List of national pavilions at the 58th Venice Biennale


Ninety national pavilions participated in the 58th Venice Biennale, an international contemporary art exhibition held between May and November 2019. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy, and participating nations select artists to show at their pavilions, hosted in the Venice Giardini, Arsenale, and palazzos throughout the city. The 90 pavilions set a new record for national participation, exceeding the 86 from 2017. Highlight pavilions from the show included Lithuania, Ghana, France, the United States, the Philippines, India, Brazil, and Italy.

National pavilions

NationLocationArtistCuratorRef
AustraliaGiardiniAngelica MesitiJuliana Engberg
AustriaGiardiniRenate BertlmannFelicitas Thun-Hohenstein
BelgiumGiardiniJos de Gruyter & Harald ThysAnne-Claire Schmitz
BrazilGiardiniBárbara Wagner & Benjamin de BurcaGabriel Pérez-Barreiro
CanadaGiardiniInuit artist collective Isuma Asinnajaq, Catherine Crowston, Barbara Fischer, Candice Hopkins, and Josée Drouin-Brisebois
Czech Republic and SlovakiaGiardiniStanislav KolíbalDieter Bogner
DenmarkGiardiniLarissa SansourNat Muller
EgyptGiardiniIslam Abdullah, Ahmed Chiha, and Ahmed Abdel KarimAhmed Chiha
FinlandGiardiniMiracle Workers Collective Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, and Christopher Wessels
FranceGiardiniLaure ProuvostMartha Kirszenbaum
GermanyGiardiniNatascha Süder Happelmann Franciska Zólyom
Great BritainGiardiniCathy WilkesZoe Whitley
GreeceGiardiniPanos Charalambous, Eva Stefani, and Zafos XagorarisKaterina Tselou
HungaryGiardiniTamás WaliczkyZsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák
IsraelGiardiniAya Ben RonAvi Lubin
JapanGiardiniMotoyuki Shitamichi, Taro Yasuno, Toshiaki Ishikura, and Fuminori NousakuHiroyuki Hattori
KoreaGiardiniHwayeon Nam, Siren Eun Young Jung, and Jane Jin KaisenHyunjin Kim
The NetherlandsGiardiniRemy Jungerman and Iris KensmilBenno Tempel
Nordic PavilionGiardiniArtist duo Maria Teeri & Janne Nabb, a.k.a. nabbteeri, from Finland; Ane Graff from Norway; and Ingela Ihrman from SwedenPiia Oksanen and Leevi Haapala
PolandGiardiniRoman StańczakŁukasz Mojsak and Łukasz Ronduda
RomaniaGiardiniBelu-Simion Făinaru, Dan Mihălțianu, and Miklós OnucsánCristian Nae
RussiaGiardiniAlexander Sokurov and Alexander Shishkin-HokusaiMikhail Piotrovsky, The State Hermitage Museum
SerbiaGiardiniDjordje OzboltNicoletta Lambertucci
SpainGiardiniItziar Okariz and Sergio PregoPeio Aguirre
SwitzerlandGiardiniPauline Boudry & Renate LorenzCharlotte Laubard
United StatesGiardiniMartin PuryearLiberty/LibertàBrooke Kamin Rapaport
UruguayGiardiniYamandú CanosaDavid Armengol and Patricia Bentancur
VenezuelaGiardiniNatalie Rocha Capiello, Ricardo García, Gabriel López, and Nelson RangeloskyOscar Sottillo Meneses
AlbaniaArsenaleDriant ZeneliAlicia Knock
ArgentinaArsenaleMariana TelleriaFlorencia Battiti
ChileArsenaleVoluspa JarpaAgustín Pérez Rubio
ChinaArsenaleChen Qi, Feijun, He Xiangyu, and Geng XueWu Hongliang
GeorgiaArsenaleAnna K.E.Margot Norton
GhanaArsenaleFelicia Abban, John Akomfrah, El Anatsui, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Ibrahim Mahama, and Selasi Awusi SosuGhana FreedomNana Oforiatta Ayim
IndiaArsenaleNandalal Bose, Atul Dodiya, GR Iranna, Rummana Hussain, Jitish Kallat, Shakuntala Kulkarni, and Ashim PurkayasthaRoobina Karode
IndonesiaArsenaleHandiwirman Saputra and Syagini Ratna WulanAsmudjo Jono Irianto; co-curated by Yacobus Ari Respati
IrelandArsenaleEva RothschildMary Cremin
ItalyArsenaleEnrico David, Chiara Fumai, and Liliana MoroMilovan Farronato
KosovoArsenaleAlban MujaVincent Honore
LatviaArsenaleDaiga GrantiņaValentinas Klimašauskas and Inga Lāce
LuxembourgArsenaleMarco GodinhoKevin Muhlen
MadagascarArsenaleJoël AndrianomearisoaRina Ralay-Ranaivo and Emmanuel Daydé
MaltaArsenaleVince Briffa, Klitsa Antoniou, and Trevor BorgHesperia Iliadou Suppiej
MexicoArsenalePablo Vargas LugoMagalí Arriola
PeruArsenaleChristian Bendayán, Otto Michael, Manuel Rodríguez Lira, Segundo Candiño Rodríguez, and Anonymous popular artificerGustavo Buntinx
PhilippinesArsenaleMark JustinianiTessa Maria Guazon
Saudi ArabiaArsenaleZahrah Al GhamdiEiman Elgibreen
SingaporeArsenaleSong-Ming AngMichelle Ho
SloveniaArsenaleMarko PeljhanIgor Španjol
South Africa ArsenaleDineo Seshee Bopape, Tracey Rose, and Mawande Ka ZenzileNkule Mabaso and Nomusa Makhubu
TurkeyArsenaleİnci EvinerZeynep Öz
UkraineArsenaleOpen Group
United Arab EmiratesArsenaleNujoom AlghanemSam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
AndorraAround VenicePhilippe ShangtiIvan Sansa and Paolo De Grandis
Antigua and BarbudaAround VeniceTimothy Payne, Sir Gerald Price, Joseph Seaton, and Frank Walter; Intangible Cultural Heritage Artisans and Mas Troupe DesignersBarbara Paca with Nina Khrushcheva
ArmeniaAround Venice“ArtlabYerevan” Artistic Group and Narine ArakelianSusanna Gyulamiryan
Azerbaijan Around VeniceZeigam Azizov, Orkhan Mammadov, Zarnishan Yusifova, Kanan Aliyev, and Ulviyya AliyevaGiovanni Mercurio and Emin Mammadov
Bangladesh Around VeniceBishwajit Goswami, Dilara Begum Jolly, Heidi Fosli, Nafis Ahmed Gazi, Franco Marrocco, Domenico Pellegrino, Preema Nazia Andaleeb, Ra Kajol, and Uttam KumarMokhlesur Rahman and Viviana Vannucci
Belarus Around VeniceKonstantin SelikhanovOlga Rybchinskaya
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAround VeniceDanica DakićAnja Bogojević, Amila Puzić, and Claudia Zini
BulgariaAround VeniceRada Boukova and Lazar LyutakovVera Mlechevska
CataloniaAround VeniceMarcel Borràs with Albert García-Alzórriz and the collaboration of David Bestué, Lua Coderch Lola Lasurt Daniela Ortiz Perejaume Francesc TorresPedro Azara
CroatiaAround VeniceIgor GrubićKaterina Gregos
CubaAround VeniceAlejandro Campins, Alex Hérnandez, Ariamna Contino, and Eugenio TibaldiMargarita Sanchez Prieto
CyprusAround VeniceChristoforos Savva Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
Dominican Around VeniceDario Oleaga, Ezequiel Taveras, Hulda Guzmán, Julio Valdez, Miguel Ramirez, Rita Bertrecchi, Nicola Pica, and Marraffa & CasciottiMarianne de Tolentino, Simone Pieralice, and Giovanni Verza
EstoniaGiudeccaKris LemsaluAndrew Berardini, Irene Campolmi, Sarah Lucas, and Tamara Luuk
GrenadaAround VeniceAmy Cannestra, Billy Gerard Frank, Dave Lewis, Shervone Neckles, Franco Rota Candiani, Roberto Miniati, and CRS avant-garde Daniele Radini Tedeschi
GuatemalaAround VeniceElsie Wunderlich and Marco ManzoStefania Pieralice
HaitiAround VeniceJean Ulrick DésertGiscard Bouchotte
Hong KongAround VeniceShirley TseChristina Li
IcelandAround VeniceShoplifter Birta Guðjónsdóttir
Iran Around VeniceReza Lavassani, Samira Alikhanzadeh, and Ali Meer AzimiAli Bakhtiari
IraqAround VeniceSerwan BaranTamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo
Ivory CoastAround VeniceErnest Dükü, Ananias Leki Dago, Valérie Oka, and Tong YanrunanMassimo Scaringella
KiribatiAround VeniceKaeka Michael Betero, Daniela Danica Tepes, Kairaken Betio Group; Teroloang Borouea, Neneia Takoikoi, Tineta Timirau, Teeti Aaloa, Kenneth Ioane, Kaumai Kaoma, Runita Rabwaa, Obeta Taia, Tiribo Kobaua, Tamuera Tebebe, Rairauea Rue, Teuea Kabunare, Tokintekai Ekentetake, Katanuti Francis, Mikaere Tebwebwe, Terita Itinikarawa, Kaeua Kobaua, Raatu Tiuteke, Kaeriti Baanga, Ioanna Francis, Temarewe Banaan, Aanamaria Toom, Einako Temewi, Nimei Itinikarawa, Teniteiti Mikaere, Aanibo Bwatanita, and Arin TikirauaKautu Tabaka and Nina Tepes
LithuaniaAround VeniceRugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, and Lina LapelyteLucia Pietroiusti
MalaysiaAround VeniceAnurendra Jegadeva, H.H.Lim, Ivan Lam, and Zulkifli YusoffLim Wei-Ling Esme
MongoliaAround VeniceJantsankhorol Erdenebayar, traditional Mongolian throat singers, and Carsten NicolaiGantuya Badamgarav
MontenegroAround VeniceVesko GagovićPetrica Duletić
Mozambique Around VeniceGonçalo Mabunda, Mauro Pinto, and Filipe BranquinhoLidija K. Khachatourian
New ZealandAround VeniceDane MitchellZara Stanhope and Chris Sharp
North Macedonia Around VeniceNada PrljaJovanka Popova
PakistanAround VeniceNaiza KhanZahra Khan
PortugalAround VeniceLeonor AntunesJoão Ribas
San Marino Around VeniceGisella Battistini, Martina Conti, Gabriele Gambuti, Giovanna Fra, Thea Tini, Chen Chengwei, Li Geng, Dario Ortiz, Tang Shuangning, Jens W. Beyrich, Xing Junqin, Xu de Qi, and SebastiánVincenzo Sanfo
ScotlandAround VeniceCharlotte ProdgerLinsey Young with Cove Park
Seychelles Around VeniceGeorge Camille and Daniel DodinMartin Kennedy
Syrian Arab Around VeniceAbdalah Abouassali, Giacomo Braglia, Ibrahim Al Hamid, Chen Huasha, Saed Salloum, Xie Tian, Saad Yagan, Primo Vanadia, and Giuseppe BiasioEmad Kashout
TaiwanAround VeniceShu Lea CheangPaul B. Preciado
ThailandAround VeniceSomsak Chowtadapong, Panya Vijinthanasarn, and Krit NgamsomTawatchai Somkong
WalesAround VeniceSean EdwardsMarie-Anne McQuay
ZimbabweAround VeniceGeorgina Maxim, Neville Starling, Cosmos Shiridzinomwa, and Kudzanai Violet HwamiRaphael Chikukwa