In preparation of the twelfth edition of the biennial, which opened in September 2023, a number of artists were in residence in the region of West Sweden, to research on site, meet artists and art professionals in the region and start the production of new artworks.

The third artist to visit is Iris Touliatou who through IASPIS international residency program will be in Gothenburg during April 2023.

Iris Touliatou works across various disciplines that are necessary for each intervention. Manifesting in sculpture, drawing, sound, scent and language, her work creates transient forms and shared experiences, to comment on labour, affective economies and states of being. Touliatou has recently held solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel (2023); Rodeo London/ Piraeus (2022); Grazer Kunstverein (2022).

Her work has been included in the group exhibitions Siren (some poetics), Amant, NYC (2022); the New Museum Triennial, Soft Water Hard Stone, NYC (2021); the 7th Athens Biennial, Eclipse (2021); Work and Leisure, Milan (2022); Anti Structure, DESTE Foundation (2021); The Same River Twice, Benaki Museum, Athens (2019); among others.