9th Asian Art Biennial announces full artist participation

The Asian Art Biennial has announced the full list of participating artists for its 9th edition. 

This year’s curatorial team, helmed by Taiwanese independent curator Fang Yen Hsiang, includes four international curators: Armenian-born, Paris-based curator Anne Davidian; Filipino artist and researcher Merv Espina; Singapore-based South Korean curator Haeju Kim; and Istanbul- and Paris-based curator and writer Asli Seven.

Titled How to Hold Your Breath, the 9th edition ‘evokes the tension of pausing a vital act and holding onto hope in the face of uncertainty’, the biennial describes. ‘Taking a deep breath and holding it anchors us in the present moment, navigating the disarray of late capitalism and displacement.’

Including 35 artist groups from over 20 countries across East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Pacific, the full list of participating artists is as follows:

Noor Abed, Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR), Marwa Arsanios, Andrius Arutiunian, Sharon Chin, Chu Hao Pei, Kiri Dalena, Fang Wei-Wen, Tao Leigh Goffe, Hit Man Gurung, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Emre Hüner, Saodat Ismailova, Maiko Jinushi, Cetus Kuo Chin-Yun, Woosung Lee, Milay Mavaliw, Nathalie Muchamad, Hwayeon Nam, Yoshinori Niwa, Pak Sheung Chuen, Nefeli Papadimouli, Natalia Papaeva, Ri, Julia Sarisetiati, Kirill Savchenkov, Aziza Shadenova, Yehwan Song, Trương Quế Chi & Nguyễn Phương Linh, Wang Yu-Song, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jasmin Werner, Cici Wu, Nil Yalter, and Gary Zhexi Zang. 

How to Hold Your Breath will be on view at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung, from 16 November through 2 March 2025.