Atlanta Biennial Artists Announced [ARTICLE]

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center has announced the 33 artists selected for the revived Atlanta Biennial (ATLBNL). Announced on June 21, the biennial will open on August 27 and run through December 18. The lineup includes artists from eight Southern states and working in the visual arts, book arts, film and video, fiber arts, literature, performance, and music and sound. In addition to geography, they also share the status of having never shown in a biennial.

The artists were selected by Contemporary curator Daniel Fuller, Art Papers editor Victoria Camblin, Aaron Levi Garvey, independent curator and cofounder of Jacksonville’s Long Road Projects, and Gia Hamilton, director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans.

According to the Contemporary’s executive director: “[The curators] found common ground in their combined interest to exhibit individuals and collectives who have never before participated in a Biennial. While the participants represent 8 states from across the Southeast, they do not relegate themselves to any specific sense of geography or space rather, together, their work examines the current state of contemporary art and contemporary issues.”

The ATLBNL participants are:

Aint–Bad Magazine
Established 2011
Savannah, GA

Katrina Andry
Born New Orleans, LA
Lives New Orleans, LA

Jason Benson
Born Baltimore, MD
Lives Atlanta, GA

Guy Church
Born Madison, WI
Lives Memphis, TN

Tommy Coleman
Born in Long Island, New York
Lives in Jupiter, FL

Stephen Collier
Born Biloxi, MS
Lives New Orleans, LA

continent.
Established Atlanta, GA

Darius Hill
Born Birmingham, AL
Lives Birmingham, AL

Dust-to-Digital
Established Summerville, GA

Skylar Fein
Born New York, NY
Lives New Orleans, LA

Ke Francis
Born Memphis, TN
Lives Tupelo, MS

Coulter Fussell
Born Columbus, GA
Lives Water Valley, MS

Coco Fusco
Born New York, NY
Lives Gainesville, FL

Adler Guerrier
Born Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Lives Miami, FL

Virginia Griswold
Born Petersburg, VA
Lives Nashville, TN

Ridley Howard
Born Atlanta, GA
Lives Athens, GA

Horton Humble
Born New Orleans, LA
Lives New Orleans, LA

Harmony Korine
Born Nashville, TN
Lives Nashville, TN

Phillip Andrew Lewis
Born Memphis, TN
Lives Chattanooga, TN

Kalup Linzy
Born Clermont, FL
Lives Tampa, FL

Abigail Lucien
Born Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Lives Knoxville, TN

Jillian Mayer
Born Miami, FL
Lives Miami, FL

Erin Jane Nelson
Born Atlanta, GA
Lives Atlanta, GA

Daniel Newman
Born Jacksonville, FL
Lives Jacksonville, FL

Sharon Norwood
Born Kingston, Jamaica
Lives St. Petersburg, FL

Gina Phillips
Born Richmond, KY
Lives New Orleans, LA

Mary Proctor
Born Monticello, FL
Lives Gainesville, FL

Zack Rafuls
Born Miami, FL
Lives Nashville, TN

Andrew Scott Ross
Born Manhasset, NY
Lives Johnson City, TN

Southern Food Ways Alliance
Founded Oxford, MS

Stacy Lynn Waddell
Born Washington, DC
Lives Chapel Hill, NC

Christina West
Born Perry, MI
Lives Atlanta, GA

Cosmo Whyte
Born St. Andrew, Jamaica
Lives Atlanta, GA

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