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Fragmental #2, 2013, Drawing on printed Image, © Kader Attia, 2013

Act 1: Culture, installation view, MIRRORS AND MASKS, detail, Wooden masks, spegel, steel, Maße variabel, Courtesy the artist, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Galleria Continua, Galerie Krinzinger, Photo: Uwe Walter

Act 3: Science, REPAIR ANALYSIS, detail, Repaired mirrors, lithographs, wooden mask, dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Galleria Continua, Galerie Krinzinger, Photo: Uwe Walter

Fragmental #2, 2013, Drawing on printed Image, © Kader Attia, 2013

Act 1: Culture, installation view, MIRRORS AND MASKS, detail, Wooden masks, mirror, steel, Maße variabel, Courtesy the artist, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Galleria Continua, Galerie Krinzinger, Photo: Uwe Walter

Act 3: Science, REPAIR ANALYSIS, detail, Repaired mirrors, lithographs, wooden mask, dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist, Ga

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KADER ATTIA

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

Born in Dugny, France, 1970.

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Algiers, Algeria.

 

Education:       

École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, 1998
Escola Massana, Centre d’Art i Disseny, Barcelona, Spain, 1994
École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré, Paris, France, 1993

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

 

2024

“Pluvialité,” mor Charpentier, Paris, France, October 5 – November 16, 2024

“Kader Attia: Descent Into Paradise,” MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, Montpellier, June 22 – September 22, 2024

"Kader Attia: J'accuse," Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, April 27 – August 19, 2024

 

2021    

“Kader Attia: On Silence,” Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, November 8, 2021 – March 3

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Kader Attia

Kader Attia
Attia in 2015
Born	(1970-12-30) 30 December 1970 (age 54) Dugny, France
Known for	Visual art

French artist

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

Early life

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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 decoratifsParis, in 1998.^[6][7][8]

Work

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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 pandem