The Gwangju Biennale has revealed the list of the participating artists of its 2018 edition, which is titled “Imagined Borders,” in allusion to the Benedict Anderson book of the same name about nationalism. The twelfth edition of the biennial runs from September 7 to November 11 at South Korea’s Asia Culture Center.

Rather than being curated by a few notable art-world leaders, the Gwangju Biennale has broken this edition into several mini-exhibitions organized by a total of eleven curators. Those exhibitions will address a range of issues, and will be organized by art historians Yeon Shim Chung and Yeewan Koon; South Korean curators Sung Woo Kim, Man Seok Kim, and Chong-Ok Paek; Gridthiya Gaweewong, the artistic director of Bangkok’s Jim Thompson Art Center; Rita Gonzalez, the curator and head of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Christine Y. Kim, an associate curator of contemporary art at LACMA; Clara Kim, the senior curator of international art at Tate Modern; B. G. Muhn, a professor and artist; and David Teh, a curator and critic.

The biennial has commissioned site-specific works that will focus on the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, a mass protest against the former military government in which nearly a quarter of a million people participated. In addition, the Palais de Tokyo, the Helsinki International Artist Program, and the Philippine Contemporary Art Network will stage satellite exhibitions as a part of the Pavilion Project.

The full list of participating artists, along with the four artists doing commissioned works for the biennial, follows below.

 

Exhibition curated by Clara Kim

Pio Abad (Philippines)

Leonor Antunes (Portugal)

Alexander Apostol (Venezuela)

Alexandre Arrechea (Cuba)

Marwa Arsanios (USA)

Kader Attia (France/Algeria)

Yto Barrada (France)

Louidgi Beltrame (France)

Los Carpinteros (Cuba)

Shezad Dawood (UK)

Alia Farid (Kuwait)

Angela Ferreira (Mozambique)

Carlos Garaicoa (Cuba)

Tanya Goel (India)

Terence Gower (Canada)

Kiluanji Kia Henda (Angola)

Lais Myrrha (Brazil)

Damián Ortega (Mexico)

Ram Rahman (India)

Marwan Rechmaoui (Lebanon)

Mauro Restiffe (Brazil)

Lawrence Sumulong (USA)

Seo Hyun-Suk (South Korea)

Amie Siegel (USA)

Maria Taniguchi (Philippines)

Clarissa Tossin (Brazil)

Ala Younis (Kuwait)

 

Exhibition curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong

Tiffany Chung (Vietnam)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)

Ho Tzu Nyen (Singapore)

Rushdi Anwar (Iraq)

Sawangwongse Yawnghwe (Myanmar)

Shilpa Gupta (India)

Jun Yang (China)

Dinh Q. Lê (Vietnam)

StudioRevolt: Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano (Cambodia)

Chia-Wei Hsu (Taiwan)

Sutthirat Supaparinya (Thailand)

I-na Phuyuthanon (Thailand)

Chris Chong Chan Fui (Malaysia)

Kader Attia (France/Algeria)

Nipan Oranniwesna (Thailand)

Tom Nicholson (Australia)

Agnieszka Kalinowska (Poland)

Rafal Milach (Poland)

Piyarat Piyapongwiwat (Thailand)

Munem Wasif (Bangladesh)

 

Exhibition curated by Christine Y. Kim and Rita Gonzalez

Ho Rui An (Singapore)

Lara Baladi (Lebanon)

Zach Blas (USA)

Alexey Buldakov (Russia)

Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan)

Simon Denny (New Zealand)

Sunwoo Hoon (South Korea)

Stanya, Kahn (USA)

Ayoung Kim (South Korea)

Heecheon Kim (South Korea)

Trevor Paglen (USA)

Mark Lotfy (Egypt)

Kirill Savchenkov (Russia)

Martine Syms (USA)

Julia Weist (USA)

Nestor Siré (Cuba)

Miao Ying (China)

 

Exhibition curated by Yeon Shim Chung and Yeewan Koon

Tara Donovan (USA)

Francis Alÿs (Belgium)

Byron Kim (USA)

Hyangro Yoon (South Korea)

Shilpa Gupta (India)

Hasan M. Elahi (Bangladesh)

Sarah Abu Abdallah (Saudi Arabia)

Aernout Mik (Netherlands)

Shitamichi Motoyuki (Japan)

Minjung Kim (South Korea)

Kcho (Cuba)

Nina Chanel Abney (USA)

Paolo Cirio (Italia)

Inci Eviner (Turkey)

Luke Ching (Hong Kong)

Yoan Capote (Cuba)

Ezra Wube (Ethiopia)

Chen Wei (China)

Yoshitomo Nara (Japan)

Simon Leung (Hong Kong)

Xiyadie (China)

Seung Woo Back (South Korea)

Joongho Yum (South Korea)

 

Exhibition curated by Man Seok Kim, Sung-woo Kim, and Chong-Ok Paek

Kyung Hwa Kim (South Korea)

Se Hee Park (South Korea)

Hwa Yeon Park (South Korea)

Jeong A Bang (South Korea)

Jae Kyu Byun (South Korea)

Mong Joo Son (South Korea

Ok Hyun An (South Korea)

Sang Hee Yeo (South Korea)

You Seung Jeong (South Korea)

Hyungseop Cho (South Korea)

 

Exhibition curated by Sung-woo Kim

Suki Seokyeong Kang (South Korea)

Yongju Kwon (South Korea)

Daum Kim (South Korea)

RohwaJeong (South Korea)

Seonhee Moon (South Korea)

Hyunjoo Heaven Baek (South Korea)

Jung Ju An (South Korea)

Yongseok Oh (South Korea)

Okin Collective (South Korea)

Jeongsu Woo (South Korea)

Woosung Lee (South Korea)

Heeseung Chung (South Korea)

Kichang Choi (South Korea)

Daejin Choi (South Korea)

 

Exhibition curated by Chong-Ok Paek

Dongho Kang (South Korea)

Sunghong Min (South Korea)

Sang Hwa Park (South Korea)

Iljeung Park (South Korea)

Yun Kyoung So (South Korea)

Se-young Youn (South Korea)

Jeonglok Lee (South Korea)

Chanboo Jung (South Korea)

 

Exhibition curated by B. G. Muhn

Choe Chang Ho

Hong Myong Chol

So Kwang Chol

Kim Hyok Chol

Kim Il Kyong

Im Hyok

Ko Yong Gun

Ro Yu Dam

Kim Song Ho

Ri Jin Myong

Han Kwang Nam

Kim Nam Hun

Kang Yu Song

Kang Yun Hyok

Yun Gun

Wang Kwang Guk

Nam Song Il

Jong Byol

Kim Hyun Uk

Baek Il Kwang

Rim Ju Song

Choe Yu Song

Kim Dong Hwan

Ri Chol

Kim Song Gun

Kim In Sok

Kim Chol

Cha Yong Ho

Ri Ki Song

Ri Jae Hyon

Jong Yong Man

 

Exhibition curated by David Teh

Tom Nicholson (Australia)

Agatha Goethe-Snape (Australia)

Wrong Solo (New Zealand)

Ella Sutherland (New Zealand)

Koh Nuang How (Singapore)

Ho Tzu Nyen (Singapore)

 

Commissions

Adrián Villar Rojas (Argentina)

Mike Nelson (UK)

Kader Attia (France/Algeria)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)