Kader Attia | |
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![]() Attia in 2015 | |
Born | Dugny, France | 30 December 1970
Known for | Visual art |
Kader Attia (born 30 December 1970) is an Algerian-French artist. [1] [2] [note 1]
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]
Attia's work often examines social injustice, marginalized communities and postcolonialism. [9] [10] [11] His work has involved the concept of repair in relation to these concepts. [12]
In 2016, Attia founded La Colonie , a gallery near Paris' Gare du Nord train station. [13] [14] [15] In March 2020, La Colonie closed permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic. [16] In March 2021, Attia was announced as the curator for the 12th Berlin Biennale. [17] He is the first artist to curate the biennale since New-York based collective DIS, who presented the 9th edition in 2016. [16] In November 2021, he had an exhibition entitled "On Silence" at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha. [18]
Attia's work is included in the permanent collections of: