PCAI Collection artist Korakrit Arunanondchai participates in 2025 Bienal de São Paulo, taking place September 6 2025-January 11, 2026.
Entitled Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice, the 36th edition will be led by chief curator Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung together with his conceptual team of co-curators Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz and Thiago de Paula Souza, as well as co-curator at large Keyna Eleison and strategy and communication advisor Henriette Gallus. The exhibition takes its cue from Afrobrazilian poet Conceição Evaristo’s enigmatic poem Da calma e do silêncio [Of calm and silence].
The central proposal of this Bienal is to rethink humanity as a verb, a living practice, in a world that requires reimagining relationships, asymmetries and listening as the basis for coexistence, based on three curatorial fragments/axes. The metaphor of the estuary – a place where different water currents meet and create a space for coexistence – guides the curatorial project, inspired by Brazilian philosophies, landscapes and mythologies. This concept reflects the multiplicity of encounters that have marked Brazil’s history and proposes that humanity comes together and transforms itself through an attentive ear and negotiation between different beings and worlds.
The participating artists for the 36th Bienal de São Paulo are:
Adama Delphine Fawundu; Adjani Okpu-Egbe; Aislan Pankararu; Akinbode Akinbiyi; Alain Padeau; Alberto Pitta; Aline Baiana; Amina Agueznay; Ana Raylander Mártis dos Anjos; Andrew Roberts; Antonio Társis; Behjat Sadr; Berenice Olmedo; Bertina Lopes; Camille Turner; Carla Gueye; Cevdet Erek; Chaïbia Talal; Christopher Cozier; Cici Wu with Yuan Yuan; Cynthia Hawkins; Edival Ramosa; Emeka Ogboh; Ernest Cole; Ernest Mancoba; Farid Belkahia; Firelei Báez; Forensic Architecture / Forensis; Forugh Farrokhzad; Frank Bowling; Frankétienne; Gê Viana; Gervane de Paula; Gōzō Yoshimasu; Hajra Waheed; Hamedine Kane; Hamid Zénati; Hao Jingban; Heitor dos Prazeres; Helena Uambembe; Hessie; Huguette Caland; I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih (Murni); Imran Mir; Isa Genzken; Joar Nango with the Girjegumpi crew; Josèfa Ntjam; Juliana dos Santos; Julianknxx; Kader Attia; Kamala Ibrahim Ishag; Kenzi Shiokava; Korakrit Arunanondchai; Laila Hida; Laure Prouvost; Leiko Ikemura; Leila Alaoui; Leo Asemota; Leonel Vásquez; Lidia Lisbôa; Lynn Hershman Leeson; Madame Zo; Madiha Umar; Malika Agueznay; Manauara Clandestina; Mansour Ciss Kanakassy; Mao Ishikawa; Márcia Falcão; Maria Auxiliadora; María Magdalena Campos-Pons; Marlene Almeida; Maxwell Alexandre; Meriem Bennani; Metta Pracrutti; Michele Ciacciofera; Ming Smith; Minia Biabiany; Moffat Takadiwa; Mohamed Melehi; Moisés Patrício; Myriam Omar Awadi; Myrlande Constant; Nádia Taquary; Nari Ward; Nguyễn Trinh Thi; Noor Abed; Nzante Spee; Olivier Marboeuf; Olu Oguibe; Oscar Murillo; Otobong Nkanga; Pélagie Gbaguidi; Pol Taburet; Precious Okoyomon; Raukura Turei; Raven Chacon com Iggor Cavalera & Laima Leyton; Rebeca Carapiá; Richianny Ratovo; Ruth Ige; Sadikou Oukpedjo; Sallisa Rosa; Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide); Sérgio Soarez; Sertão Negro; Sharon Hayes; Shuvinai Ashoona; Simnikiwe Buhlungu; Song Dong; Suchitra Mattai; Tanka Fonta; Thania Petersen; Theo Eshetu; Théodore Diouf; Theresah Ankomah; Trương Công Tùng; Tuần Andrew Nguyễn; Vilanismo; Werewere Liking; Wolfgang Tillmans; Zózimo Bulbul.
Image credits: Bienal de Sao Paolo
Activity aligned with Goals 3,4,5, 8, 9,15
