Manifesta 16 Releases Full List of Participating Artists

Manifesta 16 Releases Full List of Participating Artists

The organizers ofManifestahavenamedthe 106 artists and collectives participating in the nomadic biennial’s sixteenth iteration, set to open June 21 in four cities in Germany’s Ruhr region. German and Turkish artists each account for roughly 25 percent of the cohort, who collectively represent thirty countries. Poland will have a strong presence as well. Sixty-four artists will present new commissions.

The biennial is being curated by an intergenerational eight-person team led by Barcelona-based architect Josep Bohigas with Turkish-born, German-raised curator Gürsoy Doğtaş. It will take place across a total of twelve decommissioned postwar churches in Bochum, Essen, Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen and will run through October 4.

Among the artists and collectives presenting new commissions are Katharina Fritsch, Mona Hatoum, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Wilhelm Sasnal, Superflex, and Luc Tuymans. Other participating artists include Halil Altındere, Katarzyna Kozyra, Alicja Kwade, and Nil Yalter.

“The curatorial concept of Manifesta 16 Ruhr is based on a dialogical approach,” said the organizers in a press release. “Art emerges through exchange—between international and local positions, between artistic practice and societal questions, and between existing structures and new forms of use. The invited participants bring together a wide range of artistic methods, disciplines and experiences.”

A full list of participating artists is below:

Presenting New Commissions

Emre Abut (Germany, b.1985)

Havîn Al-Sîndy (Iraq)

Begzada Alatovic (Bosnoa)

Özlem Altın (Turkey, 1977)

Mirosław Batka (Poland, b. 1958)

Montserrat Palacios (Spain, b.1948) & Montserrat Palacios (Spain, b. 1973) 

Mehtap Baydu (Turkey, b. 1972)

Mabe Bethônico (Brazil, b. 1966)

Sara Bichão (Portugal, b. 1986)

Aline Bouvy (Luxembourg, b. 1974)

Bureau Baubotanik (Germany, est. 2010)

Cabosanroque (Spain, est. 2001)

Pedro Cabrita Reis (Portugal, b. 1956)

Curro Claret (Spain, b. 1968)

Constructlab (Germany)

Jason Dodge (United States, b. 1969)

William Engelen (Netherlands, b. 1964)

Ayşe Erkmen (Turkey, b. 1949)

Robert Fleck (Austria, b. 1957)

Katharina Fritsch (Germany, b. 1956) 

Bérénice Gaça Courtin (France, b. 1994)

Niklas Goldbach (Germany, b. 1973)

Nicolas Grospierre (Poland, b. 1975)

Albe Hamiti (Kosovo, b. 1988)

Mona Hatoum (Lebanon, b. 1952)

Judith Hopf (Germany, b. 1969)

Julian Irlinger (Germany, b. 1986)

Pravdoliub Ivanov (Bulgaria, b. 1964)

Sejla Kamerić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, b. 1976)

Eva Kotátková (Czechoslovakia, b. 1982)

Athina Koumparouli (Greece, b. 1983)

Jarostaw Kozłowski (Poland, b. 1945)

Lilli Lake (Germany, b. 1995)

Justin Lieberman (United States, b. 1977)

Kateryna Lysovenko (Ukraine, b. 1989)

Miedya Mahmod (Germany, b. 1996)

Olaf Metzel (Germany, b. 1952)

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (Poland, b. 1978)

Marina Naprushkina (Belarus, b. 1981)

Donja Nasseri (Germany, b. 1990)

Julia Nitschke (Germany, b. 1988)

Navid Nuur (Iran, b. 1976)

Pınar Öğrenci (Turkey, b. 1973)

Pele Collective (Portugal, est. 2007)

Penique Productions (Spain, est. 2007)

Elizabeth Price (United Kingdom, b. 1966)

Mykola Ridnyi (Ukraine, b. 1985)

Mesut-Sabuha Salaam (Turkey, b. 1966)

Coumba Samba (United States, b. 2000)

Wilhelm Sasnal (Poland, b. 1972)

Augustas Serapinas (Lithuania, b. 1990)

Dennis Siering (Germany, b. 1983)

Mikołaj Sobczak (Poland, b. 1989)

Superflex (Denmark, est. 1993)

Cassidy Toner (United States, b. 1992)

Nasan Tur (Germany, b. 1974)

Luc Tuymans (Belgium, b. 1958)

Gülbin Ünlü (b. 1976)

Evita Vasiljeva (Latvia, b. 1985)

Emil Walde (Germany, b. 1991)

Weberei Kai (Germany, est. 2018)

Mira M. Yang (Germany, b. 1993)

Abbas Zahedi (United Kingdom/India, b. 1984)

Amanda Ziemele (Latvia, b. 1990)

Participating

Mehmet Aksoy (Germany, b. 1939)

Bettina Allamoda (United States, b. 1964)

Halil Altındere (Turkey, b. 1971)

Atiye Altül (Turkey, b. 1947)

Akbar Behkalam (Iran, 1944)

Cana Bilir-Meier (Germany, b. 1986)

 Ayzit Bostan (Turkey, b. 1968)

Cudelice Brazelton IV (United States, b. 1991)

Vlassis Caniaris (Greece, 1928–2011)

Fatma Ceylan (Turkey, b. 1967)

İsmail Çoban (Turkey, 1945–2024)

Yıldırım Denizli (Turkey, b. 1946)

Ihsan Ece (Turkey, b. 1949) 

Füruzan (Turkey, 1932–2024)

Zuza Golińska (Poland, b. 1990) 

Philipp Gutler (Germany, b. 1989)

Hava Güleç (Turkey)

Abuzer Güler (Turkey, b. 1959)

Mehmet Güler (Turkey, b. 1944)

Cihangir Gümüştürkmen (Turkey, b. 1964)

Nejla Gür (Turkey, b. 1952)

Annika Kahrs (Germany, b. 1984)

Merve Kaplan (Germany, b. 1997)

Muhlis Kenter (Turkey, b. 1952)

Azade Köker (Turkey, b. 1949)

Katarzyna Kozyra (Poland, b. 1963)

Gasper Kunsic (Slovenia, b. 1992)

Alicja Kwade (Poland, b. 1979)

Julia Logothetis (Austria, b. 1945)

Mihaly Moldvay (Serbia, 1938–2024)

Asimina Paradissa (Greece, b. 1945)

Jannis Psychopedis (Greece, b. 1945)

Judith Raum (Germany, b. 1977)

Anka Sasnal (Poland, b. 1973)

Metin Talayman (Turkey, 1939–1999)

Nesrin Tanç (Germany, b. 1977)

Rıza Topal (Turkey, 1934–2025)

Yıldız Tüzün (Turkey, 1932–2021)

Ming Wong (Germany, b. 1971)

Nil Yalter (Egypt, b. 1938)

Hanefi Yeter (Turkey, b. 1947)

Serpil Yeter (Turkey, b. 1956)