The Tri-Sea Biennial of Contemporary Art seeks equitable development for society
“Art can be a way to anticipate and prototype solutions that respond to today’s most pressing challenges. We share a common European identity and heritage of inspiring cultural diversity in the region, and we want to use art to discuss the most important issues of our time. We want to involve our society in artistic research and discussions on the concept of the development of Europe and the world in the face of the challenges that await us,” says Dr. Hab. Prof. UKEN Łukasz Murzyn, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of National Education, Director of the Festival.
The main exhibition of the festival will take place at the Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery in Krakow, Poland, and will run from May 14 to August 31, 2025. The event will be accompanied by an international conference, which will take place on May 15, 2025, at the International Cultural Center in Krakow. It will be followed by an open creative laboratory initiated by the Czech team in collaboration with Krakow’s Sester Lab. It will be open from May 13 to 19, 2025.
In addition, the biennial offers exhibitions, discussion panels, workshops, and meetings with more than a hundred artists and curators from fourteen European countries.
PROGRAM (SELECTION)
February 20
Creative Laboratories: Middle Grounds and Derivatives
A participatory workshop dedicated to new media, intermedia collaboration, and artistic research, organized on the HegeLabs platform.
Speakers: Anna Olszewska, Jiří Suchánek (SVITAVA transmedia art lab), Pavla Beranová
Moderator: Barbora Kundračíková
May 14 – August 31
Uncovering what is only suspected
The main exhibition of the festival presenting the effects of the work of artists participating in residencies.
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a, Krakow
May 13–19
Creative Lab/ HegeLabs + Senster: Lab + SVITAVA transmedia art lab
An open creative laboratory prepared in cooperation between Czech and Polish partners, with a program featuring experimental projects by artists participating in the Three Seas Biennale, including Uršula Berlot Pompe (SL), Rita Süveges (HU), and others.
What is the Three Seas Initiative?
(known as the Three Seas Initiative, abbreviated as 3SI)
An informal organization of Central and Eastern European countries. Its goal is to develop infrastructure (cultural, technological, innovative, transport, energy) and connect the region in a north-south direction, i.e., in the area between the three seas.
Prestigious museums, cultural and educational institutions, and international professional associations bringing together artists, theorists, and art critics (including AICA) have joined 3SI:
University of the National Education Commission (Krakow, Poland), National Museum of Contemporary Art MNAC (Bucharest, Romania), Slovak National Gallery (Bratislava, Slovakia), Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohuň in Liptovský Mikuláš (Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia), Olomouc Museum of Art (Olomouc, Czech Republic), MUFO Museum of Photography in Krakow (Krakow, Poland), Tadeusz Kantor Art Documentation Center CRICOTEKA (Krakow, Poland), Three Seas Art Foundation (Krakow, Poland), acb Gallery (Budapest, Hungary), Center for Contemporary Art (Graz, Austria), AICA International (Paris, France), Vytautas Magnus University, Education Academy (Vilnius, Lithuania), Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania), Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (Kyiv, Ukraine), Lviv National Academy of Arts (Lviv, Ukraine), Athens School of Fine Arts (Athens, Greece), AGH University: Senster Lab (Krakow, Poland).
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