a phrase meaning “edge sky,” in reference to Andrew’s mother’s nation, the Wiradjuri people of central western New South Walesand OUR PATH. In partnership with the Powerhouse Museum, NIRIN WIR will present a series of activations and collaborations with instituions and grassroots organizations such as the Blacktown Native Institution, the Parramatta Female Factory, and the Bankstown Poetry Slam. OUR PATH is an educational initiative that will engage with Australian children and young pepople.
The full list of participating artists is as follows:
Adrift Lab, Canada/Australia/United Kingdom
Tony Albert, Australia
Charlotte Allingham, Australia
Maria Thereza Alves, Brazil/Germany/Italy
Lhola Amira, South Africa
Joël Andrianomearisoa, Madagascar/France
ArTree Nepal, Nepal
Tarek Atoui, Lebanon/France
Sammy Baloji, Democratic Republic of Congo/Belgium
Denilson Baniwa, Brazil
Bankstown Poetry Slam, Australia
BE., Australia
Namila Benson, Papua New Guinea
Sissel M Bergh, Norway
Huma Bhabha, Pakistan/United States
Blacktown Native Institution, Dharug Nation (Australia)
Karim Bleus, Haiti
Anna Boghiguian, Egypt/Canada
Mohamed Bourouissa, Algeria/France
Breaking Bread, South Africa
Eric Bridgeman and Haus Yuriyal, Papua New Guinea/Australia
Tania Bruguera, Cuba
Vajiko Chachkhiani, Georgia/Germany
Club Ate: Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra, Australia
Colectivo Ayllu, Argentina/Chile/Ecuador/Spain/Venezuela
Victoria Santa Cruz (1922–2014), Peru
Randy Lee Cutler, Canada
Jose Dávila, Mexico
Demian DinéYazhi´ and R.I.S.E.: Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment, United States
Karla Dickens, Australia
Léuli Eshrãghi, Australia
André Eugène, Haiti
FAFSWAG, New Zealand
Jes Fan, Canada/United States/China
First Dog on the Moon, Australia
Brian Fuata, Australia
FUNPARK Coalition, Australia
Nicholas Galanin, United States
Stuart Geddes and Trent Walter, Australia
Fátima Rodrigo Gonzales, Peru
Josep Grau-Garriga (1929–2011), Spain/France
Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian, Iran/United Arab Emirates
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jordan/Lebanon
Aziz Hazara, Afghanistan
Lily Hibberd, Australia/France
Lucas Ihlein and Kim Williams, Australia
Iltja Ntjarra/Namatjira School of Art, Australia
Arthur Jafa, United States
Hannah Catherine Jones, United Kingdom
Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen, Norway
Emily Karaka, New Zealand
Bronwyn Katz, South Africa
Kylie Kwong, Australia
Tarek Lakhrissi, France
Barbara McGrady, Australia
Ibrahim Mahama, Ghana
Stone Kulimoe’anga Maka, Tonga/New Zealand
Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, Darrpirra/Yirrkala (Australia)
Teresa Margolles, Mexico/Spain
Misheck Masamvu, Zimbabwe
Katarina Matiasek, Austria
Mayunkiki, Japan
John Miller and Elisapeta Heta, New Zealand
Jota Mombaça, Brazil
Mostaff Muchawaya, Zimbabwe
Prof Sir Zanele Muholi, South Africa
The Mulka Project, Yirrkala (Australia)
MzRizk, Australia
Elicura Chihuailaf Nahuelpán, Chile
Paulo Nazareth, Brazil
S.J. Norman, Australia/Germany
Musa N Nxumalo, South Africa
Manuel Ocampo, Philippines
Erkan Özgen, Turkey
Parramatta Female Factory & PYT Fairfield, Australia
Taqralik Partridge, Norway/Canada
Rosana Paulino, Brazil
Laure Prouvost, France/Belgium/United Kingdom
Public Redress System, Australia
Reading Oceania, Australia
Lisa Reihana, New Zealand
Andrew Rewald, Australia/Germany
Shaheed/Witness/Kashmir, India/Kashmir
STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors), Australia
Adrian Stimson, Canada/Siksika Nation (Canada)
Anders Sunna, Sweden
Suohpanterror Sápmi, Finland/Sweden/Norway
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kainai First Nation (Canada)/Sápmi (Norway)
Latai Taumoepeau, Australia
Tennant Creek Brio, Australia
Warwick Thornton, Australia
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, Tonga/New Zealand
Gina Athena Ulysse, Haiti/United States
Ahmed Umar, Sudan/Norway
Unbound Collective, Australia
Kunmanara Williams (1952–2019), Pitjantjatjara (Australia)
Luke Willis Thompson, New Zealand/Fiji/United Kingdom
Pedro Wonaeamirri, Melville Island/Andranangruwu, Paluwiyanga (Australia). Tribe: Milipurrulla, White Cockatoo. Dance: Jilarti, Brolga.