The Whitney Museum has today announced the 56 artists participating in the 2026 Whitney Biennial. The 82nd edition will be curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer.
A member of the Whitney since 2017, Guerrero is currently the DeMartini Family Curator and was the museum’s first curator to specialise in Latinx art. Sawyer is the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney museum.
The 82nd edition of the Whitney Biennial will open on 8 March 2026
The artist list includes:
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme (b. Cyprus, 1983; b. US, 1983); Kelly Akashi (US, 1983); Teresa Baker (US, 1985); Sula Bermudez-Silverman (US, 1993); Zach Blas (US, 1981); Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien (Philippines, 1985; US, 1987); Leo Castañeda (US, 1988); CFGNY (Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, Kirsten Kilponen, and Tin Nguyen; Founded 2016); Nani Chacon (Navajo Nation/US, 1980); Maia Chao (US, 1991); Joshua Citarella (US, 1987), Mo Costello (US, 1989); Taína H. Cruz (US, 1998); Carmen de Monteflores (Puerto Rico, 1933); Ali Eyal (Iraq, 1994); Andrea Fraser (US, 1965); Mariah Garnett (US, 1980); Ignacio Gatica (Chile, 1988); Jonathan González (US, 1991); Emilie Louise Gossiaux (US, 1989); Kainoa Gruspe (US, 1995); Martine Gutierrez (us, 1989); Samia Halaby (Palestine, 1936); Raven Halfmoon (Caddo Nation/US, 1991); Nile Harris with Dyer Rhoads (US, 1995; US, 1996); Aziz Hazara (Afghanistan, 1992); Margaret Honda (US, 1961); Akira Ikezoe (Japan, 1979); Mao Ishikawa (Japan, 1953); Cooper Jacoby (US, 1989); David L. Johnson (US, 1993); kekahi wahi (Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and Drew K. Broderick; Hawaii, Founded 2020); Young Joon Kwak (US, 1984); Michelle Lopez (US, 1970); José Maceda (Philippines, 1917–2004); Agosto Machado (US); Oswaldo Maciá (Colombia, 1960); Emilio Martínez Poppe (US, 1993); Isabelle Frances McGuire (US, 1994); Kimowan Metchewais (Cree, Cold Lake First Nations/Canada; 1963–2011); Nour Mobarak (Egypt, 1985); Erin Jane Nelson (US; 1989); Precious Okoyomon (UK, 1993); Aki Onda (Japan, 1967); Pat Oleszko (US, 1947); Malcolm Peacock (US, 1994); Sarah M. Rodriguez (Hawaii, 1984); Gabriela Ruiz (US, 1991); Jasmin Sian (Philippines, 1969); Jordan Strafer (US, 1990); Sung Tieu (Vietnam, 1987); Julio Torres (El Salvador, 1987); Anna Tsouhlarakis (Navajo Nation and Creek/US, 1977); Johanna Unzueta Chile, 1974).
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