NeMe: International Exhibitions

Absolute LA biennial • Site seems to be off line
Abstraction Now • ABSTRACTION NOW presents current tendencies of non-representative art under special consideration of audio-visual media and interdisciplinary approaches. Beside a media lounge inside the exhibition, the Künstlerhaus-Kino features contemporary video works and the historical film/video program MATHS IN MOTION.
Adelaide Biennial • Art and science biennial.
Art Basel • Annual gallery Art fair
Art Futura • Spanish annual show focusing on time based media
Asia Pacific Triennial • Brisbane's triennial for artists living in the Asia Pacific region
Asia Triennial Manchester •
Asian Art Biennial •
Backlight • Photography triennial in Tampere, Finland
Baltic Triennial of International Art • Site seems to be off line
Beijing International Art Biennale • Focuses on painting and sculpture
Berlin Biennale • Since its foundation, this forum for international, contemporary artistic positions has received very positive responses and represents a high point in the city’s art life, both regionally and nationally.
Bienal de Cerveira • Portuguese effort to establish relationships between art and accadimia.
Bienal de Lima • Site seems to be off line
Bienal de Video, Chile • Santiago's international video biennial
Bienal del Caribe • Site seems to be off line
Bienal do Mercosul • The Mercosul Visual Arts Biennial Foundation is a privately run, not for profit institution, dedicated to preparing and organizing the exhibitions and events that comprise the Mercosul Biennials.
Bienal of Cuenca • This Biennial in Ecuador investigates the arts of the American continent
Biennale Art Grandeur Nature •
Biennale Austria • International biennial in Huttenberg
Biennale de l'Image de Nancy • For professional and amateur artists
Biennale de Paris • conceived by artist, Alexandre Gurita.
Biennale of Ceramics in Contemporary Art • Ceramics biennial in the Province of Savona (Ligurian Riviera), Italy
Biennial of Moving Images • This Geneva based Biennal is one of the oldest and most important events linked with video art and artist's films, throughout Europe and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2005.
Boston Cyber Arts • Boston Cybersrts is dedicated to the presentation and exploration of artists working with new technologies.
Bucharest Biennale • Bucharest Biennale promotes awareness and dissemination of the culture, particularly in the fields of the arts, by means of exchanges and cultural cooperation within Europe and beyond and is looking for strategies that would develop mutual understanding and offer insights from different perspectives.
Buenos Aires Biennial • International biennial, now discontinued.
Busan Biennale • Is a non-governmental legal entity organising a festival combining Busan Biennale, Busan Sea Art Festival and Garden Sculpture Exhibition in Busan City reflecting regional characteristics of Busan.
CAFKA • The Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Area (CAFKA) presents innovative art within a civic space. CAFKA invites the public to encounter and engage with artists of today and the art they create.
Casino Quadriennale • The Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) presents Casin, a major exhibition of international emerging artists.
Computer Sculpture Biennial • international computer sculpture biennial event
Dakar Biennial • Biennial of contemporary African art proposes a space of presentation and legitimation of contemporary creation in Africa.
DEAF • DEAF, the Dutch Electronic Art Festival, is a biennial international and interdisciplinary festival organized by V2_ in Rotterdam (NL) which showcases crossovers between art, technology and society.
Documenta • Prestigious international exhibition held every 5 years in Kassel.
Echigo-Tsumari Triennial • Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial is a large festival of nature, art and humans which takes place every three years in the satoyama of Echgio-Tsumari's six municipalities.
Ein Hod Sculptur Biennale • The Ein Hod Sculpture Biennale established in 1990 promotes the outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculptures by artists working in all disciplines world wide.
EMAF • European Media Arts Festival
Eventa • EVENTA started in 1994 through non-profit efforts. EVENTA has hosted themes centring on man, nature, technology and nowdays culture.
FCMM • Site seems to be off line The Montreal Festival of Nouveau Cinema is devoted to the dissemination and development of emerging trends in cinema and new media. It is a forum for audiences to discover original new works, particularly in cinéma d'auteur and digital creation.
FILE • The Electronic Language International Festival develops activities that intend to present the contemporaneous society with themes linked to writings and electronic languages.
FotoFest • United States based international biennial of photography and photo-related art.
Fukuoka Triennale • Fukuoka Asian Art Museum triennial
Goteborg Biennial • The aim of the biennial is to present innovative contemporary art.
Gratz Media and Architecture Biennial • Since its foundation in 1993 Graz biennial on media and architecture has followed the principle that "Architecture is everything you think it is not"
Guangzhou Triennial • Organised by the Guangdong Museum of Art, China.
Gwangju Biennale • Korean based international biennial
Gwangju Design Biennale •
Havana Biennial • Since its inception in 1984, the Havana Biennial has become one of the world's most important events for contemporary art. As always, it presents the work of artists who come from or have their cultural roots in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
International Art Tiennal • The Majdanek International Triennial Art Exhibition is a competition of works of art produced on paper, adopting one of the following techniques: graphics, drawing or photography. The the venue is the concentration camp in Lublin, commonly referred to as Majdanek which was the second largest Nazi camp of this type in Europe after Auschwitz.
International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville • The Monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas in Isla de la Cartuja is host of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville.
ISEA • In 2006, the ISEA symposeum and exhibition will be curated by Steve Dietz.
Istanbul Biennial • An international private funded biennial
Jeune Creation • Young artists biennial
Kulturbo Biennial •
La Triennale di Milano • Its purpose to stimulate the relationship between industry, the manufacturing sectors and applied arts.
Lace Biennial • The International Lace Biennial aims to promote the art of creative lacemaking by organising an international competition every two years.
Lisbon Architecture Triennale •
Liverpool Biennial • UK's largest international art event.
Lodz Biennale • The Lodz Biennale is an international art celebration that is managed and supervised by The International Artists' Museum. It is based on ideas developed during previous Construction in Process events.
London Biennale •
Lovebytes • The Lovebytes Digital Arts Festival is an eclectic mix of exhibitions, installations, events, live performance and specially commissioned new art works which explore the creative and cultural potential of digital media and communications.
Lyon Biennale • International biennial hosted in a wonderful building designed by Tony Garnier
Machinista • A yearly unmediated open submission exhibition of creative and technological innovations relating to the ideas of artificial intelligence in the arts and new human-machine interactions.
Manifesta • European itinerant biennial.
Manifestation internationale d'art de Quebec •
Media City Seoul •
Momentum • Nordic festival of contemporary art
Montreal Biennial • Organised by CIAC (Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal) which is a non-profit organisation dedicated to presenting visual arts exhibitions and events.It also produces publications and audio-visual documents.
Moscow Biennale • The international interest in the idea of a Moscow Biennale can draw upon the authority of a Russian art tradition in the history of twentieth century art, and in particular the role which the Russian avant-garde has played. And finally, this biennale would become the next step in developing the image of Moscow as one of the world’s major cultural capitals, as well as to satisfy the very different economic, political, and geopolitical interests of Russia.
Nordic Biennial (Ideologia) • As its name suggests Ideologia has as its objective to present artists that deals with questions of a social, political and ideological nature, i.e. an art with a large sense of humanism. Ideologia is a platform for artists which has the courage not to conform their art. It wants to be an alternative to the mainstream academic art world and its formalist esthetics. Ideologia intend to present new emerging artists, as well as artists who already have made their mark in contemporary art. This year Ideologia will show the international character of the art produced in the Nordic countries. But international not in the sense of formal structure as much as in artistic attitude.
Osaka Triennale • Site seems to be off line
Panama Art Biennial •
Performa Arts • NY based biennial dedicated to performance
Periferic Biennial • The Periferic Biennial is an international contemporary art event organized in Iasi, Romania by VECTOR Foundation. Since its first edition, in 1997, Periferic collected artistic attitudes related to the CENTER-PERIPHERY relationship and created an independent artistic context in Iasi.
Prague Biennale • The Prague Biennale Foundation was established in April 2004. Its primary purpose is to organize the Prague Biennale.
Prospect New Orleans •
Rencontres d'Arles • Photography annual international exhibition
Santa Fe Biennale •
Sao Paolo Biennale • Brazil's premiere international exhibition
Sculpture by the Sea • Annual international sculpture exhibition on Bondi beach in Sydney
Sculpture Quadrennial • European-scale International Sculpture Quadrennial based in Riga, Latvia
Sculpture Quadrennial Riga •
Shanghai Biennale • Since its creation in 1994, the Shanghai Biennale has become China's first and foremost international exhibition for contemporary art.
Sharjah Biennial • It is organised by the Sharjah Department of Culture and Information under the patronage of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammad Al-Qasimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah.
Singapore Biennale • Singapore's first visual arts biennale (SB2006) is organized by the National Arts Council and National Heritage Board. It is conceived as a platform for exchange, dialogue and presentation of international art practices, with a focus on those from and of Singapore and Asia. The Biennale will encompass a conglomeration of multi-venue visual arts exhibitions, performances, symposiums, lectures and workshops programmed such that the event will be accessible to multiple levels of audience. It aims to draw interest from top local, regional and international artists, art historians, critics, and practitioners, arts and cultural organisations, museums, corporations and governments, as well as build new audiences and participation across ages and demographics. We hope this will be the first of many...
SITE Santa Fe Biennial •
Skulptur Biennale, Muenster • Four cultural organisations from the districts of the Münsterland (Galerie Münsterland e.V., Kulturforum Rheine, Stadtmuseum Beckum, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen) are cooperating in a large public space sculpture project. Every two years one segment of the project will be presented in one of the participating districts. This project, the Sculpture Biennial Münsterland, is intended as a permanent joint presentation which will connect latest tendencies in contemporary art to the characteristics of the region, making the Münsterland more attractive for tourists and for people interested in art. The four segments of the project are planned for 1999 in the district of Coesfeld, 2001 in the district of Steinfurt, 2003 in the district of Warendorf, and 2005 in the district of Borken.
Sonar • Festival of advanced music and multimedia art.
Steirischer Herbst • For more than thirty years, steirischer herbst has been constantly reinventing itself. As a forum for composers and directors, actors, authors, musicians, visual artists, architects, designers and scientists who join forces every year with organisers and curators, journalists and the interested art public to embark on an exploration of contemporary developments.
Sydney Biennale • The Biennale of Sydney was created in 1973 as an international showcase for contemporary art. Its aim was to develop and present a program that challenged traditional thinking and encouraged new levels of enthusiasm for innovative creative expression.
Tapei Biennial • The biennial is organised by the Tapei Fine Arts Museum. Since 1998 the biennial has been developing different themes to introduce artistic talents from diverse backgrounds.
Tirana Biennial • The first Tirana biennial in 2001 stated: The newest event on international art, or how to organize a huge exhibition and a historic international meeting between artists, curators and art fans, with only 30000 dollars.
Transmediale • Transmediale is the biggest and most significant festival for art and the creative usage of digital media in Germany. Once a year the festival presents new and outstanding projects in the field of digital culture and provides reflexions on the role of digital technologies in contemporary society. It is a forum of communication for artists, media workers and a broad public interested in arts of vital and still increasing international importance.
Tranz Tech • Site seems to be off line
Triennale India • Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Arts), an apex and autonomous body funded by Ministry of Culture, has been organizing Triennale-India since 1968 in the capital city of India, New Delhi, every 3 years or so. Triennale-India is open to all countries and around 40 countries from around the globe participate in the event bringing a range of contemporary art works by some of the well-known artists from different cultures on a common platform. An exhibition of Indian works, selected by a panel of commissioners from different parts of the country, is also held as a part of the Triennale. It is one of the most important art exhibitions held in the region.
Turin Triennial • It is organised by the Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and the GAM Galleria Civiva d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino.
Utrecht Manifest •
Valencia Biennial •
Venice Biennale • The Venice Biennale has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organising international events in the contemporary arts in accordance with a multi-disciplinary model which characterises its unique nature.
Viper • VIPER is one of the major European film, video and new media festivals. It offers a highly-regarded platform for presenting innovative works and projects attracting Swiss and international filmmakers and producers, artists, curators, critics and purveyors of ideas from the media, research and politics. In addition VIPER's International Forum provides an up-to-date podium for presenting and discussing forward-looking positions, models and scenarios - a Think-and-Do-Tank for 21st century media, culture and society.
Werkleitz Biennial • Since 1993, Werkleitz Biennale provides an international forum for media art and is one of the biggest festival of its kind in the New Member States. It is well-known throughout Germany and Europe.
Whitney Biennial • American art biennial
WRO Media Art Biennale • New media art biennial in Poland
WWVF • The Dutch State Secretary of Culture followed the advise of the Dutch Arts Council not to include the World Wide Video Festival in the Cultural Memorandum 2005 - 2008. Without the financial support of the government they don't have sufficient funding to organise a festival in 2005.
Yokohama Triennale • International triennial in japan