The Asian Art Biennial is pleased to announce the full list of participating artists for its 9th edition, taking place from 16 November 2024 to 2 March 2025 at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA). This year’s curatorial team, convened 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.
The title of the 2024 Asian Art Biennial, How to Hold Your Breath, evokes the tension of pausing a vital act and holding onto hope in the face of uncertainty. It flips the familiar phrase “don’t hold your breath,” suggesting that change, though slow, is possible. Taking a deep breath and holding it anchors us in the present moment, navigating the disarray of late capitalism and displacement.
This year’s Biennial features 35 artist groups from over 20 countries. Highlights include:
Andrius Arutiunian (b. 1991) is an Armenian-Lithuanian artist and composer working with sonic dissent, aural cosmologies, and vernacular histories. His research experiments with speculative instruments, non-western knowledge, and alternate methods for world-ordering. Through playful investigation of hypnotic and enigmatic forms, his installations, films, and performances challenge the concepts of musical and political attunement. In 2022 Andrius Arutiunian represented Armenia at the “59th Venice Art Biennale” with a solo show “Gharīb”. Other important shows include the “14th Shanghai Biennale: Cosmos Cinema”, the “17th Lyon Biennale”, and “documenta 14 Parliament of Bodies” (Kassel).
How to Hold Your Breath – 2024 Asian Art Biennial
Dates: 16 November 2024 – 2 March 2025
Venue: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Participating Artists: 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, Gary Zhexi Zang
