Kader Attia
CURRICULUM
Born 1970 in Dugny (Seine Saint-Denis)
Lives and works in Berlin
Studies :
1996-98 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
1993-94 Escola de Artes Applicades " La Massana ", Barcelona, Spain
1991-93 Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués " Duperré ", Paris, France
Solo shows :
2012
CONSTRUIRE, DÉCONSTRUIRE, RECONSTRUIRE: LE CORPS UTOPIQUE, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Collages, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Essential, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
2011
Ghost, Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerp, Belgium
2010
Holy Land, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
2009
Po(l)etical, Krinzinger gallery, Vienna, Austria
As a fold, Horizon is not a space, galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Kasbah, Centre de Création Contemporaine de Tours, Tours, France
Signs of Reappropriation, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Failures, Noga gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008
Signs of Reappropriation, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, USA
Black & white : signs of times, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Huarte, Huarte, Spain
Kader Attia – New Works, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2007
Momentum 9, ICA, Boston, USA
Square Dreams, BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK
Who cares ?, Haïfa Museum of Art, Haïfa, Israel
Do what you want but don’t tell anybody, Christian Nagel gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006
Tsunami, Magasin, CNAC, Grenoble, France
Kader Attia, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Sweet sweat, Andréhn-Schiptjenko gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
The Gallery @ Sketch, London , UK
2004
HALLAL, Kamel Mennour gallery, Paris, France
2002
Alter Ego, Kamel Mennour gallery, Paris, France
2001
Photostories, Martine et Thibault de la Châtre, Paris, France
2000
La Piste d’Atterrissage, l’Atelier, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
1997
Instants Urbains, Galerie L’œil du huit, Paris, France
1996
Humanistes au Congo, Centre culturel Français de Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo
Group shows
2012
Glissement de terrain: impertience-Resistance-Survivance, Le musée lanchelevici, La Louviére, Belgium
Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravità, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Usa
Where is the time?, Foundation Izolyatsia, Donetsk, Ucraina
Spaces of Remembrance, Kunsthalle of Dusseldorf, Germany
The Repair from Occident to Extra-Occidental Cultures, Fridericianum Museum, Kassel
Biennale Kiev, Kiev
Hajj, Journey to the heart of Islam, the British Museum, London, UK
2011
Beijing Online Inlive - 10 Hands 100 Fingers, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
4th Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
Wunder. Kunst, Religion und Wissenschaft vom 4. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
The Global Contemporary. Art World after 1989, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Dublin Contemporary, Biennale of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Contested Terrains, Tate Modern, London,UK
Evergreen, Crédit Agricole de Montrouge, France
French Window, Mori Museum, Tokyo / Japon
PARIS-DELHI-BOMBAY..., the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Miracles, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Living Room Exotica, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
PROJECT EUROPA: Imagining the (Im)possible, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, USA
2010
Told|Untold|Retold, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
PastPresentFuture – Highlights from the UniCredit Group Collection, Centro Culturale Yapı Kredi, Istanbul
SUD 2010, Salon Urbain de Douala, festival triennal d'art public, Espace doual'art centre d'art contemporain Place du Gouvernement Bonanjo, Douala, Camerun
SPHERES 2010, 7 énergies autour d’une nouvelle expérience d’exposition, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin / France
Lo spazio del sacro, Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, Italy
La Route de la Soie, New Chinese, Indian and middle eastern art from the Saatchi Gallery, Lille 3000, Tri Postal, Lille, France
PICHA festival, Lubumbashi Image Encounters, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Living in Evolution, Busan Biennal 2010, Busan Yacht Center, Gwangalli Beach, South Corea
Make Yourself at Home, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Geo-graphics, A Map of Art Practices in Africa, Past and Present, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Dreamlands, Beaubourg - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Told/Untold/Retold, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
The Future of Tradition - The Tradition of Future, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Busan Biennale, Busan, Corea
Centenary of Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Chile
PROJECT EUROPA: Imagining the (Im)possible, The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2009
Disorientation II, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Los de arriba y los de abajo, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico DF, Mexico
FIAC, Musée national d'art moderne et contemporain, Algiers, Algeria
Frontières, 8th African Biennale of Photography, Bamako, Mali
Sphères, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, France
Dispositifs optiques, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
Cargo, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Pulisoni Performative Nell’Arte Contemporanea, Torrione Passari, Molfetta, Italy
Entre-Temps, Espaço Cultural Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ART TEL AVIV 09, Tel Aviv, Israel
Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, SAR
Nation State, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Time out of Joint : Recall and Evocation in Recent Art, The Kitchen, New York, USA
Praxis, Art in Times of Uncertainty, Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki, Greece
La Force de l’Art, Paris Triennial, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Entre-Temps, MIS - Museu da Imagem E Do Som, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil
Integration and resistance in the global era,10th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
Nation State, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Looking Inside-out, Kunstnernes, Oslo, Norway
Unveiled: New Art from the middle east, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2008
The Other, Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
Crossings Traversees, Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt
Travesia, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Réfléchir le Monde, La Centrale Electrique, Brussels, Belgium
In the Desert of Modernity, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Defense, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Pontevedra Biennale, Pontevedra, Spain
Representations of the artist as an intellectual, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, Germany
Traversée, Art Paris, Paris, France
Elefante Negro, Diego Rivera Museum, Mexico DF, Mexico
2007
Suite Française, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
The Big Easy, ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar, Germany
The Big Easy: Relocating the Myth of the "West", Stiftung Federkiel - Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid , Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Temporally , The Israeli Center of Digital Art, Holon, Israel
De leur Temps (2), Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Sulpture Park, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
Equatorial Rhythms, Sternersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Theater of Cruelty, White Box, New York, USA
Signes d’Existence, MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
New Economy, The Artists Space, New York, USA
Dialogues méditerranéens, St Tropez, France
Accélération, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
L ‘Emprise du Lieu #4, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Politics of Fear, Albion, Londres, UK
2006
1st Art, Landscape & Architecture Biennial, Canary Islands, Spain
BLACK PARIS. Kunst und Geschichte einer schwarzen Diaspora, Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
Infinities, Art Unlimited, Art Basel 37, Basel, Switzerland
Take a walk on the wild side, de Pury & Luxembourg gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Notre Histoire, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2005
Meeting Point, Sternersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
In between times, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Regards des photographes arabes contemporains, Institute of the Arab World, Paris, France
Big Bang, Jewish Art and History Museum, Paris, France
Expérience de la durée, 8th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
Living for the City, J. Shainman gallery, New York, USA
The Loop, Art Unlimited, Art Basel 36, Basel, Switzerland
SingulierS, Guangdong Museum of Art, Canton, China
2004
The Sweatshop, Art Position, Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA
Videozone, Video Art Biennale, Herzliya Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Near East Project, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfort, Germany
Continental Breakfast, Belgrade, Czech Republic
Shake, OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
Shake, Villa Arson, Nice, France
2003
Correspondance, Statement Area, Art Basel 34, Basel, Switzerland
Fault Lines, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Voyages d’Artistes, Foundation Electra, Paris, France
Ouvertures Algériennes : créations vivantes, La Criée, Rennes, France
2002
Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France
2001
L’Alchimie de la rencontre, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
L’état des choses part.1, Kunst-werke, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Berlin, Germany
Symposiums / Lectures / Others
2010
The Falmouth Convention, University College Falmouth, Falmouth, UK
SITAC VIII, International Symposium on Contemporary Art Theory, Mexico DF, Mexico
Clinicas symposium, Mexico DF, Mexico
2009
Eastwards = westwards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
Artistic Design of the ballet « Comedy of Change » by Rambert Dance Company, UK
Residency Programs
2008
JCVA, Jerusalem, Israel
IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
Grants / Fellowships / Prizes
2010
Smithsonian Institution Artist Research Fellowship Program, Washington DC, USA
Abraaj Capital Prize, Dubai, UAE
2008
Cairo Biennale, Prize of the Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
2005
Nominee for the Marcel Duchamp Prize, Paris, France
1997
The Leica Special Prize / " Une Algérie d 'Enfance”, Paris, France
Lives and works in Berlin
Studies :
1996-98 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
1993-94 Escola de Artes Applicades " La Massana ", Barcelona, Spain
1991-93 Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués " Duperré ", Paris, France
Solo shows :
2012
CONSTRUIRE, DÉCONSTRUIRE, RECONSTRUIRE: LE CORPS UTOPIQUE, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Collages, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Essential, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
2011
Ghost, Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerp, Belgium
2010
Holy Land, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
2009
Po(l)etical, Krinzinger gallery, Vienna, Austria
As a fold, Horizon is not a space, galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Kasbah, Centre de Création Contemporaine de Tours, Tours, France
Signs of Reappropriation, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Failures, Noga gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008
Signs of Reappropriation, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, USA
Black & white : signs of times, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Huarte, Huarte, Spain
Kader Attia – New Works, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2007
Momentum 9, ICA, Boston, USA
Square Dreams, BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK
Who cares ?, Haïfa Museum of Art, Haïfa, Israel
Do what you want but don’t tell anybody, Christian Nagel gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006
Tsunami, Magasin, CNAC, Grenoble, France
Kader Attia, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Sweet sweat, Andréhn-Schiptjenko gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
The Gallery @ Sketch, London , UK
2004
HALLAL, Kamel Mennour gallery, Paris, France
2002
Alter Ego, Kamel Mennour gallery, Paris, France
2001
Photostories, Martine et Thibault de la Châtre, Paris, France
2000
La Piste d’Atterrissage, l’Atelier, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
1997
Instants Urbains, Galerie L’œil du huit, Paris, France
1996
Humanistes au Congo, Centre culturel Français de Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo
Group shows
2012
Glissement de terrain: impertience-Resistance-Survivance, Le musée lanchelevici, La Louviére, Belgium
Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravità, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Usa
Where is the time?, Foundation Izolyatsia, Donetsk, Ucraina
Spaces of Remembrance, Kunsthalle of Dusseldorf, Germany
The Repair from Occident to Extra-Occidental Cultures, Fridericianum Museum, Kassel
Biennale Kiev, Kiev
Hajj, Journey to the heart of Islam, the British Museum, London, UK
2011
Beijing Online Inlive - 10 Hands 100 Fingers, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
4th Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
Wunder. Kunst, Religion und Wissenschaft vom 4. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
The Global Contemporary. Art World after 1989, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Dublin Contemporary, Biennale of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Contested Terrains, Tate Modern, London,UK
Evergreen, Crédit Agricole de Montrouge, France
French Window, Mori Museum, Tokyo / Japon
PARIS-DELHI-BOMBAY..., the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Miracles, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Living Room Exotica, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
PROJECT EUROPA: Imagining the (Im)possible, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, USA
2010
Told|Untold|Retold, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
PastPresentFuture – Highlights from the UniCredit Group Collection, Centro Culturale Yapı Kredi, Istanbul
SUD 2010, Salon Urbain de Douala, festival triennal d'art public, Espace doual'art centre d'art contemporain Place du Gouvernement Bonanjo, Douala, Camerun
SPHERES 2010, 7 énergies autour d’une nouvelle expérience d’exposition, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin / France
Lo spazio del sacro, Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, Italy
La Route de la Soie, New Chinese, Indian and middle eastern art from the Saatchi Gallery, Lille 3000, Tri Postal, Lille, France
PICHA festival, Lubumbashi Image Encounters, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Living in Evolution, Busan Biennal 2010, Busan Yacht Center, Gwangalli Beach, South Corea
Make Yourself at Home, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Geo-graphics, A Map of Art Practices in Africa, Past and Present, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Dreamlands, Beaubourg - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Told/Untold/Retold, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
The Future of Tradition - The Tradition of Future, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Busan Biennale, Busan, Corea
Centenary of Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Chile
PROJECT EUROPA: Imagining the (Im)possible, The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2009
Disorientation II, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Los de arriba y los de abajo, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico DF, Mexico
FIAC, Musée national d'art moderne et contemporain, Algiers, Algeria
Frontières, 8th African Biennale of Photography, Bamako, Mali
Sphères, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, France
Dispositifs optiques, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
Cargo, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Pulisoni Performative Nell’Arte Contemporanea, Torrione Passari, Molfetta, Italy
Entre-Temps, Espaço Cultural Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ART TEL AVIV 09, Tel Aviv, Israel
Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, SAR
Nation State, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Time out of Joint : Recall and Evocation in Recent Art, The Kitchen, New York, USA
Praxis, Art in Times of Uncertainty, Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki, Greece
La Force de l’Art, Paris Triennial, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Entre-Temps, MIS - Museu da Imagem E Do Som, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil
Integration and resistance in the global era,10th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
Nation State, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Looking Inside-out, Kunstnernes, Oslo, Norway
Unveiled: New Art from the middle east, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2008
The Other, Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
Crossings Traversees, Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt
Travesia, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Réfléchir le Monde, La Centrale Electrique, Brussels, Belgium
In the Desert of Modernity, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Defense, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Pontevedra Biennale, Pontevedra, Spain
Representations of the artist as an intellectual, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, Germany
Traversée, Art Paris, Paris, France
Elefante Negro, Diego Rivera Museum, Mexico DF, Mexico
2007
Suite Française, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
The Big Easy, ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar, Germany
The Big Easy: Relocating the Myth of the "West", Stiftung Federkiel - Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid , Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Temporally , The Israeli Center of Digital Art, Holon, Israel
De leur Temps (2), Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Sulpture Park, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
Equatorial Rhythms, Sternersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Theater of Cruelty, White Box, New York, USA
Signes d’Existence, MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
New Economy, The Artists Space, New York, USA
Dialogues méditerranéens, St Tropez, France
Accélération, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
L ‘Emprise du Lieu #4, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Politics of Fear, Albion, Londres, UK
2006
1st Art, Landscape & Architecture Biennial, Canary Islands, Spain
BLACK PARIS. Kunst und Geschichte einer schwarzen Diaspora, Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
Infinities, Art Unlimited, Art Basel 37, Basel, Switzerland
Take a walk on the wild side, de Pury & Luxembourg gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Notre Histoire, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2005
Meeting Point, Sternersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
In between times, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Regards des photographes arabes contemporains, Institute of the Arab World, Paris, France
Big Bang, Jewish Art and History Museum, Paris, France
Expérience de la durée, 8th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
Living for the City, J. Shainman gallery, New York, USA
The Loop, Art Unlimited, Art Basel 36, Basel, Switzerland
SingulierS, Guangdong Museum of Art, Canton, China
2004
The Sweatshop, Art Position, Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA
Videozone, Video Art Biennale, Herzliya Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Near East Project, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfort, Germany
Continental Breakfast, Belgrade, Czech Republic
Shake, OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
Shake, Villa Arson, Nice, France
2003
Correspondance, Statement Area, Art Basel 34, Basel, Switzerland
Fault Lines, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Voyages d’Artistes, Foundation Electra, Paris, France
Ouvertures Algériennes : créations vivantes, La Criée, Rennes, France
2002
Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France
2001
L’Alchimie de la rencontre, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
L’état des choses part.1, Kunst-werke, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Berlin, Germany
Symposiums / Lectures / Others
2010
The Falmouth Convention, University College Falmouth, Falmouth, UK
SITAC VIII, International Symposium on Contemporary Art Theory, Mexico DF, Mexico
Clinicas symposium, Mexico DF, Mexico
2009
Eastwards = westwards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
Artistic Design of the ballet « Comedy of Change » by Rambert Dance Company, UK
Residency Programs
2008
JCVA, Jerusalem, Israel
IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
Grants / Fellowships / Prizes
2010
Smithsonian Institution Artist Research Fellowship Program, Washington DC, USA
Abraaj Capital Prize, Dubai, UAE
2008
Cairo Biennale, Prize of the Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
2005
Nominee for the Marcel Duchamp Prize, Paris, France
1997
The Leica Special Prize / " Une Algérie d 'Enfance”, Paris, France
