ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2024: EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING

 

New York, NY, January 25, 2024 — The Whitney Museum of American Art announces that 69 artists and 2 collectives will participate in Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing. Opening March 20, this is the 81st edition of the Museum’s landmark exhibition series, the longest-running survey of American art. A presentation of the most relevant art and ideas of our time, the artists featured in the Whitney Biennial showcase work across most of the Museum's gallery space as well as through a robust series of film and performance programs available at the Museum and online. Co-organized by two Whitney curators, Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli, the Biennial presents the work of contemporary artists working across media and disciplines, representing evolving notions of American art.

 

“We sought to create an exhibition in the form of what artist Ligia Lewis calls a ‘dissonant chorus,’ unharmonious in its collectivity,” said Iles and Onli. “It is striking how many artists are contending with relationships between the psyche and the body, and the precarity of the past few years. Artists are continuing to grapple with history and identity; we have made an exhibition that unfolds as a set of relations, exploring the challenges of coming together in a fractured moment. We are thrilled to be working with such a rigorous and thoughtful group of artists to create a space where ideas and the materiality of the world can be examined and engaged.”

 

“The Biennial is an engine that powers the Whitney forward, by introducing new artists and ideas to our community and beyond. It is both what we do and who we are,” said Scott Rothkopf, Alice Pratt Brown Director at the Whitney Museum. “The 2024 Biennial has been led with both rigor and empathy by our brilliant co-organizers Chrissie and Meg, and I look forward to welcoming this incredible group of artists to the Whitney as we collectively reimagine the landscape of contemporary American art.”

 

Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing is a thematic exhibition focusing on ideas of “the real” to acknowledge that, today, society is at an inflection point, in part brought on by artificial intelligence challenging what we consider to be real, as well as critical discussions about identity. Many of the artists presenting works explore the fluidity of identity and form, historical and current land stewardship, and concepts of embodiment, among other urgent throughlines.

 

The 2024 Whitney Biennial is co-organized by Chrissie Iles, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Meg Onli, Curator-at-Large at the Whitney, with Min Sun Jeon and Beatriz Cifuentes. The performance program is organized by Iles and Onli, with guest curator Taja Cheek. The film program is organized by Iles and Onli, with guest curators Korakrit Arunanondchai, asinnajaq, Greg de Cuir Jr., and Zackary Drucker.

 

 

COMPLETE LIST OF ARTISTS

 

#Gallery Artists:

 

Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio (he/him)

Born 1990 in Los Angeles, CA

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

Dora Budor (she/her)

Born 1984 in Zagreb, Croatia

Lives in New York, NY

 

Seba Calfuqueo (she/her/they/them)

Born 1991 in Santiago, Chile

Lives in Ngulumapu, Wallmapu (Chile)

 

Demian DinéYazhi’ (they/them)

Born 1983 in Gallup, NM, (Diné Bikéyah [Navajo Nation])

Lives in Portland, OR, and elsewhere

 

Torkwase Dyson (she/her)

Born 1973 in Chicago, IL

Lives in Beacon, NY

 

JJJJJerome Ellis (any/all)

Born 1989 in Groton, CT

Lives in Norfolk, VA

 

Jes Fan (he/him/they/them)

Born 1990 in Scarborough, Canada

Lives in Brooklyn, NY, and Hong

 

Nikita Gale

Born 1983 in Anchorage, AK, Dënéndeh and Dena’ina Ełnena

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

ektor garcia

Born 1985 in Red Bluff, CA

Lives in Mexico City, Mexico, and elsewhere

 

Pippa Garner (she/her)

Born 1942 in Evanston, IL

Lives in Long Beach, CA

 

Harmony Hammond (she/her)

Born 1944 in Chicago, IL

Lives in Galisteo, NM

 

Sharon Hayes (she/her)

Born 1970 in Baltimore, MD

Lives in Philadelphia, PA

 

Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst

Holly Herndon (she/her)

Born 1980 in Johnson City, TN

 

Mat Dryhurst (he/him)

Born 1984 in Birmingham, UK

Lives in Berlin, Germany

 

Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich (she/her)

Born 1987 in New York, NY

Lives in New York, NY

 

Suzanne Jackson (she/her)

Born 1944 in St. Louis, MO

Lives in Savannah, GA

 

Isaac Julien

Born 1960 in London, UK

Lives in London, UK, and Santa Cruz, CA

 

 

Lotus L. Kang (she/her)

Born 1985 in Toronto, Canada

Lives in New York, NY

 

Mary Kelly (she/her)

Born 1941 in Fort Dodge, IA

Lives in New York, NY

 

Carolyn Lazard (they/them)

Born 1987 in San Bernardino, CA

Lives in New York, NY

 

Dionne Lee (she/her/they/them)

Born 1988 in New York, NY

Lives in Columbus, OH

 

Ligia Lewis (she/her)

Born 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Lives in Berlin, Germany

 

Mary Lovelace O’Neal (she/her)

Born 1942 in Jackson, MS

Lives in Oakland, CA, and Merida, Mexico

 

Cannupa Hanska Luger (he/him)

Born 1979 in Fort Yates, ND (Standing Rock Reservation)

Lives in Glorieta, NM

 

K.R.M. Mooney (he/him)

Born 1990 in Seattle, WA

Lives in Brooklyn, NY

 

Dala Nasser

Born 1990 in Tyre, Lebanon

Lives in Beirut, Lebanon, and London, UK

 

Diane Severin Nguyen (she/her)

Born 1990 in Carson, CA

Lives in New York, NY

 

Karyn Olivier (she/her)

Born 1968 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Lives in Philadelphia, PA

 

B. Ingrid Olson

Born 1987 in Denver, CO

Lives in Chicago, IL

 

Eamon Ore-Giron (he/him)

Born 1973 in Tucson, AZ

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

People Who Stutter Create

Founded 2023

Jia Bin, Delicia Daniels, JJJJJerome Ellis, Conor Foran, Kristel Kubart

 

Julia Phillips (she/her)

Born 1985 in Hamburg, Germany

Lives in Chicago, IL

 

Mavis Pusey (she/her)

Born 1928 in Retreat, Jamaica

Died 2019 in Falmouth, VA

 

Maja Ruznic (she/her)

Born 1983 in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslavia)

Lives in Placitas, NM

 

Ser Serpas (she/her)

Born 1995 in East Los Angeles, CA

Lives in New York, NY

 

Rose B. Simpson (she/her)

Born 1990 in Santa Fe, NM

Lives in Santa Clara Pueblo, NM

 

P. Staff (they/them)

Born 1987 in the UK

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

Clarissa Tossin (she/her)

Born 1973 in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

Tourmaline (she/her)

Born 1983 in Boston, MA

Lives in New York, NY

 

Charisse Pearlina Weston (she/her)

Born 1988 in Houston, TX

Lives in New York, NY

 

Kiyan Williams (they/them)

Born 1991 in Newark, NJ

Lives in Brooklyn, NY

 

Carmen Winant (she/her)

Born 1983 in San Francisco, CA

Lives in Columbus, OH

 

Takako Yamaguchi (she/her)

Born 1952 in Okayama, Japan

Lives in Santa Monica, CA

 

Constantina Zavitsanos (any/all)

Born 1977 in Reading, PA

Lives in New York, NY

 

#Film Program Artists:

 

Siku Allooloo (she/her)

Born 1986 in Yellowknife, Canada

Lives in Bowser, Canada

 

Seba Calfuqueo (she/her/they/them)

Born 1991 in Santiago, Chile

Lives in Ngulumapu, Wallmapu (Chile)

 

Christopher Harris (he/him)

Born 1962 in St. Louis, MO

Lives in Coralville, IA

 

Miranda Haymon

Born 1993 in Boston, MA

Lives in Brooklyn, NY

 

Ho Tzu Nyen (he/him)

Born 1976 in Singapore

Lives in Singapore

 

Yasmine Anlan Huang (she/her)

Born 1996 in Guangzhou, China

Lives in London, UK, and

New York, NY

 

Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich (she/her)

Born 1987 in New York, NY

Lives in New York, NY

 

Aron Kantor (he/him/they/them)

Born 1978 in San Francisco, CA

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

Kite (she/her)

Born 1990 in Sylmar, CA

Lives in Ancram, NY

 

 

Gbenga Komolafe and Tee Park (Tee Jaehyung Park)

Gbenga Komolafe

(they/them/he/him/she/her)

Born 2000 in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria

 

*Tee Park

(she/her)

Born 1999 in Seoul, South Korea

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

Jenni Laiti (she/her)

Born 1981 in Anár, Sápmi (Inari, Finland)

Lives in Jåhkämåhkke, Sápmi (Jokkmokk, Sweden)

 

Shuang Li (she/her)

Born 1990 in Wuyi Mountains, China

Lives in Berlin, Germany, and Geneva, Switzerland

 

Simon Liu (he/him)

Born 1987 in Hong Kong

Lives in Brooklyn,NY

 

Nyala Moon (she/her)

Born 1992 in New York, NY

Lives in the Brooklyn, NY

 

Niillasaš-Jovnna Máreha Juhani Sunná Máret – Sunna Nousuniemi (they/them)

Born 1993 in Anár, Sápmi

Lives in Anár, Sápmi

 

Edward Owens (he/him)

Born 1949 in Chicago, IL

Died 2010 in Chicago, IL

 

Sydney Frances Pascal (she/her)

Born 1993 in Nanaimo, Canada

Lives in Vancouver, Canada

 

Raqs Media Collective

Founded 1992 in Delhi, India

Jeebesh Bachi, Monica Marula, Shuddhabrata Sengupta

 

Riar Rizaldi (he/him)

Born 1990 in Bandung, Indonesia

Lives in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

 

Penelope Spheeris (she/her)

Born 1945 in New Orleans, LA

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

Lada Suomenrinne (they/them)

Born 1995 in Murmansk, Russia

Lives in Espoo, Finland, and Njuorggán, Sápmi

 

Alisi Telengut (she/her)

Born 1989 in Inner Mongolia (Telengut and Mongolian nations)

Lives in Berlin, Germany, and Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Canada

 

Chanelle Tyson (they/them)

Born 1989 in Greensboro, NC

Lives in Los Angeles, CA

 

Zulaa Urchuud (she/her)

Born 1991 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Lives in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

 

 

#Performance Program Artists:

 

Holland Andrews (they/them)

Born 1988 in Orange, CA

Lives in Brooklyn, NY

 

Debit (she/her)

Born 1986 in Monterrey, Mexico

Lives in New York, NY

 

JJJJJerome Ellis (any/all)

Born 1989 in Groton, CT

Lives in Norfolk, VA

 

Sarah Hennies (she/her)

Born 1979 in Louisville, KY

Lives in Red Hook, NY

 

Alex Tatarsky (they/them)

Born 1989 in New York, NY

Lives in New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA