Selected artists for Mediterranea 20 – BORDERLESS

We are pleased to announce the artists selected for Mediterranea 20 Young Artists Biennale, BORDERLESS! This event, promoted by BJCEM – Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean in collaboration with GO! 2025 European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica – Gorizia and ŠKUC Association, will take place from May 31st to June 4th, 2025, in Nova Gorica/Gorizia.

The Biennale will host talented artists from the Euro-Mediterranean region, celebrating creativity across disciplines under the unifying theme of “BORDERLESS”.
The following artists have been selected by the curators for their exceptional works:

Albania

Armando Duçellari
Redina Qose

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ilan Huart

Cyprus

Domenika Georgiou
Iliada Charalambous & Afrang Malekian
Ioli Kaskani
Theano Karafoulidou
Tasos Anastasiadis
Marisa Satsia

Egypt

Amir Youssef

Greece

• Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs:

Theodora Vasileiadou
Archontoula Tsatsoulaki
Natalia Manta

• Thessaloniki:

Thanasis Kritsakis
Sofia Kiousi
Costas Xanthis

Italy

• GAI

Tommaso Sandri

• Arci:

Camilla Gurgone
Carmela de Falco
Filippo Toscani
Maria Cammarota
Stefano Ventilii

• Municipality of Turin:

Oleksandra Horobet

• Municipality of Milan:

Alice Capelli

• Municipality of Bologna:

Christian Offman

• Municipality of Padova:

Alessandro Gambato

• Municipality of Rome:

Alice Minervini

• Municipality of Campobasso:

Chiara Consiglio

• Municipality of Ferrara:

Matteo Messori

• Puglia Region:

Marica Mastromarino
Natalia Di Cosmo

• Sardegna Teatro:

Transhumanza

Lebanon

Chadi Hazime
Dalia Khalife

Montenegro

Savina Ražnatović
Milica Janković

Malta

Keit Bonnici

Norway

(Kjell) Rasmus Arvidsson
Eivor Slågedal
Benedicte Dahm
Ingrid Bjørnåli

Republic of San Marino

Valentina Toccaceli
Archivio Swag

Portugal

Cristina Ferreira-Szwarc
Samuel Ferreira
Teresa Carvalheira
Yun Zhang

Scotland

Emma Lewis-Jones

Slovenia

Liza Sočan & Gaja Pegan Nahtigal
Pino Pograjc
Leon Marič
Hannah Koselj Marusic
Petra Korent
Ajda Kadunc
Gašper Kunšič
Helena Tahir
Lučka Centa
Sara Rman
Swamp Matter
Tajda Jug

Spain

• Municipality of Madrid:

Miriam Montano
Alberto Montes
Irene Gordillo
Pablo Bass de Fina

• Municipality of Malaga:

Adrián Ordóñez
Carlos Amores & Alba Fortes
Marcos Barrientossoriano
María José Ríos

• Municipality of Murcia:

Helena Garcia Pinar
Andrea Glez
Diego Lobenal
Helio Music

Turkey 

Ates Alpar
Eda Sutunc

United Kingdom

Irini Kalaitzidi
Malak Elghuel
Robyn Bradford
Ronnie Danaher

Other Countries

Yuval Carasso (Germany/Italy)

Special Invitations by external BJCEM partners

• Austria

Albin Bergström
Ida Kammerloch
Juliana Lindenhofer
Sophie Wurnig

• Premio Arte Laguna

Mao Yo Wen

• Syria

Nour Shantout

We congratulate all the selected and invited artists and look forward to experiencing their creativity at Mediterranea 20. Stay connected for updates and more details about their works as the event approaches!