The Kochi Biennale Foundation has announced participating artists for the 6th edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale. The exhibition will run from 12 December until 31 March 2026 across multiple venues in Kochi, Kerala.
Under the curatorial direction Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces, Goa, the upcoming biennale will feature 66 artists and collectives from over 20 countries. The title, For The Time Being, focuses on the body as a vessel of memory and materiality, as well as a space of connection. The body also becomes a metaphor for the landscape of Kochi and the flow of human and non-human activity.
The curatorial team elaborated on the concept: “Our invitation to companions was to work with Kochi’s climates, conditions, and resource realities; to make time, think nimbly, and collaborate locally. Around 50 new commissions are set across many first-time venues in neighbourhoods animated with trade, people, and movement. We draw from the past editions and their lives, and continue to see the exhibition as a growing organism constantly nourished by ideas, emotions, and actions. We also hold space for grief and mourning through this transformative time”.
Participating artists include:
Abul Hisham
Aditya Puthur
Adrian Villar Rojas
Ali Akbar PN
Anja Ibsch and Grüntaler9
Arti Kadam
Athina Koumparouli
Bani Abidi and Anupama Kundoo
Bhasha Chakrabarti
Biraaj Dodiya
Birender Yadav
Cinthia Marcelle
Dhiraj Rabha
Dima Srouji and Piero Tomassoni
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Faiza Hasan
Gieve Patel
Gulammohammed Sheikh
Hicham Berrada
Himanshu Jamod
Hiwa K
Huma Mulji
Ibrahim Mahama
Jayashree Chakravarty
Jompet Kuswidananto
Jyoti Bhatt
Khageswar Rout
Kirtika Kain
Kulpreet Singh
Lakshmi Nivas Collective
LaToya Ruby Frazier
Lionel Wendt
Malu Joy (Sister Roswin CMC)
Mandeep Raikhy
Maria Hassabi
Marina Abramović
Mark Prime
Mathew Krishanu
Meenu James
Minam Apang
Mónica de Miranda
Monika Correa
Moonis Ahmad Shah
Naeem Mohaiemen
Nari Ward
Niroj Satpathy
Nityan Unnikrishnan
Otobong Nkanga
Pallavi Paul
Panjeri Artists’ Union
Prabhakar Kamble
Raja Boro
Ratna Gupta
Sabitha Kadannappally
Sandra Mujinga
Sayan Chanda
RB Shajith
Sheba Chhachhi and Janet Price
Shiraz Bayjoo
Smitha Babu
Sujith S.N
Tino Sehgal
Utsa Hazarika
Vinoja Tharmalingam
Yasmin Jahan Nupur
Zarina Muhammed
