First Selection of Artists for 2023 São Paulo Bienal Revealed

Fundação Bienal de São Paulo is now disclosing the first partial list of artists of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible, in addition to the visual identity, poster, educational project and curatorial council of this edition.

Titled choreographies of the impossible and bringing together diverse artistic practices from different parts of the world, the 35th Bienal de São Paulo “wants to build spaces and times of perception that challenge the rigidity of western time linearity. What we see in this choreographic horizon are the strategies and policies of the movement that these practices have been creating in order to imagine worlds that confront the ideas of freedom, justice and equality as impossible achievements”, say Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes and Manuel Borja-Villel, the curatorial collective of the exhibition.

For the curators, “the impossible refers to the political, legal, economic and social realities in which these artistic and social practices are set, but also to the way in which these practices find alternatives to circumvent the effects of these same contexts. The term choreography also helps us reflect on how the idea of moving freely remains at the core of a neoliberal conception of freedom. In line with the very paradox created by the title, we seek not to walk around a motif or to place thematic cores, but rather to make room for a continuous dance which we can choreograph together, even in difference.”

Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announces the first partial list of artists who will take part in the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible. The selection is composed of 43 names, consisting of 37 artists, four duos and two collectives. The complete list will include over 100 participants and will be released in the first half of 2023. Below are the names currently being announced:

Aline Motta
Ana Pi e Taata Kwa Nkisi Mutá Imê
Anna Boghiguian
Ayrson Heráclito e Tiganá Santana
Bouchra Ouizguen
Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro
Daniel Lie
Dayanita Singh
Deborah Anzinger
Denilson Baniwa
Duane Linklater
Elda Cerrato
Elizabeth Catlett
Ellen Gallagher
Frente 3 de Fevereiro
Gabriel Gentil Tukano
Geraldine Javier
Igshaan Adams
Inaicyra Falcão
Julien Creuzet
Leilah Weinraub
Luiz de Abreu
Manuel Chavajay
Marilyn Boror Bor
Mounira Al-Solh
Nadal Walcott
Nadir Bouhmouch e Soumeya Ait Ahmed
Niño de Elche
Nontsikelelo Mutiti
Pauline Boudry e Renate Lorenz
Philip Rizk
Rolando Castellón
Rosana Paulino
Sammy Baloji
Santu Mofokeng
Sarah Maldoror
stanley brouwn
Tadáskía
Tejal Shah
The Living and the Dead Ensemble
Torkwase Dyson
Trinh T. Minh-ha
Wifredo Lam

Image : Nontsikelelo Mutiti / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo