Albania

Albanian Trilogy: a Series of Devious Stratagems

Armando Lulaj b. 1980, Albania. Based: Tirana. Represented: Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery; Artra Gallery

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture

Curator: Marco Scotini, Andris Brinkmanis

www.kultura.gov.al

Argentina

The Uprising of Form

Juan Carlos Distéfano b. 1933, Argentina. Based: Buenos Aires. Represented: Galeria Ruth Benzacar

Commissioner: Magdalena Faillace

Curator: Mariá Teresa Constantin

Photo Credits:Lotty Rosenfeld, No, no fui feliz. Video Installation, Chile, 2015. 
Photo courtesy of the artist

Chile

Poetics of Dissent: Paz Errázuriz and Lotty Rosenfeld

Paz Errázuriz b. 1944, Chile. Based: Santiago de Chile. Represented: Galeria Afa; Espacio Minimo

Lotty Rosenfeld b. 1943, Chile. Based: Santiago de Chile. Represented: Espaivisor Gallery; Galería Isabel Aninat

Commissioner: Antonio Arèvalo, Juan Pablo Vergara Undurraga

Curator: Nelly Richard

www.bienalvenecia.cl

China

Other Future

Jiakun Liu b. 1956, China. Based: Chengdu. Represented: Self-represented

Yang Lu b. 1984, China. Based: Shanghai. Represented: Beijing Commune; Shanghai Art Labor Gallery

Dun Tan b. 1960, China. Based: China and USA. Represented: Chambers Fine Art

Hui Wen b. 1960, China. Based: Beijing

Wenguang Wu b. 1956, China. Based: Beijing

Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group, Zhang Yu,Yan Dong

Curator: Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation

Rusudan Khizanishvili, ClockWise, acrilyc, canvas,120x60cm, 2015

Georgia

Crawling Border

Irakli Bluishvili b. 1973, Georgia. Based: Tbilisi

Dimitri Chikvaidze b. 1971, Georgia. Based: Tbilisi

Rusudan Gobejishvili Khizanishvili b. 1979, Russia. Based: Tbilisi. Represented: Irok Gallery; Edgar Modern Gallery

Joseph Sabia b. 1983, USA. Based: Tbilisi

Studio Designbureau founded: 2004. Based: Tbilisi

Commissioner: Ana Riaboshenko

Curator: Nia Mgaloblishvili

Rusudan Khizanishvili, ClockWise, acrilyc, canvas, 120x60cm, 2015

Indonesia

Komodo Voyage

Heri Dono b. 1960, Indonesia. Based: Yogyakarta. Represented: Rossi & Rossi; Wada Fine Arts; Willem Kerseboom Gallery; Galeri Semerang; Alexander Ochs

Commissioner: Sapta Nirwandar, Soedarmadji J.H. Damais

Curator: Carla Bianpoen, Restu Imansari Kusumaningrum

www.indonesiavenice.com

Heri Dono, Ceremony of Superheroes, 2012

image courtesy of the artist and Rossi & Rossi

Ireland

Adventure: Capital

Sean Lynch b. 1978, Ireland. Based: London and Askeaton. Represented: Ronchini Gallery; Kevin Kavanagh Gallery

Commissioner: Mike

Curator: Woodrow Kernohan

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Heri Dono, Ceremony of Superheroes, 2012

image courtesy of the artist and Rossi & Rossi

Istituto Italo-Latino Americano

Voces Indígenas

Adriana Barreto b. 1949, Brazil. Based: Rio de Janeiro

Leonardo González b. 1982, Honduras. Based: Tegucigalpa

José Huamán Turpo b. 1961, Peru. Based: Cusco

Javier López & Erika Meza b. 1974 and 1968, Cuba and Paraguay. Based: Asunción

Mauricio Kabistán b. 1980, Nicaragua. Based: El Salvador

Rainer Krause b. 1957, Germany. Based: Santiago de Chile

Fabiano Kueva b. 1972, Ecuador. Based: Quito

Laura Kalauz & Sofia Medici b. 1974 and 1975, Argentina. Based: Buenos Aires

Priscilla Monge b. 1968, Costa Rica. Based: San José

Sandra Monterroso b. 1974, Guatemala. Based: Guatemala City

Paulo Nazareth b. 1977, Brazil. Based: Minas Gerais

Barbara Prézeau b. 1965, Haiti. Based: Port-au-Prince

Raúl Quintanilla b. 1954, Nicaragua. Based: Managua

Ellen Slegers b. 1972, Germany. Based: São Paulo

Gustavo Tabares b. 1968, Uruguay. Based: Montevideo Sonia Falcone & José J. Laura Yapita b. 1965 and 1968, Bolivia. Based: Cabo San Lucas and La Paz

Humberto Vélez b. 1965, Panama. Based: Manchester and Panama

Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal

Curator: Alfons Hug, Alberto Saraiva

Italy

Codice Italia

Alis/Filliol b. 1976 and 1979, Italy. Based: Turin. Represented: Pinksummer Contemporary

Andrea Aquilanti b. 1960, Italy. Based: Rome. Represented: The Gallery Apart

Francesco Barocco b. 1972, Italy. Based: Turin. Represented: Norma Mangione Gallery

Vanessa Beecroft b. 1969, Italy. Based: Los Angeles. Represented: Gagosian Gallery; Edition Schellmann; Galleria Lia Rumma; Galleria La Fenice; Nakagawa Gallery; Kunsthandel Meijer; Gana Art Gallery; Rosenbaum Contemporary

Antonio Biasiucci b. 1961, Italy. Based: Naples. Represented: Magazzino Arte Moderna; Nicoletta Rusconi Art Project; Galleria del Cembalo

Giuseppe Caccavale b. 1960, Italy. Based: Paris and Bari. Represented: Galleria Valentina Bonomo

Paolo Gioli b. 1942, Italy. Based: Lendinara. Represented: Galleria Massimo Minini

Jannis Kounellis b. 1936, Greece. Based: Rome. Represented: Konrad Fischer Galerie; Tornabuoni Arte; Blain|Southern; Galerie Gmurzynska

Nino Longobardi b. 1953, Italy. Based: Naples. Represented: Galleria d’Arte Maggiore; Il Ponte Contemporanea; Galeria Fernando Latorre; Gallery Moos; Miriam Shiell Fine Art; Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer

Marzia Migliora b. 1972, Italy. Based: Turin. Represented: Galleria Artopia; Galleria Lia Rumma

Luca Monterastelli b. 1983, Italy. Based: Forlimpopoli. Represented: Galleria Lia Rumma

Mimmo Paladino b. 1948, Italy. Based: Padule, Rome and Milan. Represented: Alan Cristea Gallery; Waddington Custot Galleries; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Tornabuoni Arte; Mazzoleni Galleria d’Arte

Claudio Parmiggiani b. 1943, Italy. Based: Bologna and Torrechiara. Represented: Simon Lee Gallery; Galleria de’ Foscherari; Meessen De Clercq; Bortolami

Nicola Samorí b. 1977, Italy. Based: Bagnacavallo. Represented: Rosenfeld Porcini; Studio d’Arte Raffaelli; Alan Cristea Gallery; Galerie Christian Ehrentraut

Aldo Tambellini b. 1930, USA. Based: Cambridge, USA. Represented: Pierre Menard Gallery

Commissioner: Federica Galloni, Ministry of Culture

Curator: Vincenzo Trione

Kosovo

Speculating on the Blue

Flaka Haliti b. 1982, Kosovo. Based: Munich, Pristina and Vienna. Represented: LambdaLambdaLambda

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport

Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen, Katharina Schendl

www.kosovopavilion.com

Latvia

Armpit

Andris Eglitis b. 1981, Latvia. Based: Riga. Represented: Self-represented

Katrina Neiburga b. 1978, Latvia. Based: Riga. Represented: Self-represented

Commissioner: Solvita Krese, Kitija Vasiljeva

Curator: Kaspars Vanags

www.armpit.lv

Macedonia

We Are All in This Alone

Yane Calovski b. 1973, Macedonia. Based: Skopje and Amsterdam. Represented: Zak Branicka

Hristina Ivanoska b. 1974, Macedonia. Based: Skopje. Represented: Zak Branicka

Commissioner: Maja Nedelkoska Brzanova, Olivija Stoilkova

Curator: Basak Senova, Maja Cankulovska Mihajlovska

Mexico

Possessing Nature

Tania Candiani b. 1974, Mexico. Based: Mexico City. Represented: Instituto de Visión

Luis Felipe Ortega b. 1966, Mexico. Based: Mexico City. Represented: Marso Gallery

Commissioner: Tomaso Radaelli, Magdalena Zavala Bonachea

Curator: Karla Jasso

www.mexicobienal.org

Mozambique

Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Mozambique

Commissioner: Joel Matias Libombo, Gilberto Paulino Cossa

Curator: Comissariado-Geral para a Expo Milano 2015

Peru

Misplaced Ruins

Raimond Chaves and Gilda Mantilla b. 1963, Colombia, and 1967, USA. Based: Lima. Represented: Revolver Galeria; Valenzuela Klenner Galería; Projectesd

Commissioner: Armando Andrade de Lucio

Curator: Max Hernández-Calvo

Singapore

Sea State

Charles Lim Yi Yong b. 1973, Singapore. Based: Singapore. Represented: Future Perfect

Commissioner: Paul Tan

Curator: Shabbir Hussain Mustafa

Slovenia

Utter: the Violent Necessity for the Embodied Presence of Hope

Jaša Mrevlje Pollak b. 1978, Slovenia. Based: Ljubljana, Venice and New York. Represented: Self-represented

Commissioner: Simona Vidmar, Jure Kirbiš

Curator: Michele Drascek, Aurora Fonda

www.utter-project.net

Sweden

Excavation of the Image: Imprint, Shadow, Spectre, Thought

Lina Selander b. 1973, Sweden. Based: Stockholm. Represented: Self-represented

Commissioner: Ann-Sofi Noring

Curator: Lena Essling

Turkey

Respiro

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

Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

Curator: Defne Ayas, Ozge Ersoy

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Tuvalu

Crossing the Tide

Vincent F.J. Huang b. 1971, Taiwan. Based: London and Taipei. Represented: Pegasus Art Co

Commissioner: Taukelina Finikaso, Temate Melitiana

Curator: Thomas J. Berghuis

United Arab Emirates

1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Al Ansari b. 1954, United Arab Emirates. Based: Sharjah. Represented: Self-represented

Moosa Al Halyan b. 1969, United Arab Emirates. Based: Dubai. Represented: Self-represented

Mohammed Al Qassab b. 1960, United Arab Emirates. Based: Sharjah. Represented: Self-represented

Abdul Qader Al Rais b. 1951, United Arab Emirates. Based: Dubai. Represented: Self-represented

Abdullah Al Saadi b. 1967, United Arab Emirates. Based: Khor Fakkan. Represented: Self-represented

Mohammed Abdullah Bulhiah b. 1953, United Arab Emirates. Based: Sharjah. Represented: Self-represented

Salem Jawhar b. 1966, United Arab Emirates. Based: Ras Al Khaima. Represented: Self-represented

Mohammed Kazem b. 1969, United Arab Emirates. Based: Dubai. Represented: Taymour Grahne Gallery; Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde

Najat Meky b. 1956, United Arab Emirates. Based: Dubai. Represented: Self-represented

Abdulraheem Salim b. 1955, United Arab Emirates. Based: Dubai. Represented: Self-represented

Ahmed Sharif b. United Arab Emirates. Based: Dubai. Represented: Self-represented

Hassan Sharif b. 1951, United Arab Emirates. Based: Dubai. Represented: Alex