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The Jury of the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, comprising Adrienne Edwards (USA), President of the Jury, Lorenzo Giusti (Italy), Julieta González (Mexico), Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (Cameroon), Susanne Pfeffer (Germany), has decided to present the following awards:

Golden Lion for Best National Participation:

GREAT BRITAIN
Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way
Commissioner: Emma Dexter, British Council
Curator: Emma Ridgway; Exhibitor: Sonia Boyce
Venue: Giardini

2 special mentions have been awarded to the following National Participations:

FRANCE
Les rêves n’ont pas de titre / Dreams have no titles
Commissioner: Institut Francais with the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture
Curators: Yasmina Reggad, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
Exhibitor: Zineb Sedira
Venue: Giardini

UGANDA***
(***New participation)
RADIANCE: They dream In Time
Commissioner: Naumo Juliana Akoryo
Curator: Shaheen Merali
Exhibitors: Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo
Venue: Palazzo Palumbo Fossati San Marco 2597

Golden Lion for the Best Participant in the International Exhibition The Milk of Dreams to:

Simone Leigh
(1967, Chicago, USA. Lives in New York City, USA)

Silver Lion for a Promising Young Participant in the International Exhibition The Milk of Dreams to:

Ali Cherri
(1976, Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Paris, France)

The Jury has decided to award two special mentions to the following participants:

Lynn Hershman Leeson
(1941, Cleveland, USA. Lives in San Francisco, USA)

and

Shuvinai Ashoona
(1961, Kinngait. Lives in Kinngait, Nunavut)

The Awards Ceremony of the 59th International Art Exhibition took place today, April 23rd, 2022, at Ca’ Giustinian. Upon recommendation of the Curator of the 59th Exhibition Cecilia Alemani, the board of La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Roberto Cicutto, also awarded two Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement to German artist Katharina Fritsch and the Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña.