Australasian Artist Karma Barnes Wins Grand Prix at Larnaca Biennale as Dual Iterations of CO-Lapses Unfold Across Cyprus and China.
Bundjalung Country, Australia - November 2025 Australasian interdisciplinary artist Karma Barnes, representing Australia and New Zealand, has been awarded the Grand Prix of the Larnaca Biennale 2025 for her landmark installation CO-Lapses. Presented at Apothiki 79, a historic limestone warehouse in central Larnaca, the work was unanimously selected by the jury for its conceptual clarity, environmental depth and material intelligence. This recognition coincides with the debut of a major new international iteration of CO-Lapses at the Arte Laguna Prize: Shanghai Edition, the first Asian presentation of the Venice-based award. Curated by Dr. Huang Ye and staged within EKA Tianwu’s expansive “open-air architectural museum,” the Shanghai exhibition introduces a further evolution of Barnes’ durational installation practice.