Kader Attia

Kader Attia (born December 30, 1970) is a French artist.[1]

Kader Attia
Attia in 2015
BornDecember 30, 1970
Dugny, France
Known forVisual art

Early life

Attia was born in Dugny, France to Algerian parents and was raised in Paris and Algeria.[2][3] 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.[4][5][6]

Work

His work often examines social injustice, marginalized communities and postcolonialism.[7][8][9]

In 2016, he founded La Colonie, a gallery in Paris' Gare du Nord train station.[10][11][12]

Collections

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

Awards

In 2016 he won France's Prix Marcel Duchamp.[18][19] In 2018 he was awarded the Joan Miró Prize.[20][21]

References
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  4. Project Europa: Imagining the (im)possible. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9762552-9-1.
  5. Mansour Abrous (1 February 2011). Algérie : Arts Plastiques: Dictionnaire biographique (1900-2010). Editions L'Harmattan. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-2-296-45164-3.
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  13. "Kader Attia. Open Your Eyes. 2010 - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
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  15. Tate. "'Untitled (Ghardaïa)', Kader Attia, 2009". Tate. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  16. "Ghost - Centre Pompidou". www.centrepompidou.fr.
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  18. "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.
  19. 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.
  20. "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.
  21. 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.
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