Kader Attia
Attia in 2015
Born (1970-12-30) 30 December 1970
Dugny, France
Known forVisual art

Kader Attia (born 30 December 1970) is an Algerian-French artist.[1][2][note 1]

Early life

Attia was born in Dugny, France to Algerian parents and was raised in Paris and Algeria.[4][5] He studied at the l'école Duperré de Paris, l'école des arts appliqués La Massana de Barcelone and graduated from the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs Paris, in 1998.[6][7][8]

Work

Attia's work often examines social injustice, marginalized communities and postcolonialism.[9][10][11]

In 2016, Attia founded La Colonie, a gallery near Paris' Gare du Nord train station.[12][13][14] In March 2020, La Colonie closed permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic.[15] In March 2021, Attia was announced as the curator for the 12th Berlin Biennale.[16] He is the first artist to curate the biennale since New-York based collective DIS, who presented the 9th edition in 2016.[15] In November 2021, he had an exhibition entitled "On Silence" at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha.[17]

Collections

Attia's work is included in the permanent collections of:

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ "This multicultural background is something that belongs to my work and to my history. I feel myself as both French and Algerian. I’m definitely in between." [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kader Attia". 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kader Attia". Barjeel Art Foundation. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  3. ↑ “The Space in Between. A conversation between Kader Attia and Rebecca Dimling Cochran, 2010”, Kaderattia.de, 2022, http://kaderattia.de/the-space-in-between-a-conversation-with-kader-attia
  4. 1 2 "Collection Online: Kader Attia". guggenheim.org. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Kader Attia on why we need art to overcome 'the dark times we live in'". Financial Times. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  6. ↑ Project Europa: Imagining the (im)possible. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9762552-9-1.
  7. ↑ Mansour Abrous (1 February 2011). Algérie : Arts Plastiques: Dictionnaire biographique (1900-2010). Editions L'Harmattan. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-2-296-45164-3.
  8. ↑ "people - Sharjah Art Foundation". sharjahart.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  9. ↑ "Kader Attia's Work Holds a Mirror to the World's Injustice". Hyperallergic. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Diane Arbus and Kader Attia review — Portraits of outsiders". Evening Standard. 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Kader Attia Awarded 2017 Joan Miró Prize for Post-Colonial Work". www.artforum.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  12. ↑ Jeffreys, Tom (10 February 2017). "Grow Together". Frieze (185). Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  13. ↑ "Kader Attia Opens La Colonie Art Space in Paris". artnet News. 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  14. ↑ Armstrong, Annie (17 April 2019). "Here's the Shortlist for the $85,000 Prix International d'Art Contemporain". Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. 1 2 Paik, Sherry (8 March 2021). "Kader Attia Announced as Berlin Biennale Curator". Ocula Magazine.
  16. ↑ "Kader Attia Appointed As Curator Of The 12th Berlin Biennale For Contemporary Art". Biennial Foundation. 4 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Kader Attia dissects multiculturalism, colonialism and capitalism in Doha show". Wallpaper. 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  18. ↑ "Kader Attia. Open Your Eyes. 2010 - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  19. ↑ "collection - Sharjah Art Foundation". sharjahart.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  20. ↑ Tate. "'Untitled (Ghardaïa)', Kader Attia, 2009". Tate. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  21. ↑ "Ghost - Centre Pompidou". www.centrepompidou.fr.
  22. ↑ "Kader Attia - icaboston.org". www.icaboston.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  23. ↑ "Why Artist Kader Attia Is Having an Art World Moment". artnet News. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  24. ↑ Nayeri, Farah (25 February 2019). "We Need to Talk About Colonialism, This Artist Says". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  25. ↑ "French-Algerian Artist Kader Attia Wins Joan Miró Prize". Harper's BAZAAR Arabia. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  26. ↑ Montañés, José Ángel (13 June 2018). "Arte para reparar heridas". El País. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019 – via elpais.com.
  27. ↑ Annie Armstrong (17 April 2019), Here’s the Shortlist for the $85,000 Prix International d’Art Contemporain ARTnews.
  28. ↑ Arthur Jafa Wins $83,000 International Prize for Contemporary Art Artforum, 16 October 2019.
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