1970 born in Dugny, France and lives and works between Berlin, Germany and Algiers, Algeria.

Kader Attia grew up between Paris and in Algeria. Preceding his studies at the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and at Escola Massana, Centre d’Art i Disseny in Barcelona, he spent several years in Congo and in South America.

His work explores the impact of Western cultural and political capitalism on the Middle East and North Africa, as well as how this residual strain of struggle and resistance to colonisation impacts Arab youth, particularly in the banlieues (suburbs) of France where Kader lived. While each new series employs different materials, symbols and scale, Attia’s practice continually returns to a sustained look at the poetic dimensions and complexities of contemporary life.

Kader's work has been on display at the 57th Venice Bienniale; The Power Plant, Toronto; and ACCA Melbourne. Past solo exhibitions include “Repairing the Invisible” at SMAK in Ghent; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; “Sacrifice and Harmony”, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; “The Injuries are Here”, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne; “Contre Nature”, Beirut Art Center; “Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob’s Ladder”, Whitechapel Gallery, London; “Repair. 5 Acts”, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. Kader took part in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel, as well as group shows at MoMA, New York; or Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris) or The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, to name a few.

In 2016, Kader was awarded with the Marcel Duchamp Prize, followed by the Prize of the Miró Foundation, Barcelona, and the Yanghyun Art Prize, Seoul, in 2017.

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