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Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, India's first Biennale, presents the work of 94 artists from 23 countries, exhibited in over 60 spaces across 14 sites, in Kochi, Kerala, India, from December 12, 2012 to March 3, 2013.

Curators of the inaugural edition; Bose Krishnamachari, Artistic Director; and Riyas Komu, Director of Programmes, have invited artists from India (50) and abroad (44) to instigate a gathering of emerging ideas and ideologies. Kochi-Muziris Biennale provides the occasion to explore critical imagery as a mechanism to process, reflect and rewrite history. Thus different histories—local, individual and collective—converge at Kochi, a space for expression created and leveraged by social activist movements.

Ahmed Mater (b.1979, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Lives in Abha, Saudi Arabia.);
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.);
Alex Mathew (b. 1957, Trivandrum, Kerala. Lives and works in Hydrebad, India.);
Alexis Leiva Machado (b. 1970, Nueva Gerona, Cuba. Lives and works in Havana, Cuba.);
Alfredo Jaar (b. 1956, Santiago, Chile. Lives and works in New York.);
Amanullah Mojadidi (b. 1971, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Lives and works in Kabul, Afghanistan.);
Amar Kanwar (b. 1964, New Delhi, India. Lives and works in New Delhi.);
Anant Joshi (b. 1969, Nagpur, India. Lives and works in Mumbai, India.);
Angelica Mesiti (b. 1976, Sydney, Australia. Lives and works in Paris and Sydney.);
Anita Dube (b. 1958, Lucknow, India. Lives and works in New Delhi.);
Anup Mathew Thomas (b. 1977, Kochi, India. Lives and works in Bangalore, India.);
Ariel Hassan (b. 1977, Argentina. Lives and works in Australia and Berlin.);
Atul Dodiya (b. 1964, Mumbai, India. Lives and works in New Delhi.);
Bani Abidi (b. 1971, Karachi, Pakistan. Lives and works between Karachi, Pakistan and New Delhi);
CAMP (Collaborative studio, Mumbai, India);
Carlos Garaicoa (b. 1967, Havana. Lives and works in Havana.);
Clifford Charles (b. 1965, South Africa. Lives and works in the UK.);
Cyprien Gaillard (b. 1980, Paris. Lives and works between Paris and Berlin.);
Dylan Martorell (b. 1971, Scotland. Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.);
Ernesto Neto (b. 1964, Rio de Janeiro. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.);
Gert Jan Kocken (b. 1971, Ravenstein, Netherlands. Lives and works in Amsterdam.);
Gitanjali Rao (b. 1972, India. Lives and works in Mumbai, India);
Giuseppe Stampone (b. 1972, Cluses, France. Lives and works in Rome.);
Hossein Valamanesh (b. 1949, Tehran, Iran. Lives and works in Adelaide, Australia.);
Ibrahim Quraishi (b. 1973, Nairobi, Kenya. Lives and works in Amsterdam.);
Jalaja P. S. (b. 1983, Keezhillam, Kerala. Lives and works in Kochi, India.);
Jannis Kounellis (b. 1936, Piraeus, Greece. Lives and works in Rome.);
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (b. 1969, Beirut, Lebanon. Live and work in Beirut and Paris.);
Jonas Staal (b. 1981, Zwolle, Netherlands. Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands.);
Joseph Semah (b. 1948, Baghdad, Iraq. Lives and works in Amsterdam.);
Justin Ponmany (b. 1974, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Mumbai, India.);
Jyothi Basu (b. 1960, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Baroda, India.);
K. P. Krishna Kumar (1958 – 1989 Kuttippuram, Kerala, India.);
K.P. Reji (b. 1972, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Baroda, Kerala, India.);
Kiran Subbaiah (b. 1971, Sidapur, Coorg, India. Lives and works in Bangalore, India.);
Mahlet Ogbe (b. 1972, Asmara, Eritrea. Lives and Works in Bergen, Norway.);
Majid Nasery (b. 1977, Zahedan, Iran. Lives and works in Tehran, Iran.);
Marco Fusinato (b. 1964, Melbourne, Australia. Lives and works Melbourne.);
Maya Arulpragasam (b. 1975, London. Lives and works in London.);
Nadia Kaabi Linke (b. 1978, Tunis, Tunisia. Lives and works in Tunis and Berlin.);
Nalini Malani (b. 1946, Karachi, Pakistan. Lives and works in Mumbai, India.);
Olga Chernysheva (b. 1962, Moscow. Lives and works in Moscow.);
Paris Vishwanadhan (b. 1940, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Paris.);
Prabhakaran K. (b. 1949, Calicut, India. Lives and works in Kerala, India.);
Prasad Raghavan (b. 1968, Kerala, India. Lives and works in New Delhi, India.);
Ranbir Kaleka (b. 1953, Patiala, Punjab, India. Lives and works in Delhi, India.);
Rashid Rana (b. 1968, Lahore, Pakistan. Lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan.);
Ratheesh T. (b. 1980, Kilimanoor, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Trivandrum, India.);
Ravi Rahul S. (b. 1981, Calicut, Kerala, India. Lives and works in New Delhi, India.);
Reghunadhan K (b. 1958, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Kochi, India.);
Rigo 23 (b. 1966, Madeira, Portugal. Lives and works in Portugal and San Francisco.);
Robert Montgomery (b. 1972, Chapelhall, Scotland. Lives and works in London.);
Rohini Devasher (b. 1978, Delhi, India. Lives and works in New Delhi, India.);
Sanchayan Ghosh (b. 1970, Kolkata, India. Lives and works in Shantiniketan, India.);
Santiago Sierra (b. 1966, Madrid. Lives and works in Madrid and Mexico City.);
Selma and Sofiane Ouissi (b. 1975 and 1972, Tunis, Tunisia. Live and work in Tunisia, and Paris);
Shahidul Alam (b. 1955, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Lives and works in Dhaka.);
Sheela Gowda and Christoph Storz (b. 1957, Bhadravati, Karnataka, India; b. 1952, Buchs AG, Switzerland. Live and work in Bangalore, India.);
Shreyas Karle (b. 1981, India. Lives and works in Mumbai, India.);
Siji Krishnan (b. 1983, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Hyderabad, India.);
Sosa Joseph (b. 1971, Parumala, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Kochi, India.);
Srinivasa Prasad (b. 1974, Bangalore, India. Lives and works in Sagara and Bangalore, India.);
Subodh Gupta (b. 1964, Khagaul, Bihar, India. Lives and works in New Delhi, India.);
Sudarshan Shetty (b. 1961, Mangalore, India. Lives and works in Mumbai, India.);
Sumedh Rajendran (b. 1972, Trivandrum, Kerala. Lives and Works in New Delhi, India.);
Sun Xun (b. 1980, Fuxin, China. Lives and works in Beijing.);
T. Venkanna (b. 1980 in Gajel, India. Lives and works in Baroda, India.);
Taf Hassam (b. 1980, Brighton, UK. Lives and works in Goleb, Amsterdam.);
Tallur L.N. (b. 1971, Bangalore, India. Lives and works in India and South Korea.);
Thomas Florschuetz (b. 1957, Zwickau/Sachsen, Germany. Lives and works in Berlin.);
Thrissur Nataka Sangham* (Theatre Group, Thrissur, India);
UBIK (b. 1985, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Dubai.);
Upendranath T R (b. 1969, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Kochi, India.);
Valsan Koorma Kolleri (b. 1953, Pattiam, Kerala. Lives and works in Kerala, India.);
Varavazhi Project (Archive show on illustration and graphics);
Vivan Sundaram (b. 1943, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Lives and works in New Delhi, India.);
Vivek Vilasini (b. 1964, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Lives and works in Kochi and Bangalore, India.);
Wangechi Mutu (b. 1972, Nairobi, Kenya. Lives and works in New York.);
Zakkir Hussain (1970, Kerala, India. Works and lives in Kochi and Bangalore, India);
Zhang Enli (b. 1965, Born in Jilin Province, China. Lives and works in Shanghai.).

For the programme of events see www.kochimuzirisbiennale.org.