Venice Architecture
 Biennale

Canada at the Venice Architecture Biennale

The Canada Council for the Arts, Commissioner of Canada’s official participation in the International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, administers the selection process and oversees the exhibition at the Canada Pavilion.

The International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is one of the most important platforms for contemporary architecture. The exhibition, held every two years, consists of a central exhibition with over 100 international participants, 60 national pavilions and collateral events throughout the city. It is a prestigious international event that engages critical conversations about contemporary architecture that attracts 300,000 visitors annually, among them architects, artists, designers, critics, politicians, students and cultural leaders from around the world.

Past Exhibitions

2021    Impostor Cities

Curator: David Theodore, Presenter: T B A / Thomas Balaban Architect

2018    UNCEDED

Curators: Gerald McMaster, David Fortin, Presenter: Douglas Cardinal Architect

2016    Extraction 

Curator: OPSYS │ Pierre Bélanger

2014    Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15

Curator: Lateral Office │ Lola Sheppard, Mason White, Matthew Spremulli

2012    Migrating Landscape

Curators: 5468796 Architecture + Jae Sung Chon

2010    Hylozoic Ground

Exhibitor: Philip Beesley Architect Inc.

2008    41° to 66°: Architecture in Canada – Region, Culture, Tectonics

Curators: John McMinn, Marco Polo, Presenter: Cambridge Galleries

2006    SweaterLodge

Curators: Chris Macdonald, Greg Bellerby, Presenter: Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Exhibitor: Pechet and Robb Studio

2004    Found Object

Curator: Georges Adamczyk, Exhibitor: Saucier & Perrotte Architectes

2002    Next Memory City 

Curators: Michael Awad, John Knechtal, Presenters: InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre and Alphabet City, Exhibitors: Michael Awad, Eve Egoyan, David Rokeby

2000    Un dictionnaire ...  

Curator: Phyllis Lambert, Presenter: Canadian Centre for Architecture, Exhibitor: Melvin Charney