15TH SHANGHAI BIENNALE, 2025
15th Shanghai Biennale Does the flower hear the bee? organised by the Power Station of Art, and curated by by Chief Curator Kitty Scott, Co-curators Daisy Desrosiers and Xue Tan, as well as Curators Long Yitang and Zhang Yingying, taking place between 8 November 2025 and 31 March 2026 in Shanghai/PRC.
Artists:
Kim Adams, Abbas Akhavan, Allora & Calzadilla, Francis Alÿs, Ryoko Aoki, Carmen Argote, Shuvinai Ashoona, Alvaro Barrington, Lêna Bùi, Tania Candiani, Maxime Cavajani, Carolina Caycedo, Chen Ruofan, Cheng Xinhao, Sara Cwynar, Dan Er, Rohini Devasher, Miguel Fernández de Castro, Cristina Flores Pescorán, Theaster Gates, Abraham González Pacheco, Brett Graham, Hao Liang, d harding, Ho Tzu Nyen, Ngahina Hohaia, Hu Xiaoyuan, Huang Yongping, Ulala Imai, Aki Inomata, Brian Jungen, Lotus L. Kang, Amar Kanwar, Christine Sun Kim, Ragnar Kjartansson, Jaffa Lam, Lina Lapelytė, Liu Shuai, Sharon Lockhart, Liz Magor, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Audie Murray, Kosen Ohtsubo, Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham, Lisa Oppenheim, Plant South Salesroom, Qiu Shihua, R. H. Quaytman, Walid Raad, Shao Chun, Shao Fan, Heji Shin, Tan Jing, Shannon Te Ao, Luke Willis Thompson, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Gözde Mimiko Türkkan, Hajra Waheed, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Xu Tiantian, Ami Yamasaki, Haegue Yang, Masaomi Yasunaga, Cansu Yıldıran, Gozo Yoshimasu, Zhou Tao
“Over time, my practice has turned towards waves — as movement, as memory, as intention and energy across space and time. In waves, I find a language of motion that speaks both of rupture and rhythm, of coherence and chaos. They are not bound to any one body, but pass through many — human bodies, migrating bodies, emotional bodies, water bodies…
bodies that struggle
bodies that drown
bodies that float, that survive
bodies that ache
bodies that heal
bodies that kick, that knock over the rocks across millions of human years
bodies that endure
bodies that yearnWaves can be seen, measured, felt, ridden — and yet they also escape our full grasp. They are the shape energy takes when movement occurs. From the physical swell of ocean waves to the intangible ripples of intentions, from migration and heat waves to feminist and birth waves, they reveal a world in motion — always flowing, always in relation.
bodies that flow
bodies that break
bodies that break freeI think of waves as carriers of innergy — the blend of inner force and energy that flows in, through, and between human and more-than-human beings. They offer a framework for representing and interpreting the world and relations in a more fluid, ever-changing, and non-binary way. This ongoing exploration is not just about watching observable waves, but about moving with them. My work with waves is a way to reflect on entanglement, to sense what connects bodies.
bodies that wave
waves that embody
