Whitney Biennial 2026 | Art & Artists

Through Aug 23

Exhibition artists

Gallery installation with wide sunset projections, rusted vertical panels, and small stools on the wooden floor.

1

Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme (he/him);(she/her)

Abbas: Born 1983 in Nicosia, Cyprus
Abou-Rahme: Born 1983 in Boston, MA
Live in Brooklyn, NY and Palestine

A tall glass-brick sculpture with a matching glass path sits on a rooftop.

2

Kelly Akashi

Born 1983 in Los Angeles, CA
Lives in Altadena, CA

Abstract shapes in varied shades of blue with a few pale pink areas create a structured vertical pattern across a mottled gray background, alternatively seeming to cohere into a row of flowers or a printer’s text, then setting back into decorative geometries that evoke eastern architectural patterns.

3

Kamrooz Aram (he/him)

Born 1978 in Shiraz, Iran
Lives in New York, NY

Three figures made of chocolate, butter, and plastic sit poised in a refrigerated container.

4

Ash Arder (she/they)

Born 1988 in Muscatawing (Flint, MI)
Lives in Waawiyatanong (Detroit, MI)

A large green textile wall hanging with curved teal panels and a central red circular patch.

5

Teresa Baker (she/her)

Born 1985 in Watford, City, ND
Lives in Livingston MT
Mandan/Hidatsa

Rusty metal shears clamping a pink glass orb mounted on a white wall.

6

Sula Bermudez-Silverman (she/her)

Born 1993 in New York, NY
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

A glowing blue planet hangs above a ring of illuminated symbols with red geometric floor lines.

7

Zach Blas (he/him)

Born 1981 in Point Pleasant, WV
Lives in Toronto, Canada

A decorative leaf collage shows a dark heart with golden rays surrounded by lacy white paper and three butterflies.

8

Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien (they/them); (they/them)

Camacho: Born 1985 in Manila, Philippines
Lien: Born 1987 in Dallas, TX
Live in Berlin, Germany and New York, NY

A surreal green underwater scene with rocks, sea plants, and a large slug-like creature in the foreground.

9

Leo Castañeda (he/him)

Born 1988 in Cali, Colombia
Lives in Miami, FL

Wooden-framed translucent panels form partitioned gallery spaces displaying fragmented ceramic sculptures on mirrored surfaces.

10

CFGNY

(Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, Kirsten Kilponen, and Tin Nguyen)
Founded 2016
Based in Brooklyn, NY

Three tall metal sculpture towers stand on a rooftop overlooking a city skyline.

11

Nanibah Chacon (she/her)

Born 1980 in Gallup, NM
Lives in Albuquerque, NM
Navajo Nation

A series of museum brochures caught in motion, falling in front of a Hopper painting on a white wall.

12

Maia Chao (she/her)

Born 1991 in Providence, RI
Lives in Philadelphia, PA

Title card for the show that reads “Doomscroll” in black font over the view from inside a car's windshield to a landscape of fire.

13

Joshua Citarella (he/him)

Born 1987 in New York, NY
Lives in New York, NY

A weathered wooden bulletin board densely covered with hundreds of overlapping staples, nails, and torn paper bits.

14

Mo Costello (she/her)

Born 1989 in Seattle, WA
Lives in Athens, GA

Large black line drawing of a hunched woman in a dress and high heels on a curved gallery wall.

15

Taína H. Cruz (she/her)

Born 1998 in New York, NY
Lives in New Haven, CT

Four colorful reclining figures overlap in bright flat shapes against a plain white background.

16

Carmen de Monteflores (she/they)

Born 1933 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lives in Berkeley, CA

Crowd of distorted figures gather around a toppled ferris-wheel and large fallen furry creature at a carnival.

17

Ali Eyal (he/him)

Born 1994 in Baghdad, Iraq
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

A smooth white sculpture of a curled sleeping infant lying on its side with arms tucked.

18

Andrea Fraser (she/her)

Born 1965 in Billings, MT
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

A woman with closed eyes and downturned mouth looking sad and reflective.

19

Mariah Garnett (she/they)

Born 1965 in Billings, MT
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

A hand holds a black-and-white photo aligning a building's spire with the real skyscraper.

20

Ignacio Gatica

Born 1988 in Santiago, Chile
Lives in New York, NY and Santiago, Chile

A gradient field of warm, fading light washes across one of the Whitney Museum’s outdoor terraces, where architecture and sky merge at dusk. The image marks a choreographic vantage point in magic hour–golden time, scoring the relationship between light, duration, and the body in space.

21

Jonathan González (they/them)

Born 1991 in Queens, NY
Lives in New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA

The drawing shows a pale blue background made of pencil strokes. Scattered across the entire surface are many small, yellow, five-pointed stars, irregularly spaced, with a single small blue moon near the upper left. On the left side of the composition, a nude figure with short brown hair and eyes closed floats upright as if suspended in midair, facing right. On the right side, a dog figure floats upright, facing left, with eyes closed. Extending between their figures is a long, pale, horizontal form connecting them.

22

Emilie Louise Gossiaux (they/them)

Born 1989 in New Orleans, LA
Lives in New York, NY

A large translucent fabric frame leans against a wall with a small lit campfire image attached.

23

Kainoa Gruspe (he/him)

Born 1995 in Louisville, KY
Lives in Honolulu, HI

Woman in black-and-white bikini holds a limp man in white across her lap on a sidewalk.

24

Martine Gutierrez (she/her)

Born 1989 in Berkeley, CA
Lives in New York, NY

Abstract geometric composition with two large brown circles, orange arcs, and a blue striped grid background.

25

Samia Halaby (she/her)

Born 1936 in Palestine
Lives in New York, NY

A textured three-faced sculptural figure stands on concrete blocks in a gallery window overlooking water.

26

Raven Halfmoon (she/her)

Born 1991 in Oklahoma City, OK
Lives in Norman, OK
Caddo Nation

A closeup image of textured dark brown skin.

27

Nile Harris with Dyer Rhoads (he/him); (he/him)

Harris: Born 1995 in Miami, FL
Rhoads: Born 1996 in Portland, ME
Live in Brooklyn, NY

A purple jellyfish with flowing tentacles drifts above green seaweed in soft light.

28

Aziz Hazara (he/him)

Born 1992 in Wardak, Afghanistan
Lives in Berlin, Germany

Modern stairwell with metal railings and large windows illuminated by teal and pink lighting.

29

Margaret Honda (she/her)

Born 1961 in San Diego, CA
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

Many small anthropomorphic foxes perform various tasks across a dark, surreal landscape.

30

Akira Ikezoe (he/him)

Born 1979 in Kochi, Japan
Lives in New York, NY

Young woman with an afro looks at the camera while offering a stack of bills.

31

Mao Ishikawa (she/her)

Born 1953 in Okinawa under US Administration
Lives in Okinawa, Japan

A man in a suit stands with arms crossed observing wall-mounted circular art and a yellow telephone piece.

32

Cooper Jacoby (he/him)

Born 1989 in Princeton, NJ
Lives in Miami, FL and Paris, France

Bronze plaque titled 'Rules of Conduct' listing prohibited activities like camping, lying, and bicycles.

33

David L. Johnson (he/him)

Born 1993 in New York, NY
Lives in New York, NY

A brightly colored digital rendering depicting colonial arrival overlaid with a woman dressed in modern pink exercise clothes and pop culture iconography.

34

kekahi wahi

(Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and Drew K. Broderick)
Founded 2020
Based in Honolulu, Kona, Oʻahu, HI

Suspended spiral of white fragmented sculptures hangs above a glowing yellow circular platform.

35

Young Joon Kwak (they/them)

Born 1984 in Queens, NY
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

A swirling tornado of dust and broken debris rips through a circular brick wall opening.

36

Michelle Lopez (she/her)

Born 1970 in Bridgeport, CT
Lives in Philadelphia, PA

Several vintage radios and boomboxes displayed on white stepped platforms in a gallery by tall windows.

37

José Maceda (he/him)

Born 1917 in Manila, Philippines
Died 2004 in Quezon City, Philippines

A round tray displays a papier-mâché mask, devotional image, mixed trinkets, and a small book titled Theatre of the Ridiculous.

38

Agosto Machado (he/him)

Born in New York, NY
Lives in New York, NY

Two large hanging banners show labeled insect drawings while amber glass horns dangle from the ceiling.

39

Oswaldo Maciá (he/him)

Born 1960 in Cartegena de Indias, Colombia
Lives in Santa Fe, NM and London, United Kingdom

A city street with cars and building construction seen through a tall office window.

40

Emilio Martínez Poppe (he/him)

Born 1993 in Baltimore, MD
Lives in New York, NY

Three suspended mannequins in a gallery: a paint-covered pale figure flanked by two hooded black figures.

41

Isabelle Frances McGuire (she/her)

Born 1994 in Austin, TX
Lives in Chicago, IL

A man stands holding a long loop of dark hair draped around his torso and hand.

42

Kimowan Metchewais (he/him)

Born 1963 in Oxbow, SK, Canada
Died 2011 in Saint Paul, AB, Canada
Cree, Cold Lake First Nations

A translucent green resin panel mounted on a white wall with two glowing red circular forms inside.

43

Nour Mobarak (she/her)

Born 1985 in Cairo, Egypt
Lives in Athens, Greece and Bainbridge Island, WA

A glazed ceramic figure resembling a tree holds a large textured black disk with three pink appendages.

44

Erin Jane Nelson (she/her)

Born 1989 in Neenah, WI
Lives in Santa Fe, NM

A vintage dark-skinned doll wears a pink bunny costume with arms outstretched against a wall.

45

Precious Okoyomon (they/them)

Born 1993 in London, United Kingdom
Lives in Brooklyn, NY

Several vintage radios and boomboxes displayed on white stepped platforms in a gallery by tall windows.

46

Aki Onda (they/them)

Born 1967 in Tenri, Nara, Japan
Lives in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Two large colorful inflatable sculptures, one red and yellow spiky piece and a green jester-like figure.

47

Pat Oleszko (she/her)

Born 1947 in Detroit, MI
Lives in New York, NY

A large textured green and orange textile sculpture stands on a white circular platform in a gallery.

48

Malcolm Peacock

Born 1994 in Raleigh, NC
Lives in Brooklyn, NY

Abstract assemblage of intertwined weathered wood and organic forms painted gray on a white pedestal.

49

Sarah M. Rodriguez

Born 1984 in Honolulu, HI
Lives in Ojo Caliente, NM

Glossy green abstract mask sculpture with metallic faces and glowing circular lights on blue.

50

Gabriela Ruiz (she/her)

Born 1991 in San Fernando Valley, CA
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

Rectangular lace doily with dark embroidered center showing floral pattern and a small animal figure.

51

Jasmin Sian (she/her)

Born 1969 in the Philippines
Lives in New York, NY

A man with a mustache has a tear on his cheek while someone whispers into his neck.

52

Jordan Strafer (she/her)

Born 1990 in Miami, FL
Lives in New York, NY and Athens, Greece

A large hollow metal column stands vertically through a stairwell, seen from above.

53

Sung Tieu (she/her)

Born 1987 in Hai Duong, Vietnam
Lives in Berlin, Germany

Woman in black-and-white bikini holds a limp man in white across her lap on a sidewalk.

54

Julio Torres

Born 1987 in San Salvador, El Salvador
Lives in New York, NY

A white horse sculpture with multiple outstretched human arms pointing forward and wooden poles tied to its back.

55

Anna Tsouhlarakis (she/her)

Born 1977 in Lawrence, KS
Lives in Boulder, CO
Navajo Nation and Creek

Several translucent panels with abstract geometric paintings stand on black cube bases in a white gallery.

56

Johanna Unzueta

Born 1974 in Santiago, Chile
Lives in Berlin, Germany and New York, NY