The Art Newspaper's guide to national pavilions across the city

In the Azerbaijan pavilion: Tofik Javadov, Oil Workers, 1958-59. 

Photo: Mirnaib Hasanov. Image courtesy of Heydar Aliyev Foundation

Andorra

Spiazzi, Castello 3865

Inner Landscapes

Agusti Roqué b. 1942, Spain. Based: Andorra la Vella. Represented: Self-represented

Joan Xandri b. 1955, Andorra. Based: Andorra la Vella. Represented: Galeria Pilar Riberaygua

Commissioner: Henry Périer, Joana Baygual, Sebastià Petit, Francesc Rodríguez

Curator: Paolo de Grandis, Josep M. Ubach

www.andorra-biennal.ad

Angola

Palazzo Pisani, San Marco 2810

On Ways of Travelling

Binelde Hyrcan b. 1983, Angola. Based: Paris and Munich. Represented: Self-represented

Délio Jasse b. 1980, Angola. Based: Lisbon. Represented: Baginski Galeria/Projectos

António Ole b. 1951, Angola. Based: Luanda. Represented: Galeria 111

Nelo Teixeira b. 1975, Angola. Based: Luanda. Represented: Self-represented

Francisco Vidal b. 1978, Angola. Based: Oeiras. Represented: Tiwani Contemporary

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Rita Guedes Tavares

Curator: António Ole, Antonio Gaeta

www.angola56labiennale.com

In the Armenian pavilion at San Lazzaro degli Armeni: Aikaterini Gegisian’s A Small Guide to the Invisible Seas, 2015 © Aikaterini Gegisian, Courtesy Kalfayan Galleries, Athens/Thessaloniki

Armenia

San Lazzaro degli Armeni

Armenity/Haiyutioun

Haig Aivazian b. 1980, Lebanon. Based: Beirut. Represented: Sfeir-Semler Gallery

Ayreen Anastas & René Gabri b. Palestine and Iran. Based: New York. Represented: Tanya Leighton Gallery

Hera Büyüktaşçıyan b. 1984, Turkey. Based: Istanbul. Represented: Self-represented

Nigol Bezjian b. 1955, Syria. Based: Boston. Represented: Self-represented

Anna Boghiguian b. 1946, Egypt. Based: Cairo, India and Europe. Represented: Sfeir-Semler Gallery

Silvina Der-Meguerditchian b. 1967, Argentina. Based: Berlin. Represented: Galerie k9; Elsi del Rio Arte Contemporaneo

Mekhitar Garabedian b. 1977, Syria. Based: Ghent. Represented: Galerie Albert Baronian

Aikaterini Gegisian b. 1976, Greece. Based: London. Represented: Kalfayan Galleries

Aram Jibilian b. USA. Based: New York. Represented: Self-represented

Nina Katchadourian b. 1968, USA. Based: New York. Represented: Catharine Clark Gallery

Melik Ohanian b. 1969, France. Based: Paris and New York. Represented: Galerie Chantal Crousel

Mikayel Ohanjanyan b. 1976, Armenia. Based: Florence. Represented: Self-represented

Rosana Palazyan b. 1963, Brazil. Based: Rio de Janeiro. Represented: Self-represented

Hrair Sarkissian b. 1973, Lebanon. Based: London. Represented: Kalfayan Galleries

Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi b. 1942, Italy. Based: Milan. Represented: Self-represented

Sarkis b. 1938, Turkey. Based: Paris. Represented: Galerie Nathalie Obadia; Galerie de Zaal; Galerisi Maçka Sanat

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Art for the World, Mekhitarist Congregation

of San Lazzaro Island, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Italy, Vartan Karapetian

Curator: Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg

www.armenity.net

Azerbaijan (1)

Ca’ Garzoni, San Marco 3416

Vita Vitale

Edward Burtynsky b. 1955, Canada. Based: Toronto. Represented: Nicholas Metivier Gallery; Paul Kuhn Gallery; Art 45; Howard Greenberg Gallery; Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery; Sundaram Tagore Gallery; Flowers; Galerie Stefan Röpke

Mircea Cantor b. 1977, Romania. Based: Romania and Paris. Represented: Magazzino; Dvir Gallery

Loris Cecchini b. 1969, Italy. Based: Berlin. Represented: Galleria Continua; Diana Lowenstein Gallery

Gordon Cheung b. 1971, UK. Based: London. Represented: Edel Assanti

Khalil Chishtee b. 1964, Pakistan. Based: California, New York and Pakistan. Represented: Q Gallery

Tony Cragg b. 1949, UK. Based: Wuppertal. Represented: Lisson Gallery

Laura Ford b. 1961, UK. Based: London. Represented: Galerie Scheffel

Noemie Goudal b. 1984, France. Based: London. Represented: Edel Assanti

Shiobhán Hapaska b. 1963, UK. Based: London. Represented: Kerlin Gallery; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery; Andréhn Schiptjenko

Paul Huxley b. 1938, UK. Based: UK

Chris Jordan b. 1963, USA. Based: Seattle. Represented: Robert Klein Gallery; Miller Yezerski Gallery

Tania Kovats b. 1966, UK. Based: Devon and London. Represented: Pippy Houldsworth Gallery

Aida Mahmudova b. 1982, Azerbaijan. Based: London and Baku. Represented: YAY Gallery

Sayyora Muin b. 1977, Uzbekistan. Based: Berlin. Represented: Galerie Berlin-Baku

Jacco Olivier b. 1972, Netherlands. Based: Amsterdam. Represented: Victoria Miro; Marianne Boesky

Julian Opie b. 1958, UK. Based: London. Represented: Lisson Gallery

Julian Perry b. 1960, UK. Based: London. Represented: Austin Desmond Fine Art

Mike Perry b. 1960, UK. Based: London and west Wales. Represented: The Photographer’s Gallery; Yancey Richardson Gallery

Bas Princen b. 1975, Netherlands. Based: Rotterdam. Represented: Van Kranendonk Gallery

Stephanie Quayle b. 1982, UK. Based: Isle of Man. Represented: TJ Boulting

Ugo Rondinone b. 1964, Switzerland. Based: New York. Represented: Sadie Coles; Gladstone Gallery

Graham Stevens b. 1944, UK. Based: UK and France. Represented: Self-represented

Diana Thater b. 1962, USA. Based: Los Angeles. Represented: Hauser & Wirth; David Zwirner

Andy Warhol b. 1928, USA. d. 1987

Bill Woodrow b. 1948, UK. Based: London and Hampshire. Represented: New Arts Centre

Erwin Wurm b. 1954, Austria. Based: Vienna and Limburg. Represented: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Lehmann Maupin; Xavier Hufkens

Rose Wylie b. 1934, UK. Based: Kent. Represented: Union Gallery; Choi & Lager Galerie

Curator: Susie Allen, Laura Culpan, Dea Vanagan

Azerbaijan (2)

Palazzo Lezze, Campo Santo Stefano, San Marco 2949

Beyond the Line

Rasim Babayev b. 1927, Azerbaijan. d. 2007

Huseyn Haqverdi b. 1956, Azerbaijan. Based: Baku. Represented: YAY Gallery

Tofik Javadov b. 1925, Azerbaijan. d. 1963

Javad Mirjavadov b. 1923, Azerbaijan. d. 1992

Ashraf Murad b. 1925, Azerbaijan. d. 1979

Fazil Najafov b. 1935, Azerbaijan. Based: Baku

Shamil Najafzada b. 1960, Azerbaijan. Based: Baku

Commissioner: Heydar Aliyev Foundation

Curator: de Pury de Pury, Emin Mammadov

Belarus

Calle San Biagio, Castello 2145

War Witness Archive

Konstantin Selikhanov b. 1967, Belarus. Based: Minsk. Represented: Self-represented

Commissioner: Natallia Sharanhovich, Alena Vasileuskaya, Kamilia Yanushkevich

Curator: Olga Rybchinskaya, Aleksei Shinkarenko

www.wwa.by

Croatia

Palazzo Pisani Santa Marina, Cannaregio 6103-6104

Studies on Shivering: the Third Degree

Damir Očko b. 1977, Croatia. Based: Zagreb. Represented: Galleria Tiziana Di Caro; Kasia Michalski Gallery

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture

Curator: Marc Bembekoff

Cuba

San Servolo

The Artist between Individuality and Context

Lida Abdul b. 1973, Afghanistan. Based: Kabul and Los Angeles. Represented: Galleria Giorgio Persano

Celia-Yunior b. 1985 and 1984, Cuba. Based: Havana. Represented: Self-represented

Olga Chernysheva b. 1962, Russia. Based: Moscow. Represented: Gallery Diehl; Foxy Production; Pace

Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo b. 1984, Cuba. Based: Havana. Represented: Self-represented

Luis Edgardo Gomez Armenteros b. 1968, Cuba. Based: Havana. Represented: Self-represented

Grethell Rasua Represented: Self-represented

Giuseppe Stampone

b. 1973, France. Based: Teramo and New York. Represented: Prometeo Gallery

Lin Yilin b. 1964, China. Based: New York and Beijing. Represented: Ethan Cohen Fine Arts; Michael Goedhuis Gallery

Commissioner: Mira Vicini

Curator: Giacomo Zaza, Jorge Fernández Torres

Cyprus

Palazzo Malipiero, Ramo Malipiero, San Marco 3079

Two Days After Forever

Christodoulos Panayiotou b. 1978, Cyprus. Based: Limassol and Paris. Represented: Rodeo Gallery; Galerie Kamel Mennour

Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou, Angela Skordi

Curator: Omar Kholeif, Daniella Rose King

www.cyprusinvenice.org

Ecuador

Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello 3701

Gold Water: Apocalyptic Black Mirrors

Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla b. 1971, Ecuador. Based: Dubai. Represented: Cube Arts Gallery

Commissioner: Andrea Gonzàlez Sanchez, PDG Arte Communications

Curator: Ileana Cornea, Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla

Chairman, 1954 / 2015. Found photo, pigment print. Copyright of the original photo: The National Archives of Estonia. Courtesy: Jaanus Samma

Estonia

Palazzo Malipiero, Campo San Samuele, San Marco 3199

Not Suitable For Work: a Chairman’s Tale

Jaanus Samma b. 1982, Estonia. Based: Tallinn. Represented: Temnikova & Kasela Gallery

Commissioner: Maria Arusoo

Curator: Eugenio Viola

www.chairmanstale.com/the-pavilion

Grenada

Sala Tiziano, Opera don Orione Artigianelli, Rio Terrà Foscarini, Dorsoduro 919

Present Nearness

Oliver Benoit b. 1957, Grenada. Based: Grenada. Represented: Art and Soul Gallery

Francesco Bosso b. 1959, Italy. Based: Italy. Represented: Photo&Contemporary

Carmine Ciccarini b. 1956, Italy. Based: Perugia, Rome and Chiusi

Giuseppe Linardi b. 1971, Argentina. Based: Follonica. Represented: Hay Hill Gallery

Asher Mains b. 1984, USA. Based: Grenada. Represented: Art and Soul Gallery

Maria McClafferty b. 1943, Poland. Based: Grenada. Represented: Art and Soul Gallery

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Susan Mains

Curator: Susan Mains, Francesco Elisei

www.grenadavenice.org

Guatemala

Officina delle Zattere, Fondamenta Nani, Dorsoduro 947

Sweet Death

Sabrina Bertolelli b. 1968, Italy. Based: Rome

Mariadolores Castellanos b. 1958, USA. Based: Guatemala

Collettivo La Grande Bouffe

Max Leiva b. 1966, Guatemala. Based: Guatemala

Pier Domenico Magri

b. 1943, Italy. Based: Milan

Adriana Montalto b. 1938, Italy. Based: London and Palermo

Elmar Rojas b. 1938, Guatemala. Based: Guatemala

Paolo Schmidlin b. 1964, Italy. Based: Milan

Monica Serra b. USA. Based: New York

Elsie Wunderlich

b. Guatemala. Based: Guatemala

Commissioner: Daniele Radini Tedeschi

Curator: Stefania Pieralice, Carlo Marraffa, Elsie Wunderlich, Simone Pieralice, Luciano Carini

Iceland

Santa Maria della Misericordia, Campo de l’Abazia, Cannaregio 3548/49

The Mosque

Christoph Büchel b. 1966, Switzerland. Based: Basel. Represented: Hauser & Wirth

Commissioner: Björg Stefánsdottir

Curator: Nína Magnúsdóttir

www.islenskiskalinn.is/christoph_buchel

Iran

Calle San Giovanni, Cannaregio 1074B

Iranian Highlights

Samira Alikhanzaradeh b. 1967, Iran. Based: Tehran. Represented: Dar Al Funoon; Assar Art Gallery

Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar b. 1977, Iran. Based: Tehran. Represented: Self-represented

Jamshid Bayrami b. 1961, Iran. Based: Iran. Represented: Xerxes Art

Mohammad Ehsai b. 1939, Iran. Based: Qazvin. Represented: Rose Issa Projects

Monir S. Farmanfarmaian b. 1924, Iran. Based: Tehran. Represented: The Third Line Gallery; Haines Gallery; Rose Issa Projects

Commissioner: Majid Mollanooruzi, Mazdak Faiznia, Marco Meneguzzo

Curator: Mazdak Faiznia, Marco Meneguzzo

The Great Game

Lida Abdul b. 1973, Afghanistan. Based: Kabul and Los Angeles. Represented: Galleria Giorgio Persano

Bani Abidi b. 1971, Pakistan. Based: Karachi and New Delhi. Represented: Experimenter

Adel Abidin b. 1973, Iraq. Based: Helsinki. Represented: Lawrie Shabibi

Amin Aghaei b. 1982, Iran. Represented: Aun Gallery

Ghodratollah Agheli b. 1968, Iran. Represented: Self-represented

Shahriar Ahmadi b. 1979, Iran. Represented: Dar Al Funoon; Gallery Etemad; AB Gallery

Parastou Ahovan b. 1980, Iran. Based: Tehran. Represented: Self-represented

Farhad Ahrarnia b. 1971, Iran. Based: Sheffield. Represented: Rose Issa Projects

Furat Al Jamil b. 1965, Germany. Based: Baghdad. Represented: Self-represented