Paxos Biennale
Paxos Biennale is a contemporary arts project showcasing sculptures, installations, photography, murals, and video installations. It takes place every 2 years, during summer, on the island of Paxos, in Greece.
Our goal
The project aims to support the work of young and emerging artists by offering them a unique environment to express their ideas and creativity.
Furthermore, by promoting the island as a site for contemporary art to regular and new visitors, it is the Paxos Biennale team’s goal to increase people’s sensitivity towards the environment, preserve the islands heritage and stimulate the local community through art.
Paxos Biennale 2024
The 2024 edition, titled "MANIFESTO OF MEMORY" will focus on the cultural heritage of Paxos, the olive tree.
The olive tree is a symbol of fortitude, resilience, and spiritual development. However, the recent surge of Xylella, a pathogenic bacterium, has led to widespread devastation, highlighting the vulnerability of the ecosystem and the risk of pathogen dissemination.
With MANIFESTO OF MEMORY Paxos Biennale aims to illuminate the importance of safeguarding collective memory and cultural heritage, reminding that no element of our cultural patrimony is immune to the ravages of time and circumstance.
Paxos Biennale 2024 is curated by The Krank under the artistic direction of Marina Tomacelli Filomarino. It takes place from June 2. to September 30. 2024 on the island of Paxos in Greece.
The exhibition features more than 50 artists based in Europe, Asia, America & Australia, many of whom will be exhibiting in Greece for the first time.
Seeking opportunities for dialogue across historical, ecological and socio-political distances, MANIFESTO OF MEMORY will facilitate innovative, multidirectional possibilities fo creative cooperation. These collaborative processes, will yield new artistic commissions and productions within a decentralized program that will materialize across numerous sites on the island.
The artworks will be adapted to the unique architectural and geographical contexts in which they will be shown, including several large-scale immersive installations, outdoor video projections and indoor exhibitions in old and traditional places in different locations of the island.
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Participating Artists 2024
Athina Kanellopoulou (Greece), Augusto Calçada (Brazil), Carolina Amaya (Colombia), Cristina Amiran (Brazil), Daniel O’Toole (Australia), Daniele Bongiovanni (Italy), Dimitra Stavropoulou (Greece), Dimitra Zervou (Greece), Dimitris Kontodimos (Greece), Dionisis Christofilogiannis (Greece), Fani Arapi (Greece), Fenia Kotsopoulou (UK-Greece), Fran Orallo (Spain), George Stamatakis (Greece), Glenda Leon (Cuba), Hana Yoo (Korea), Jean-Michel Rolland (France), Jon Rafman (Canada), Julia Krahn (Germany), Katsuki Nogami (Japan), Khalil Charif (Brazil), Labrini Rizaki (Greece), Leandros Marios Basteas (Greece), Leung Chi Wo (Hong Kong), Lydia Klammer (Germany), Marilia Kolibiri (Greece), Matteo Campulla (Italy), Natalia Skobeeva (Belgium), Nicole Kouts (Brazil), Oto Hudec (Czech Republic), Patrick Topitschnig (Austria), Pierre Chaumont (France), Viktoria Heiser (Slovakia), Sara Wong (Hong Kong), Shahrzad Nazarpour (Iran), Tabita Rezaire (France-Guyana), The Krank (Greece), Yiannis Pappas (Greece), Zoe Metra (France) and more TBA ︎