The New Museum Announces the Artists Participating in Its 2015 Triennial

Over 51 artists and artist collectives will participate in the New Museum's 3rd Triennial in February.

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In a press release this week, The New Museum announced the list of artists participating in its upcoming 2015 Triennial. Titled "Surround Audience," the Triennial kicks off on Feb. 25 and will through May 24. Co-curating the show are New Museum Curator Lauren Cornell and artist Ryan Trecartin, one of the most influential artists of the last decade.

According to the museum, the exhibition will feature sound, dance, comedy, poetry, installation, sculpture, painting, video, and an online talk show​, many of which have been commissioned specifically for the show. In describing their third installment, the New Museum writes that this Triennial "explores how artists are currently depicting subjectivity, unpacking complex systems of power, and claiming sites of artistic agency." 

The roster this year includes 51 artists and artist collectives from over 25 countries, including New York-based DIS collective who have been named as curators of the 2016 Berlin Biennale.

The full list is as follows: 


  • Nadim Abbas (b. 1980, Hong Kong, China. Lives and works in Hong Kong, China)

  • Lawrence Abu Hamdan (b. 1985, Amman, Jordan. Lives and works in London, UK)

  • niv Acosta (b. 1988, New York, NY, US. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, US)

  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby (b. 1983, Enugu, Nigeria. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, US)

  • Sophia Al-Maria (b. 1983, Tacoma, WA, US. Lives and works in Doha, Qatar, and London, UK)

  • Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili (b. 1979, Tbilisi, Georgia. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany)Ed Atkins (b. 1982, Oxford, UK. Lives and works in London, UK)

  • Olga Balema (b. 1984, Lviv, Ukraine. Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Berlin, Germany)

  • Frank Benson (b. 1976, Norfolk, VA, US. Lives and works in New York, NY, US)

  • Sascha Braunig (b. 1983, Vancouver Island, Canada. Lives and works in Portland, ME, US)

  • Antoine Catala (b. 1975, Toulouse, France. Lives and works in New York, NY, US)

  • Aslı Çavuşoğlu (b. 1982, Istanbul, Turkey. Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey)

  • José León Cerrillo (b. 1976, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico)

  • Onejoon Che (b. 1979, Seoul, South Korea. Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea)

  • Tania Pérez Córdova (b. 1979, Mexico City, Mexico. Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico)

  • Verena Dengler (b. 1981, Vienna, Austria. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria)

  • DIS (Founded 2010, New York, NY, US)

  • Aleksandra Domanović (b. 1981, Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany)

  • Casey Jane Ellison (b. 1988, Los Angeles, CA, US. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY, US)

  • Exterritory (Founded 2009, the Extraterritorial Waters)

  • Geumhyung Jeong (b. 1980, Seoul, South Korea. Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea)

  • Ane Graff (b. 1974, Bodø, Norway. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway, and Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • Guan Xiao (b. 1983, Sichuan Province, China. Lives and works in Beijing, China)

  • Shadi Habib Allah (b. 1977, Jerusalem, Palestine. Lives and works in New York, NY, US)

  • Eloise Hawser (b. 1985, London, UK. Lives and works in London, UK)

  • Lena Henke (b. 1982, Warburg, Germany. Lives and works in New York, NY, US)

  • Lisa Holzer (b. 1971, Vienna, Austria. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany)

  • Juliana Huxtable (b. 1987, Houston, TX, US. Lives and works in New York, NY, US)

  • Renaud Jerez (b. 1982, Narbonne, France. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany)

  • K-HOLE (Founded 2010, New York, NY, US)

  • Shreyas Karle (b. 1981, Mumbai, India. Lives and works in Mumbai, India)

  • Kiluanji Kia Henda (b. 1979, Luanda, Angola. Lives and works in Luanda, Angola, and Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Josh Kline (b. 1979, Philadelphia, PA, US. Lives and works in New York, NY, US)Eva Kotátková (b. 1982, Prague, Czech Republic. Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Donna Kukama (b. 1981, Mafikeng, South Africa. Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa)

  • Firenze Lai (b. 1984, Hong Kong, China. Lives and works in Hong Kong, China)

  • Oliver Laric (b. 1981, Innsbruck, Austria. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany)

  • Li Liao (b. 1982, Hubei, China. Lives and works in Shenzhen, China)

  • Rachel Lord (b. 1986, Washington, DC, US. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, US)

  • Basim Magdy (b. 1977, Assiut, Egypt. Lives and works in Cairo, Egypt, and Basel, Switzerland)

  • Nicholas Mangan (b. 1979, Geelong, Australia. Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia)

  • Ashland Mines (b. 1982, Pittsburgh, PA, US. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, US)

  • Shelly Nadashi (b. 1981, Haifa, Israel. Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium)

  • Eduardo Navarro (b. 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Steve Roggenbuck (b. 1987, Harbor Beach, MI, US. Lives and works in Brunswick, ME, US)

  • Avery K. Singer (b. 1987, New York, NY, US. Lives and works in New York, NY, US)

  • Daniel Steegmann Mangrané (b. 1977, Barcelona, Spain. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

  • Martine Syms (b. 1988, Los Angeles, CA, US. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, US)

  • Lisa Tan (b. 1973, New York, NY, US. Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Luke Willis Thompson (b. 1988, Auckland, New Zealand. Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand, and Frankfurt, Germany)

  • Peter Wächtler (b. 1979, Hannover, Germany. Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium, and Berlin, Germany)​

For more information, head to the 2015 New Museum Triennial exhibition page.

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