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# These Are the Artists in the 2024 Whitney Biennial
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/these-are-the-artists-in-the-2024-whitney-biennial/
- Published: 2024-01-25T20:56:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:04:49.000Z
- Description: The 81st edition of the historically controversial show will open on March 20.
- Author: Rhea Nayyar
- Tags: News, Featured, New York, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:29 (2023, 2024, part 1)

The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has released the list of artists in the 81st edition of the WhitneyBiennial, opening to the public on March 20. *Even Better Than the Real Thing*, co-organized by Meg Onli and Chrissie Iles, will feature 69 artists and two collectives, listed at the end of this article.

The 2024 iteration, comprised of varying creators with diverse skillsets and perspectives as a nod to what participating artist Ligia Lewis calleda "dissonant chorus," presents a selection of work addressing themes such as defining reality in a realm overtaken by artificial intelligence, body and identity, history and contemporaneity, and land stewardship in the face of irreparable climate change.

"We have made an exhibition that unfolds as a set of relations, exploring the challenges of coming together in a fractured moment," Onli and Iles explained in a statement. The 2024 Biennial includes work by five artists under the age of 30, and over half of the participants identify as women.

Historically, the Whitney Biennial has been an exhibition that draws controversy. In 2014, the Yams Collective [dropped out of the Biennial](https://hyperallergic.com/126420/artist-collective-withdraws-from-whitney-biennial/) over the inclusion of White artist Joe Scanlon's "Donelle Woolford" (2005–) project, in which Scanlon impersonated a Black woman, and the boat rocked again during the 2017 Biennial over the display of painter Dana Schutz's "Open Casket" (2016), her interpretation of the widely publicized photo of Emmett Till's mutilated body that [spawned outrage and protests](https://hyperallergic.com/367012/protesters-block-demand-removal-of-a-painting-of-emmett-till-at-the-whitney-biennial/). During the 2019 Biennial, various artists moved to withdraw their work in protest of the museum's [since-resigned vice chairman Warren Kanders](https://hyperallergic.com/510167/artists-withdraw-work-from-2019-whitney-biennial/), whose weapons manufacturing companies were tied to various instances of police violence around the world, as *Hyperallergic* first [reported](https://hyperallergic.com/472964/a-whitney-museum-vice-chairman-owns-a-manufacturer-supplying-tear-gas-at-the-border/) in 2018.

A complete list of the 2024 Whitney Biennial's participants, including artists in the upcoming edition's exhibition, film, and performance programs, is below.

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### Gallery Artists

**Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio** (he/him)  
Born 1990 in Los Angeles, CA  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**Dora Budor** (she/her)  
Born 1984 in Zagreb, Croatia  
Lives in New York, NY

**Seba Calfuqueo** (she/her/they/them)  
Born 1991 in Santiago, Chile  
Lives in Ngulumapu, Wallmapu (Chile)

**Demian DinéYazhi’** (they/them)  
Born 1983 in Gallup, NM, (Diné Bikéyah \[Navajo Nation\])  
Lives in Portland, OR, and elsewhere

**Torkwase Dyson** (she/her)  
Born 1973 in Chicago, IL  
Lives in Beacon, NY

**JJJJJerome Ellis** (any/all)  
Born 1989 in Groton, CT  
Lives in Norfolk, VA

**Jes Fan** (he/him/they/them)  
Born 1990 in Scarborough, Canada  
Lives in Brooklyn, NY, and Hong Kong

**Nikita Gale**  
Born 1983 in Anchorage, AK, Dënéndeh and Dena’ina Ełnena  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**ektor garcia**  
Born 1985 in Red Bluff, CA  
Lives in Mexico City, Mexico, and elsewhere

**Pippa Garner** (she/her)  
Born 1942 in Evanston, IL  
Lives in Long Beach, CA

**Harmony Hammond** (she/her)  
Born 1944 in Chicago, IL  
Lives in Galisteo, NM

**Sharon Hayes** (she/her)  
Born 1970 in Baltimore, MD  
Lives in Philadelphia, PA

**Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst** 
**Holly Herndon** (she/her)  
Born 1980 in Johnson City, TN  
**Mat Dryhurst** (he/him)  
Born 1984 in Birmingham, UK  
Lives in Berlin, Germany

**Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich** (she/her)  
Born 1987 in New York, NY  
Lives in New York, NY

**Suzanne Jackson** (she/her)  
Born 1944 in St. Louis, MO  
Lives in Savannah, GA

**Isaac Julien**  
Born 1960 in London, UK  
Lives in London, UK, and Santa Cruz, CA

**Lotus L. Kang** (she/her)  
Born 1985 in Toronto, Canada  
Lives in New York, NY

**Mary Kelly** (she/her)  
Born 1941 in Fort Dodge, IA  
Lives in New York, NY

**Carolyn Lazard** (they/them)  
Born 1987 in San Bernardino, CA  
Lives in New York, NY

**Dionne Lee** (she/her/they/them)  
Born 1988 in New York, NY  
Lives in Columbus, OH

**Ligia Lewis** (she/her)  
Born 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  
Lives in Berlin, Germany

**Mary Lovelace O'Neal** (she/her)  
Born 1942 in Jackson, MS  
Lives in Oakland, CA, and Merida, Mexico

**Cannupa Hanska Luger** (he/him)  
Born 1979 in Fort Yates, ND (Standing Rock Reservation)  
Lives in Glorieta, NM

**K.R.M. Mooney** (he/him)  
Born 1990 in Seattle, WA  
Lives in Brooklyn, NY

**Dala Nasser**  
Born 1990 in Tyre, Lebanon  
Lives in Beirut, Lebanon, and London, UK

**Diane Severin Nguyen** (she/her)  
Born 1990 in Carson, CA  
Lives in New York, NY

**Karyn Olivier** (she/her)  
Born 1968 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  
Lives in Philadelphia, PA

**B. Ingrid Olson**  
Born 1987 in Denver, CO  
Lives in Chicago, IL

**Eamon Ore-Giron** (he/him)  
Born 1973 in Tucson, AZ  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**People Who Stutter Create**  
(Jia Bin, Delicia Daniels, JJJJJerome Ellis, Conor Foran, Kristel Kubart)

**Julia Phillips** (she/her)  
Born 1985 in Hamburg, Germany  
Lives in Chicago, IL

**Mavis Pusey** (she/her)  
Born 1928 in Retreat, Jamaica  
Died 2019 in Falmouth, VA

**Maja Ruznic** (she/her)  
Born 1983 in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslavia)  
Lives in Placitas, NM

**Ser Serpas** (she/her)  
Born 1995 in East Los Angeles, CA  
Lives in New York, NY

**Rose B. Simpson** (she/her)  
Born 1983 in Santa Fe, NM  
Lives in Santa Clara Pueblo, NM

**P. Staff** (they/them)  
Born 1987 in the UK  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**Clarissa Tossin** (she/her)  
Born 1973 in Porto Alegre, Brazil  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**Tourmaline** (she/her)  
Born 1983 in Boston, MA  
Lives in New York, NY

**Charisse Pearlina Watson** (she/her)  
Born 1988 in Houston, TX  
Lives in New York, NY

**Kiyan Williams** (they/them)  
Born 1991 in Newark, NJ  
Lives in Brooklyn, NY

**Carmen Winant** (she/her)  
Born 1983 in San Francisco, CA  
Lives in Columbus, OH

**Takako Yamaguchi** (she/her)  
Born 1952 in Okayama, Japan  
Lives in Santa Monica, CA

**Constantina Zavitsanos** (any/all)  
Born 1977 in Reading, PA  
Lives in New York, NY

### Film Program Artists

**Siku Allooloo** (she/her)  
Born 1986 in Yellowknife, Canada  
Lives in Bowser, Canada

**Seba Calfuqueo** (she/her/they/them)  
Born 1991 in Santiago, Chile  
Lives in Ngulumapu, Wallmapu (Chile)

**Christopher Harris** (he/him)  
Born 1962 in St. Louis, MO  
Lives in Coralville, IA

**Miranda Haymon**  
Born 1993 in Boston, MA  
Lives in Brooklyn, NY

**Ho Tzu Nyen** (he/him)  
Born 1976 in Singapore  
Lives in Singapore

**Yasmine Anlan Huang** (she/her)  
Born 1996 in Guangzhou, China  
Lives in London, UK, and New York, NY

**Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich** (she/her)  
Born 1987 in New York, NY  
Lives in New York, NY

**Aron Kantor** (he/him/they/them)  
Born 1978 in San Francisco, CA  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**Kite** (she/her)  
Born 1990 in Sylmar, CA  
Lives in Ancram, NY

**Gbenga Komolafe and Tee Park** 
**Gbenga Komolafe** (they/them/he/him/she/her)  
Born 2000 in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria  
**Tee Park** (she/her)  
Born 1999 in Seoul, South Korea  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**Jenni Laiti** (she/her)  
Born 1981 in Anár, Sápmi (Inari, Finland)  
Lives in Jåhkämåhkke, Sápmi (Jokkmokk, Sweden)

**Shuang Li** (she/her)  
Born 1990 in Wuyi Mountains, China  
Lives in Berlin, Germany, and Geneva, Switzerland

**Simon Liu** (he/him)  
Born 1987 in Hong Kong  
Lives in Brooklyn, NY

**Nyala Moon** (she/her)  
Born 1992 in New York, NY  
Lives in the Brooklyn, NY

**Niillasaš-Jovnna Máreha Juhani Sunná Máret – Sunna Nousuniemi** (they/them)  
Born 1993 in Anár, Sápmi  
Lives in Anár, Sápmi

**Edward Owens** (he/him)  
Born 1949 in Chicago, IL  
Died 2010 in Chicago, IL

**Sydney Frances Pascal** (she/her)  
Born 1993 in Nanaimo, Canada  
Lives in Vancouver, Canada

**Raqs Media Collective**  
(Jeebesh Bachi, Monica Narula, Shuddhabrata Sengupta)

**Riar Rizaldi** (he/him)  
Born 1990 in Bandung, Indonesia  
Lives in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

**Penelope Spheeris** (she/her)  
Born 1945 in New Orleans, LA  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**Lada Suomenrinne** (they/them)  
Born 1995 in Murmansk, Russia  
Lives in Espoo, Finland, and Njuorggán, Sápmi

**Alisi Telengut** (she/her)  
Born 1989 in Inner Mongolia (Telengut and Mongolian nations)  
Lives in Berlin, Germany, and Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Canada

**Chanelle Tyson** (they/them)  
Born 1989 in Greensboro, NC  
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

**Zula Urchuud** (she/her)  
Born 1991 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  
Lives in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

### Performance Program Artists

**Holland Andrews** (they/them)  
Born 1988 in Orange, CA  
Lives in Brooklyn, NY

**Debit** (she/her)  
Born 1986 in Monterrey, Mexico  
Lives in New York, NY

**JJJJJerome Ellis** (any/all)  
Born 1989 in Groton, CT  
Lives in Norfolk, VA

**Sarah Hennies** (she/her)  
Born 1979 in Louisville, KY  
Lives in Red Hook, NY

**Alex Tatarsky** (they/them)  
Born 1989 in New York, NY  
Lives in New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA