Aili Vint participates at the 36th Ljubljana Bienniale of Graphic Arts, titled “The Oracle”, opening on 6 June. The bienniale is curated by Chus Martínez. Vint will be presenting gouache pieces and installations created during the 1970s and 1990s. Her participation is facilitated by the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Arts.
The bienniale’s theme, “The Oracle” names and honours the symbolic place where all beings wonder about the course of life. It is in art that we find a meaningful possibility to be free, to forget, and to demand freedom and peace. Peace becomes possible only when we love the world we live in, even if it is difficult in the present times.
Founded in 1955, the Ljubljana Bienniale of Graphic Arts is one of the oldest art biennials in the world and celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.
Participants and artists: Sinzo Aanza, Noor Abed, Gabriel Abrante, Saelia Aparicio, Maria Arnal, Canan, Gabi Dao, Manca G. Renko, Grupa Ee, Miles Howard-Wilks, Joan Jonas, Jane Jin Kaisen, Ema Kugler, Nicole L’Huillier, Svetlana Makarovič, Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei, Manuela Morales Délano, Eduardo Navarro, Ingo Niermann and Mayte Gómez Molina, Silvan Omerzu, Ajša Pengov, Nohemí Pérez, Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa, Vesna and Eugen Petrešin, Maja Petrović-Šteger, Sadie Plant, Tarta Relena, Renata Salecl, Kathrin Siegrist, Svetlana Slapšak, Mladen Stropnik, Olga Subirós, Derek Tumala, Aili Vint, Takeshi Yasura.
The 36th Ljubljana Bienniale will remain open until 12 October and the main exhibition will be held at various venues throughout the city: MGLC Tivoli Mansion, MGLC Švicarija, MGLC Plečnik Auditorium, Museum of Modern Art (Moderna galerija MG+), City Art Gallery of Ljubljana (Mestna galerija Ljubljana), and Jakopič Promenade.
Aili Vint is a printmaker and painter. She graduated from the Estonian State Art Institute in 1967 with a degree in graphic arts and was a member of the art group ANK’64. She has worked at the publishing house Eesti Raamat, the ARS art production factory, and the Estonian Academy of Arts. Vint has received the Konrad Mägi Award (1992), the Order of the White Star, IV class (2002), and the Kristjan Raud Award (with Toomas Vint, 2015).
Chus Martínez is a curator, lecturer, and researcher. She heads the Institute of Art Gender Nature at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel. She is also co-curator of the TBA21 Foundation based in Madrid and Venice, and serves as the artistic director of the 36th Ljubljana Bienniale of Graphic Arts in 2025.
Additional information: https://36.bienale.si/en/