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Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018
കൊച്ചി-മുസിരിസ് ബിനാലെ 2018
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018; കൊച്ചി-മുസിരിസ് ബിനാലെ 2018
Genre	International Art Exhibition (Contemporary art)
Begins	12 December 2018
Ends	29 March 2019
Location(s)	Kochi, India
Founded	2012
Attendance	600,000 (2016-17)
People	Anita Dube (Curator); Bose Krishnamachari (co-founder and president of KBF)
Website	www.kochimuzirisbiennale.org

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018 was the fourth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, an international exhibition of contemporary art held in Kochi, Kerala. This edition was curated by Anita Dube and began on 12 December 2018 and ended on 29 March 2019.^[2] Like the previous editions, this biennale was held in the main venues of the Aspinwall House, Pepper House, Kasi Art Cafe, Cabral Yard, David Hall.^[3] This biennale was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan. The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an initiative of the Kochi Biennale Foundation with support from the Government of Kerala.

The curatorial vision for this edition was Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life.

History

In May 2010, Mumbai based contemporary artists of Kerala origin, Bose Krishnamachari and Riyaz Komu, were approached by then culture minister of Kerala, M.A. Baby, to start an international art project in the state. After this, the Kochi Biennale Foundation was setup in the year 2010.

The First Kochi-Muziris Biennale began on 12 December 2012. The Biennale hosted 88 artists from 30 different countries, site-specific works and a sustained education programme in the three months. Kochi-Muziris Biennale was also conducted in the years 2014 and 2016.

Features

Art room for children

An art room was opened for nurturing children's talent in art by the Kochi Biennale foundation as the part of the Art by Children project, also conducted by KBF.^[4]

Biennale Guided Tours

Apart from the short guide and the wall text, the Kochi Biennale Foundation also arranged free public tours and reserved guided walks.^[5]

List of artists

94 projects by 138 artists from 32 countries were exhibited in this biennale.^[6]^[7]

Artist	Country
Aernout Mik	Netherlands
Afrah Shafiq	India
Ajay Desai	India
Akram Zaatari	Lebanon
Anjali Monteiro + K. P. Jayasankar	India
Anoli Perera	Sri Lanka
Arunkumar. H. G	India
Anju Dodiya	India
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew	India/United States
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook	Thailand
Arya krishnan	India
Bapi Das	India
Barthélémy Toguo	Cameroon
Bracha Ettinger	Israel
Brook Andrew	Australia
B. V. Suresh	India
Celia-Yunior	Cuba
Chandan Gomes	India
Chitra Ganesh	India
Chittaprosad	India
Cyrus Kabiru	Kenya
Dennis Muraguri	Kenya
DOMENEC	Spain
E. B. Itso	Denmark
Edible Archives
Valie Export
Goshka Macuga	Poland
Guerrilla Girls	United States
Hassan Khan + Andeel
Heri Dono	Indonesia
Ines Doujak + John Barker
Jitish Kallat	India
Julie Gough
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
Juul Kraijer
K P Krishnakumar	India
KAUSIK MUKHOPADHYAY	India
KIBUUKA MUKISA OSCAR	Uganda
LEANDRO FEAL	Cuba
Lubna Chowdhary	U.K.
Madhvi Parekh	India
Marlene Dumas	Netherlands
Martha Rosler	United States
MARZIA FARHANA	Bangladesh
Mireille Kassar	France/Lebanon
MOCHU + SUVANI SURI	India
Monica Mayer	Mexico
Mrinalini Mukherjee	India
Nathan Coley	U.K.
Nilima Sheikh	India
Oorali	India
The Otolith Group	U.K.
Pangrok Sulap	Malaysia
Prabhakar Pachpute	India
Priya Ravish Mehra	India
Probir Gupta	India
Radenko Milak	Bosnia Hercegovina
Rana Hamadeh	Netherlands/Lebanon
Rania Stephan	Lebanon
Rehana Zaman	Pakistan
Rina Banerjee	United States/India
Rula Halawani	Palestine
Santha KV	India
Santu Mofokeng	South Africa
P R Satheesh	India
Shambhavi	India
Shilpa Gupta
Shirin Neshat	Iran/United States
Shubigi Rao	Singapore
SISTER LIBRARY	India
Song Dong	China
Sonia Khurana	India
Srinagar Biennale	India
Sue Williamson	South Africa
Sunil Gupta + Charan Singh	India/U.K.
Sunil Janah	India
Tabita Rezaire	France French Guiana South Africa
Tania Bruguera	Cuba
Tania Candiani	Mexico
Tejal Shah	India
Temsuyanger Longkumer	India
Thomas Hirschhorn	Switzerland
Vanessa Baird	Norway
Veda Thozhur Kolleri	India
Vicky Roy	India
Vinu VV	India
Vipin Dhanurdharan	India
Vivian Caccuri	Brazil
Subhash Singh Vyam + Durgabai Vyam	India
Walid Raad	Lebanon
William Kentridge	South Africa
Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries	South Korea
Zanele Muholi	South Africa