Located in the revitalised Church of San Lorenzo in Venice, Ocean Space is a global centre for catalysing ocean literacy, collaborative research, and environmental advocacy through the arts. Spearheaded by TBA21–Academy and building on its expansive work over the years, this embassy for the oceans fosters greater engagement and collective action on the most pressing issues facing the oceans today.
Conceived as a platform for collaboration and exchange, Ocean Space provides flexible facilities for installations, performances, workshops, archives, and research, overseen by TBA21–Academy and its network of partners, including universities, NGOs, museums, government agencies, and research institutes from around the world.
Contacts & Details
OPENING TIMES:
Wed – Sun 11am – 6pm
Current Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Otras montañas, las que andan sueltas bajo el agua [Other mountains, adrift beneath the waves]
TBA21–Academy presents an exhibition curated by Yina Jiménez Suriel, a culmination of her three-year...
05 Apr 2025 - 22 Nov 2025
Ocean Space
Venice
Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania
The exhibition comprises two new site-specific commissions by Indigenous artists from the Pacific, Latai...
23 Mar 2024 - 13 Oct 2024
Ocean Space
Venice
Exhibitions
Thus waves come in pairs
TBA21–Academy presents Thus waves come in pairs, an exhibition comprising two new commissions at Ocean Space for the 2023 exhibition programme.
22 Apr 2023 - 05 Nov 2023
Ocean Space
Venice
Exhibitions
Diana Policarpo: The Soul Expanding Ocean #4
The TBA21–Academy presents artist Diana Policarpo's "Ciguatera" for the 4th encounter of "The Soul Expanding Ocean" at Ocean Space.
09 Apr 2022 - 02 Oct 2022
Ocean Space
Venice
Exhibitions
Dineo Seshee Bopape: The Soul Expanding Ocean #3
The TBA21–Academy presents artist Dineo Seshee Bopape's "Ocean! What if no change is your desperate mission?" for the 3rd encounter of "The Soul Expanding Ocean", hosted by Ocean Space.
09 Apr 2022 - 02 Oct 2022
Ocean Space
Venice
Exhibitions
Taloi Havini: The Soul Expanding Ocean #1
The new site-specific work by Taloi Havini is part of a two-year curatorial cycle entitled The Soul Expanding Ocean by Ocean Space’s 2021 and 2022 curator Chus Martínez.
03 May 2021 - 17 Oct 2021
Ocean Space
Venice
Exhibitions
Isabel Lewis: The Soul Expanding Ocean #2
Commissioned and produced by TBA21–Academy
17 Sep 2021 - 17 Oct 2021
Ocean Space
Venice
Exhibitions
Territorial Agency: Oceans in Transformation
An exhibition on the changes in the seas measured and traced by a multiplicity of polities
03 May 2021 - 29 Aug 2021
Ocean Space
Venice
Exhibitions
Joan Jonas: Moving Off the Land II
TBA21–Academy presents a major new commission and research project by pioneering video and performance...
24 Mar 2019 - 29 Sep 2019
Ocean Space
Venice
