Adelaide-based artist Fiona Hall has been selected by The Australia Council for Arts to represent Australia at the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2015.

Selected by a seven-member expert panel, which includes Simon Mordant, Australian Commissioner for the 2015 Venice Biennale, Hall will be the sole artist exhibiting at the newly constructed Australian Pavilion by Denton Corker Marshall.

Hall first emerged in the 1970s as a photographer, and began working across a diverse range of art forms during the 1980s.

The core theme throughout her work has been the relationship between nature and culture.

Hall is represented in all major Australian state galleries, as well as the National Gallery of Australia.

She has also participated in important group shows and biennales, such as dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2009), and The Biennale of Sydney (2000 and 2010).

“At this year’s [Venice] biennale, about 200,000 people visited the Australian Pavilion to see Simryn Gill’s work and I have no doubt Fiona Hall’s exhibition will also attract an impressive number,” says Australia Council Chair, Rupert Myer.

“The 2015 Venice Biennale is a particularly exciting one for Australia, as it will be the first year the new pavilion, designed by Denton Corker Marshall, will be open.”

Australian pavilion by Denton Corker Marshall

Australian pavilion by Denton Corker Marshall

Australia is one of only 29 countries to own a national pavilion in the historic Biennale Gardens. The new Australian Pavilion will be the first 21^st century building, with the current pavilion designed by Australian architect Philip Cox and opened in 1988.

“It is a great honour to be offered this opportunity to create the first exhibition in the new Australian Pavilion,” Hall said.

The Venice Biennale will open in May 2015.

Geraldine Chua

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