Lehmann Maupin

Kader Attia

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Kader Attia
1970 born in Dugny, France
Lives in Paris, France
Education

1996-98 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.
1993-94 Escola de Artes Applicades "La Massana", Barcelone, Spain.
1991-93 Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués "Duperré", Paris, France.

Grants

Prize of the Cairo Biennale, Kairo 2008

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin (upcoming).
"KASBAH", Centre de Création Contemporaine, Tours.

2008
Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.
"Signs of Reappropriation", Acca Gallery of The Savannah College of Art and Design, Atalanta.
"Mythes et Poésie du Vide", Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris.
"Kader Attia: New Work", Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle.

2007
"Monument 9: Kader Attia", ICA, Boston, USA.
"Square Dreams", BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK.
Galerie de Pury 6 Luxembourg, Zürich.
"Do what you want, but don ́t tell anybody (Arab proverb)", Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin.
"Who Cares?", Haïfa Museum of Art, Haïfa, Israel.

2006
"Tsunami", Magasin, National Center for Contemporary Art, Grenoble, France.
"Kader Attia", Lyon Contemporary Art Museum, 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, National Center for Photography, Paris, France.

1997
"Instants Urbains", Galerie L’œil du huit, Paris, France.

1996
"Humanistes au Congo", Centre culturel Français de Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo.

Group Exhibitions

2009
"Calling Forth", The Kitchen, New York, NY (upcoming).
"La Force de L’Art", Paris Triennale, Grand Palais, Paris (upcoming).
10. Havanna Biennale, Kuba (upcoming).
2. Thessaloniki Biennále, Thessaloniki (upcomimg).



2008
"The 11th International Cairo Biennale", Giza, Ägypten.
"Réflechir Le Monde", European Centre for Contemporary Art, Brüssel
"Travesía", Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
"Iaspis Open House, autumn 2008", International Artist Studio Programme Sweden, Stockholm.
"Defence", Skeppsholmen/Kastellholmen, Stockholm.
"Black and White - Signs of Time", Centro Huarte de Arte Contemporáneo, Zubiarte, Navarra.
Open Space/Art Cologne 2008, Köln.

2007
"Suite Francaise", Krinzinger Projekte, Wien.
"Equatorial Rhythms", Stenersen Museum, Oslo.
"Theater of Cruelty", White Box, New York.
"De leur temps (2)", Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble.
"Acceleration", Centre d ́Art, Neuchatel.
"New Economy", Artists Space/Main Space, New York,
"The Politics of Fear" Albion Gallery, London.
"The Big Easy", ACC Galerie, Weimar.
"The Theater of Cruelty", White Box, New York.

2006
1st Art, Landscape & Architecture Biennial, Canary Islands, Spain.
"Nuit Blanche", Paris, France.
"Infinities", Art Unlimited, Art Basel 37, Basel, Switzerland.
"Take a walk on the wild side", de Pury & Luxembourg gallery, Zürich, Switzerland.
Armory Show, Andréhn-Schiptjenko gallery, New York, USA.
"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.
Nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize, FIAC, 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.
Kamel Mennour gallery, Artissima, Turin, Italy.
Kamel Mennour gallery, FIAC, Paris, France. .
"Continental Breakfast", Belgrade.
"Shake", OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria.
Shake, Villa Arson, Nice, France.
Kamel Mennour gallery, Arts Brussels, Brussels, France.

2003
Kamel Mennour gallery, Artissima, Turin, Italy.
Kamel Mennour gallery, FIAC, Paris, France.
"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.
Kamel Mennour gallery, Paris-Photo, Paris, France.

2001
"L’Alchimie de la rencontre", FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims France.
Galerie Kamel Mennour, FIAC, Paris, France.
"L’état des choses part.1", Kunst-werke, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Berlin, Germany.