Yokohama Triennale 2024 reveals 68 artists exploring resilience through 'Wild Grass' theme
The 8th Yokohama Triennale will feature 68 artists and collectives from March 15 to June 9, 2024. Titled 'Wild Grass: Our Lives', the exhibition draws inspiration from Chinese writer Lu Xun to examine fragile yet resilient lived experiences. Among the participants, 21 will create new commissioned works. Norwegian Sámi artist Joar Nango will address climate change and resource circulation by redesigning the main venue's façade. South African artist Lungiswa Gqunta will present a barbed wire sculpture confronting patriarchal and colonial inequalities. Ukrainian collective The Open Group will show work based on interviews with refugees in Lviv. Japanese collective SIDE CORE will present a video survey of Japanese street culture history. The diverse lineup includes artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Kosovo, India, Fiji, and many other regions. Participants range from established figures like Käthe Kollwitz and Jeremy Deller to emerging voices. The exhibition explores themes of vulnerability and strength across global contexts.
Key facts
- The 8th Yokohama Triennale runs from March 15 to June 9, 2024
- 68 artists and collectives are participating
- 21 artists will create newly commissioned works
- The theme is 'Wild Grass: Our Lives' inspired by Lu Xun
- Joar Nango will redesign the main venue's façade
- Lungiswa Gqunta will present a barbed wire sculpture
- The Open Group interviewed Ukrainian refugees in Lviv
- SIDE CORE will present a video survey of Japanese street culture
Entities
Artists
- Søren Aagaard
- Dirk Braeckman
- Élise Carron
- Fanny Devaux
- Rainbow Chan
- Susan Cianciolo
- Larry Clark
- Norm Clasen
- Clément Cogitore
- Raffaella Crispino
- Carlomar Arcangel Daoana
- Jeremy Deller
- Dobai Péter
- Dohi Miho
- Pippa Garner
- Lungiswa Gqunta
- Miles Greenberg
- Aneta Grzeszykowska
- Jens Haaning
- Artan Hajrullahu
- Hamaguchi Takashi
- Lewis Hammond
- Matthew Harris
- Hasegawa Kiyoshi
- South Ho
- Jonathan Horowitz
- Huang Po-Chih
- Stanya Kahn
- Özgür Kar
- Damla Kilickiran
- Kitajima Keizo
- Josh Kline
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Kuriyagawa Hakuson
- Klara Liden
- Lu Xun
- Treiborlang Lyngdoh Mawlong
- Stéphane Mandelbaum
- Morimura Yasumasa
- Sandra Mujinga
- Joar Nango
- Erik Niedling
- Ingo Niermann
- Niwa Yoshinori
- Ono Tadashige
- Yuriy Biley
- Pavlo Kovach
- Anton Varga
- Otake Eiko
- Pope.L
- Chen Yifei
- Ou Feihong
- Tomas Rafa
- Sibylle Ruppert
- Margaret Salmon
- Allan Sekula
- Shiga Lieko
- Sakie Takasu
- Toru Matsushita
- Futoshi Nishihiro
- Rita Siegfried
- Vunkwan Tam
- Taninaka Yasunori
- Salote Tawale
- Teshigahara Sofu
- Tomiyama Taeko
- Tsukuda Hiroki
- Emmanuel Van der Auwera
- Myrthe Van der Mark
- Puck Verkade
- Xper.Xr
- Zhao Wenliang
- Zheng Yefu
Institutions
- Yokohama Triennale
- The Open Group
- SIDE CORE
Locations
- Yokohama
- Japan
- Lviv
- Ukraine
- Sápmi region
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Kosovo
- India
- Fiji