PERU BIENAL

The 2024 international call received more than 20,000 submissions from 60 countries in the visual and digital arts categories. After an international selection process, 560 artistic works were chosen to form part of the edition.

The works were evaluated by an international jury composed of recognized professionals from different countries: Carlos Gonzales (Peru), Elly Prestegard (Canada), Péter Pócs (Hungary), Martha Escondeur (Uruguay), Monirul Alam (Bangladesh), Filippos Fragkogiannis (Greece), Naufan Noordyanto (Indonesia), Mohammad Afshar (Iran), Ana Brum (Brazil), and Jason Zúñiga (Peru).

The international selection featured artists such as Carlos Smith (United Kingdom), Faezeh Mohammed (United Arab Emirates), FØGRA (United States), Nick Mendoza & Pouya Jahanshahi (United States), Jianzhong Liu (China), Aleksander Walijewski (Poland), Szymon Szymankiewicz (Poland), Melchior Imboden (Switzerland), David Lambert (France), Yessica Texeira (Brazil), Yastian Petit (France), Tatana Zubeldia (Uruguay), Martin French (United States), and Slawomir Kosmynka (Poland).

The Peruvian presence was also significant, with works by artists including André Granados, Álvaro de la Puente, Cécile Grecca, Danilo Bojanich, Esteban Altamirano, Felipe Coaquira, Héctor Guzmán, Ingrid Arias, Italo Flores, Jarufe Vargas, Jesús Salvador, José Carlos Vargas, Mónica Ccalla, Víctor Chura, and Samuel Coriat.

According to Fidel Cárdenas, President of Peru Bienal, the initiative aims to consolidate Peru as a leading artistic, creative, and cultural hub in the region, while contributing to the growth of the creative industries throughout Latin America. The Bienal also promotes art as a means of preserving, transmitting, and strengthening the cultural heritage of communities and regions.

The 2024 international exhibition of visual and digital arts was presented at the Museo Aeronáutico del Perú and remained open to the public until December 9, 2024, with free admission.