Kader Attia (born 30 December 1970) is an Algerian-French artist.

Early life

Attia was born in Dugny, France to Algerian parents and was raised in

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and

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. 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''

, in 1998.

Work

His work often examines

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, marginalized communities and postcolonialism. In 2016, he founded '' La Colonie'', a gallery near Paris' '' Gare du Nord'' train station. In March 2020, ''La Colonie'' closed permanently due to the

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. In March 2021, Attia was announced as the curator for the 12th

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. He is the first artist to curate the biennale since New-York based collective DIS, who presented the 9th edition in 2016. In November 2021, he had an exhibition entitled "On Silence" at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in

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Collections

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

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, New York, * the

Sharjah Art Foundation The Sharjah Art Foundation ( ar, مؤسسة الشارقة للفنون) is a contemporary art and cultural foundation based in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, founded in 2009 by Hoor Al Qasimi, daughter of Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, a me ...

, *the

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, * the '' Centre Georges Pompidou'', Paris, * the

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, and * the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Awards

In 2016, he won France's '' Prix Marcel Duchamp''. In 2018, he was awarded the Joan Miró Prize.

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