The final list of artists has been announced for the 18th edition of the Lyon Biennale, which will unfold across the city from 19 September to 13 December 2026.
Entitled To pass from one dream to another, the biennale is curated by Catherine Nichols alongside artistic director Isabelle Bertolotti and brings together 118 artists including Yasmeen Al Daya, Monira Al Qadiri, Joyce Joumaa, Sirag Sesetyan, Huda Takriti and Can Yıldırım & Lalin Mercan, and more, who will showcase works across 11 venues around Lyon.
Taking inspiration from Lyon’s traboules, the city’s network of semi-secret passageways, courtyards and staircases, the biennale explores these spaces as metaphors for movement and transition. Drawing from German philosopher Walter Benjamin’s The Arcades Project, the biennale will consider how urban environments shape collective dreams and reveal hidden histories.
While Lyon’s traboules have long been associated with trade, industry and labour, they also serve as a starting point for a broader reflection on the economy as a system of exchange and circulation. The biennale reconsiders the meaning of economy beyond financial exchange, focusing on the systems of care and connection that support collective life. Further inspired by French artist Robert Filliou’s Principes d’économie poétique, the biennale proposes a search for alternative economic imaginaries and how artistic practices can challenge existing systems.
Participating artists:
Carla Adra
Akwasi Bediako Afrane
Yasmeen Al Daya
Monira Al Qadiri
Lara Almarcegui
Joël Andrianomearisoa
Josefin Arnell
Ouassila Arras
Serwah Attafuah
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Leilah Babirye
Béatrice Balcou
Eva Barto
Lucy Beech
Pascal Bernier
Rossella Biscotti
Manon de Boer & Latifa Laâbissi
George Brecht
Barbara Breitenfellner
Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman
Luz Broto
Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide)
Fiona Clark
Lúa Coderch
Léa Collet
June Crespo
cyan
Edith Dekyndt
Huong Dodinh
Yana Nafysa Dombrowsky-M’baye
Mikala Dwyer
Laia Estruch
EVA & ADELE
Charles-Arthur Feuvrier Fok-Shan
Robert Filliou
Florian Fouché
Maja Fredin
Rose Frigière
Karlos Gil
Angela Goh
Birke Gorm
Núria Güell
Alice Guy
Oda Haliti
Archana Hande
Matthew Harris
Haonan He
Daphné Hérétakis
Timo Hogan
Ngahina Hohaia
Gideon Horváth
Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Joyce Joumaa
Jelena Jureša
Lucia Kagramanyan
Kirtika Kain
Mikhail Karikis
Ndayé Kouagou
Germaine Kruip
Anda Kryeziu
Perrine Lacroix
Maureen Lander
Marine Lanier
Ida Lawrence
Katya Lesiv
James Lewis
LYL Radio
Kokou Ferdinand Makouvia
Nicholas Mangan
Michela de Mattei & Invernomuto
Mónica Mays
Angelica Mesiti
Annette Messager
Brilant Milazimi
Hana Miletić
Hayley Millar Baker
John Miller
Jazz Money
Katariin Mudist
Wilhelm Mundt
Mai Nguyễn-Long
Maria José Oliveira
Christelle Oyiri
An Paenhuysen
Manfred Paul
Thea Anamara Perkins
Joachim Pfeufer & Robert Filliou
Susan Philipsz
Valentin Pinet
Laure Prouvost
raumlaborberlin
Miguel Rothschild
Éléonore Saintagnan
Selma Selman
Erwan Sene
Sirag Sesetyan
Igor Simić
Floraine Sintès
Yehwan Song
Sriwhana Spong
Tina Stefanou
Mette Sterre
Michael Stevenson
Pol Taburet
Huda Takriti
Tsuneko Taniuchi
Ashleigh Taupaki
Thyself Agency
Minh Lan Tran
Thu-Van Tran
Álvaro Urbano
Kaylene Whiskey
Luke Willis Thompson
Can Yıldırım & Lalin Mercan
Candrani Yulis
The 18th Lyon Biennale will run from 19 September until 13 December 2026
