Liverpool Biennial 2016: Artists announced

The 2016 festival will be organised into a series of thematic 'episodes' at locations across the city, described as "fictional worlds sited in galleries, museums, pubs, unused spaces, stations, hotels, parking lots, shops and supermarkets."

A number of next year's participating artists, including Edinburgh Art Festival 2015 exhibitor Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, will discuss their work and plans for the Biennial at a free talk at Bluecoat on 2 December at 6:30pm. View a full list of confirmed artists below.

Also showing as part of next year's Biennial are the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition at Bluecoat – submissions for which open on 7 December – and the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery.

Liverpool Biennial 2016 runs from 9 July to 16 October at venues across Liverpool. Read our review of the 2014 Liverpool Biennial.

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Liverpool Biennial 2016 artists:

Lawrence Abu Hamdan (Jordan), Alisa Baremboym (USA), Lucy Beech (UK), Mariana Castillo Deball (Mexico), Yin-Ju Chen (Taiwan), Ian Cheng (USA), Marvin Gaye Chetwynd (Australia/UK), Céline Condorelli (Italy/Switzerland/UK), Audrey Cottin (France), Koenraad Dedobbeleer (Belgium), Jason Dodge (USA), Lara Favaretto (Italy), Danielle Freakley (Australia), Fabien Giraud & Raphaël Siboni (France), Ana Jotta (Portugal), Samson Kambalu (Malawi), Oliver Laric (Austria), Mark Leckey (UK), Adam Linder (Australia), Jumana Manna (Palestine), Rita McBride (USA), Dennis McNulty (Ireland), Elena Narbutaite (Lithuania), Lu Pingyuan (China), Michael Portnoy (USA), Sahej Rahal (India), Hesam Rahmanian, Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh (Iran), Koki Tanaka (Japan), Villa Design Group (UK/USA), Krzysztof Wodiczko (Poland), Betty Woodman (USA), Arseny Zhilyaev (Russia).