Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 Announces Participating Artists
The Biennale will take place from 29 October 2026 to 28 February 2027

Mandy El-Sayegh, 00:00:01, 2025 (installation view). Courtesy the artist and Public Gallery
The Bangkok Art Biennale 2026, titled Angels & Mara, has today announced its most recent list of participating artists. The selection spans an international scope and encompasses both established and emerging interdisciplinary practices, all of which deal with the notion of duality and interconnected forces.
Participating artists include:
Arahmaiani (Indonesia), Nobuyoshi Araki (Japan), Cedric Arnold (France/UK), Beyond Pressure (Myanmar), Channatip Chanvipava (Thailand/UK), Yanran Chen (China), Un Cheng (Hong Kong), Mel Chin (USA), Yeoh Choo Kuan (Malaysia), Mandy El-Sayegh (Malaysia/UK), Gerard & Kelly (France/USA), Piero Golia (Italy), Sonia Hamza (France), Max Hooper Schneider (USA), Htein Lin (Myanmar), Mahtab Hussain & Guy Gunaratne (UK), Leiko Ikemura (Japanese/Swiss), Sumi Kanazawa (Japan), Renato Leotta (Italy), Liu Jianhua (China), Breda Lynch (Ireland), Yasumasa Morimura (Japan), Ong Kian Peng (Singapore), Mary Pakinee (Thailand), Chetsada Phuwiang (Thailand), Pierre & Gilles (France), Nazanin Pouyandeh (Iran/France), Ri (Myanmar), Kornkarn Rungsawang (Thailand) Naraphat Sakarthornsap (Thailand), Sylvie Selig (France), Shin Min (South Korea), Sin Wai Kin (Canada/UK), Teerapon Sisung (Thailand), Manit Sriwanichpoom (Thailand), Udom Taephanich (Thailand), Mika Tamori (Japan), Sudaporn Teja (Thailand), Ralf Tooten (Germany), Tawan Wattuya (Thailand), Woo Hannah (South Korea) and Sun Yuan & Peng Yu (China)
The Biennale will take place from 29 October 2026 to 28 February 2027.
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