# List of national pavilions at the 58th Venice Biennale

Ninety national pavilions participated in the 58th Venice Biennale, an international contemporary art exhibition held between May and November 2019. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy, and participating nations select artists to show at their pavilions, hosted in the Venice Giardini, Arsenale, and palazzos throughout the city. The 90 pavilions set a new record for national participation, exceeding the 86 from 2017. Highlight pavilions from the show included Lithuania, Ghana, France, the United States, the Philippines, India, Brazil, and Italy.

## National pavilions

| Nation | Location | Artist(s) | Curator(s) |
| Australia | Giardini | Angelica Mesiti | Juliana Engberg |
| Austria | Giardini | Renate Bertlmann | Felicitas Thun-Hohenstein |
| Belgium | Giardini | Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys | Anne-Claire Schmitz |
| Brazil | Giardini | Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca | Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro |
| Canada | Giardini | Inuit artist collective Isuma (Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Paul Apak Angilirq, and Pauloosie Qulitalik) | Asinnajaq, Catherine Crowston, Barbara Fischer, Candice Hopkins, and Josée Drouin-Brisebois |
| Czech Republic and Slovakia | Giardini | Stanislav Kolíbal | Dieter Bogner |
| Denmark | Giardini | Larissa Sansour | Nat Muller |
| Egypt | Giardini | Islam Abdullah, Ahmed Chiha, and Ahmed Abdel Karim | Ahmed Chiha |
| Finland | Giardini | Miracle Workers Collective (Maryan Abdulkarim, Khadar Ahmed, Hassan Blasim, Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Sonya Lindfors, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Leena Pukki, Lorenzo Sandoval, Martta Tuomaala, Christopher L. Thomas, Christopher Wessels, and Suvi West) | Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, and Christopher Wessels |
| France | Giardini | Laure Prouvost | Martha Kirszenbaum |
| Germany | Giardini | Natascha Süder Happelmann (Natascha Sadr Haghighian) | Franciska Zólyom |
| Great Britain | Giardini | Cathy Wilkes | Zoe Whitley |
| Greece | Giardini | Panos Charalambous, Eva Stefani, and Zafos Xagoraris | Katerina Tselou |
| Hungary | Giardini | Tamás Waliczky | Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák |
| Israel | Giardini | Aya Ben Ron | Avi Lubin |
| Japan | Giardini | Motoyuki Shitamichi, Taro Yasuno, Toshiaki Ishikura, and Fuminori Nousaku | Hiroyuki Hattori |
| Korea | Giardini | Hwayeon Nam, Siren Eun Young Jung, and Jane Jin Kaisen | Hyunjin Kim |
| The Netherlands | Giardini | Remy Jungerman and Iris Kensmil | Benno Tempel |
| Nordic Pavilion | Giardini | Artist duo Maria Teeri & Janne Nabb, a.k.a. nabbteeri, from Finland; Ane Graff from Norway; and Ingela Ihrman from Sweden | Piia Oksanen and Leevi Haapala |
| Poland | Giardini | Roman Stańczak | Łukasz Mojsak and Łukasz Ronduda |
| Romania | Giardini | Belu-Simion Făinaru, Dan Mihălțianu, and Miklós Onucsán | Cristian Nae |
| Russia | Giardini | Alexander Sokurov and Alexander Shishkin-Hokusai | Mikhail Piotrovsky, The State Hermitage Museum |
| Serbia | Giardini | Djordje Ozbolt | Nicoletta Lambertucci |
| Spain | Giardini | Itziar Okariz and Sergio Prego | Peio Aguirre |
| Switzerland | Giardini | Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz | Charlotte Laubard |
| United States | Giardini | Martin Puryear – Liberty/Libertà | Brooke Kamin Rapaport |
| Uruguay | Giardini | Yamandú Canosa | David Armengol and Patricia Bentancur |
| Venezuela | Giardini | Natalie Rocha Capiello, Ricardo García, Gabriel López, and Nelson Rangelosky | Oscar Sottillo Meneses |
| Albania | Arsenale | Driant Zeneli | Alicia Knock |
| Argentina | Arsenale | Mariana Telleria | Florencia Battiti |
| Chile | Arsenale | Voluspa Jarpa | Agustín Pérez Rubio |
| China | Arsenale | Chen Qi, Feijun, He Xiangyu, and Geng Xue | Wu Hongliang |
| Georgia | Arsenale | Anna K.E. | Margot Norton |
| Ghana | Arsenale | Felicia Abban, John Akomfrah, El Anatsui, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Ibrahim Mahama, and Selasi Awusi Sosu – Ghana Freedom | Nana Oforiatta Ayim |
| India | Arsenale | Nandalal Bose, Atul Dodiya, GR Iranna, Rummana Hussain, Jitish Kallat, Shakuntala Kulkarni, and Ashim Purkayastha | Roobina Karode |
| Indonesia | Arsenale | Handiwirman Saputra and Syagini Ratna Wulan | Asmudjo Jono Irianto; co-curated by Yacobus Ari Respati |
| Ireland | Arsenale | Eva Rothschild | Mary Cremin |
| Italy | Arsenale | Enrico David, Chiara Fumai, and Liliana Moro | Milovan Farronato |
| Kosovo | Arsenale | Alban Muja | Vincent Honore |
| Latvia | Arsenale | Daiga Grantiņa | Valentinas Klimašauskas and Inga Lāce |
| Luxembourg | Arsenale | Marco Godinho | Kevin Muhlen |
| Madagascar | Arsenale | Joël Andrianomearisoa | Rina Ralay-Ranaivo and Emmanuel Daydé |
| Malta | Arsenale | Vince Briffa, Klitsa Antoniou, and Trevor Borg | Hesperia Iliadou Suppiej |
| Mexico | Arsenale | Pablo Vargas Lugo | Magalí Arriola |
| Peru | Arsenale | Christian Bendayán, Otto Michael, Manuel Rodríguez Lira, Segundo Candiño Rodríguez, and Anonymous popular artificer | Gustavo Buntinx |
| Philippines | Arsenale | Mark Justiniani | Tessa Maria Guazon |
| Saudi Arabia | Arsenale | Zahrah Al Ghamdi | Eiman Elgibreen |
| Singapore | Arsenale | Song-Ming Ang | Michelle Ho |
| Slovenia | Arsenale | Marko Peljhan | Igor Španjol |
| South Africa (Republic of) | Arsenale | Dineo Seshee Bopape, Tracey Rose, and Mawande Ka Zenzile | Nkule Mabaso and Nomusa Makhubu |
| Turkey | Arsenale | İnci Eviner | Zeynep Öz |
| Ukraine | Arsenale | | Open Group (Yurii Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Stanislav Turina, and Anton Varga) |
| United Arab Emirates | Arsenale | Nujoom Alghanem | Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath |
| Andorra | Around Venice | Philippe Shangti | Ivan Sansa and Paolo De Grandis |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Around Venice | Timothy Payne, Sir Gerald Price, Joseph Seaton, and Frank Walter; Intangible Cultural Heritage Artisans and Mas Troupe Designers | Barbara Paca with Nina Khrushcheva |
| Armenia | Around Venice | "ArtlabYerevan" Artistic Group (Gagik Charchyan, Hovhannes Margaryan, Arthur Petrosyan, and Vardan Jaloyan) and Narine Arakelian | Susanna Gyulamiryan |
| Azerbaijan (Republic of) | Around Venice | Zeigam Azizov, Orkhan Mammadov, Zarnishan Yusifova, Kanan Aliyev, and Ulviyya Aliyeva | Giovanni Mercurio and Emin Mammadov |
| Bangladesh (People's Republic of) | Around Venice | Bishwajit Goswami, Dilara Begum Jolly, Heidi Fosli, Nafis Ahmed Gazi, Franco Marrocco, Domenico Pellegrino, Preema Nazia Andaleeb, Ra Kajol, and Uttam Kumar | Mokhlesur Rahman and Viviana Vannucci |
| Belarus (Republic of) | Around Venice | Konstantin Selikhanov | Olga Rybchinskaya |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Around Venice | Danica Dakić | Anja Bogojević, Amila Puzić, and Claudia Zini |
| Bulgaria | Around Venice | Rada Boukova and Lazar Lyutakov | Vera Mlechevska |
| Catalonia | Around Venice | Marcel Borràs with Albert García-Alzórriz and the collaboration of David Bestué, Lua Coderch Lola Lasurt Daniela Ortiz Perejaume Francesc Torres | Pedro Azara |
| Croatia | Around Venice | Igor Grubić | Katerina Gregos |
| Cuba | Around Venice | Alejandro Campins, Alex Hérnandez, Ariamna Contino, and Eugenio Tibaldi | Margarita Sanchez Prieto |
| Cyprus | Around Venice | Christoforos Savva (1924–1968) | Jacopo Crivelli Visconti |
| Dominican (Republic) | Around Venice | Dario Oleaga, Ezequiel Taveras, Hulda Guzmán, Julio Valdez, Miguel Ramirez, Rita Bertrecchi, Nicola Pica, and Marraffa & Casciotti | Marianne de Tolentino, Simone Pieralice, and Giovanni Verza |
| Estonia | Giudecca | Kris Lemsalu | Andrew Berardini, Irene Campolmi, Sarah Lucas, and Tamara Luuk |
| Grenada | Around Venice | Amy Cannestra, Billy Gerard Frank, Dave Lewis, Shervone Neckles, Franco Rota Candiani, Roberto Miniati, and CRS avant-garde (Carlo Caldara, Paolo Rossetto, and Giovanni Scagnoli) | Daniele Radini Tedeschi |
| Guatemala | Around Venice | Elsie Wunderlich and Marco Manzo | Stefania Pieralice |
| Haiti | Around Venice | Jean Ulrick Désert | Giscard Bouchotte |
| Hong Kong | Around Venice | Shirley Tse | Christina Li |
| Iceland | Around Venice | Shoplifter (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir) | Birta Guðjónsdóttir |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Around Venice | Reza Lavassani, Samira Alikhanzadeh, and Ali Meer Azimi | Ehsan Aghaei |
| Iraq | Around Venice | Serwan Baran | Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo |
| Ivory Coast | Around Venice | Ernest Dükü, Ananias Leki Dago, Valérie Oka, and Tong Yanrunan | Massimo Scaringella |
| Kiribati | Around Venice | Kaeka Michael Betero, Daniela Danica Tepes, Kairaken Betio Group; Teroloang Borouea, Neneia Takoikoi, Tineta Timirau, Teeti Aaloa, Kenneth Ioane, Kaumai Kaoma, Runita Rabwaa, Obeta Taia, Tiribo Kobaua, Tamuera Tebebe, Rairauea Rue, Teuea Kabunare, Tokintekai Ekentetake, Katanuti Francis, Mikaere Tebwebwe, Terita Itinikarawa, Kaeua Kobaua, Raatu Tiuteke, Kaeriti Baanga, Ioanna Francis, Temarewe Banaan, Aanamaria Toom, Einako Temewi, Nimei Itinikarawa, Teniteiti Mikaere, Aanibo Bwatanita, and Arin Tikiraua | Kautu Tabaka and Nina Tepes |
| Lithuania | Around Venice | Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, and Lina Lapelyte | Lucia Pietroiusti |
| Malaysia | Around Venice | Anurendra Jegadeva, H.H.Lim, Ivan Lam, and Zulkifli Yusoff | Lim Wei-Ling Esme |
| Mongolia | Around Venice | Jantsankhorol Erdenebayar, traditional Mongolian throat singers, and Carsten Nicolai | Gantuya Badamgarav |
| Montenegro | Around Venice | Vesko Gagović | Petrica Duletić |
| Mozambique (Republic of) | Around Venice | Gonçalo Mabunda, Mauro Pinto, and Filipe Branquinho | Lidija K. Khachatourian |
| New Zealand | Around Venice | Dane Mitchell | Zara Stanhope and Chris Sharp |
| North Macedonia (Republic of) | Around Venice | Nada Prlja | Jovanka Popova |
| Pakistan | Around Venice | Naiza Khan | Zahra Khan |
| Portugal | Around Venice | Leonor Antunes | João Ribas |
| San Marino (Republic of) | Around Venice | Gisella Battistini, Martina Conti, Gabriele Gambuti, Giovanna Fra, Thea Tini, Chen Chengwei, Li Geng, Dario Ortiz, Tang Shuangning, Jens W. Beyrich, Xing Junqin, Xu de Qi, and Sebastián | Vincenzo Sanfo (Martina Conti project curated by Alessandro Castiglioni and Emma Zanella) |
| Scotland | Around Venice | Charlotte Prodger | Linsey Young with Cove Park (artist residency) |
| Seychelles (Republic of) | Around Venice | George Camille and Daniel Dodin | Martin Kennedy |
| Syrian Arab (Republic) | Around Venice | Abdalah Abouassali, Giacomo Braglia, Ibrahim Al Hamid, Chen Huasha, Saed Salloum, Xie Tian, Saad Yagan, Primo Vanadia, and Giuseppe Biasio | Emad Kashout |
| Taiwan | Around Venice | Shu Lea Cheang | Paul B. Preciado |
| Thailand | Around Venice | Somsak Chowtadapong, Panya Vijinthanasarn, and Krit Ngamsom | Tawatchai Somkong |
| Wales | Around Venice | Sean Edwards | Marie-Anne McQuay |
| Zimbabwe | Around Venice | Georgina Maxim, Neville Starling, Cosmos Shiridzinomwa, and Kudzanai Violet Hwami | Raphael Chikukwa |