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ZOULIKHA BOUABDELLAH
Zoulikha Bouabdellah (born 1977, Moscow) lives and works in Casablanca. She grew up in Algiers and moved to France with her family
in 1993 due to the civil war. From this plural identity, the artist draws the foundation of her work, which is built around transgression,
humour and subversion. Through installation, video and photograph, her works question authoritative representations, be they political,
social, moral, religious or formal. Her work strives to articulate notions of feminism and sexuality, both as political intervention and as an
emancipatory gesture. Her works have been featured in Experiments in the Arab Avant-garde at the French Cinémathèque in Paris,
Africa Remix at the Centre Pompidou (2005), and Paradise Now! Essential Avant-Guarde French Cinema 1890 – 2008 at the Tate
Modern (2008). Bouabdellah’s work was also part of Body Talk at Wiels (2015), Modernites Plurielles 1905 – 1970 at Centre Pompidou
(2014), The Divine Comedy at Museum für Moderne Kunst (2014), Music Palace, the Power of Music seen by Visual Artists at the
Boghossian Foundation (2014), The Progress of Love at The Menil Foundation (2012). She has also exhibited at the Venice Biennale
(2007), Aichi Triennial (2010), Bamako Biennial (2003), Mori Art Museum (2006), Brooklyn Museum (2007), Museum of Modern Art
Ludwig Foundation (2006), Museum Kunst Palast (2004), Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (2009), Mathaf: Arab
Museum of Modern Art (2013) and the Moderna Museet (2012). Zoulikha Bouabdellah is the recipient of several awards including the
Prix Meurice for Contemporary Art, Paris (2008) for her sculpture The Kiss. She was one of the three winners of the inaugural Abraaj
Capital Prize, Dubai (2009) for her installation Walking on the Sky, Pisces award for young Algerian creation, and Villa Medicis Hors les
Murs in Cape Town (2005). She has completed residencies at the Art School Palestine in Ramallah, Amherst College in
Massachussetts and in Cape Town. Her works are held in several public collections including Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art,
Beijing, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, and Moderner Kunst
Stifung Ludwig, Wien, among others.
EDUCATION
2002
2000
MA in Visual Expression, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts, Cergy
Visual Arts, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts, Cergy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Inverted, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas
Objets de desir, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid
Double Truth, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai
L'envers et l'endroit, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Bizarre, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid
Elle et lui, GVCC, Casablanca
Any Resemblance to Actual Persons, Living or Dead, Is Purely Coincidental, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai
Solo project, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Marrakech Art Fair
Mirage, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid
Set Me Free from my Chains, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai
CMOOA, Rabat
Hobb, La B.A.N.K, Paris
Silence, Galerie 52’13’’, Berlin
Bleu, Blanc Rouge and other colours, La B.A.N.K, Paris
Mutation, La Lettre volée, Brussels
Zoulikha Bouabdellah, IZIKO, South African National Gallery, Cape Town
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
2016
2015
2014
2014
2013
2012
2011
Lucy's Iris. Contemporary African Women Artists, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas
Waste Lands, Museo San Telmo, San Sebastian
Lucy's Iris. Contemporary African Women Artists, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla, Leon
Cross-Border: Video works by contemporary artists from the Southern Mediterranean, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirura
Body Talk: féminisme, sexualité et corps dans l’œuvre de six artistes africaines, Wiels, Brussels
Cherchez l'Erreur, The Institute of Islamic Culture, Paris
Memory, Place, Desire: Contemporary Art of the Maghreb and the Maghrebi Diaspora, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery,
Haverford College, Haverford
Music Palace, The Power of Music Seen by Visual Artists, Fondation Boghossian, Brussels
Sculpture du Sud, Villa Datris, Fondation de la sculpture contemporaine, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
The Divine Comedy, Museum Fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Modernités plurielles de 1905 à 1970, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Traits d'union, Paris et l'art contemporain arabe, Villa des Arts, Rabat
Nervous Women, Dr. Guislain, Gent
Khatt and after, Mathaf : Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha
Cross-Border, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe
The Progress of Love, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
Horizons Croises, 34th International Cultural Moussem, Asilah
Arrivals and Departures 2012: The Mediterranean, Mole Vanvitelliana, Acona
Traits d’Union, Paris et l’art contemporain arabe, Villa Emerige, Paris, Beirut, Sana'a
Le Corps a Decouvert, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Big Brother, l’artiste face aux tyrans, Palais des Arts et du festival, Dinard
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2003
2002
Disquieting Muses, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki
Fluxus - African Contemporary Art, Chiesa Del Santi Carlo E Agata, Reggio Emilia
Illumination (after Arthur Rimbaud), Curated by Ashok Adiceam, LTMH Gallery, New York
La Nature ne fait Rien sans Objet, La B.A.N.K, Paris
Nouba, Aichi Triennial
Les Mécaniques Amoureuses, Maison Guerlain, Paris
Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
Coexistencias, 2nd Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries
The Other Shadow of the City, The Palestinian Art Court-al Hoash, Jerusalem
Perspectives: women, art and Islam, co-presented by MoCADA and the Museum for African Art, New York
The seen and the hidden: (dis)covering the veil, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
Wondering Where the ducks Went..., Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Salerno
ArtEast, Video screening, Dansons, Dubai
ImagesPassages, Dansons, Annecy
Turin Triennial, Italy Point Ephémère, Paris
The third space: Cultural Identity Today, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
Home ?, Galerie des tourelles, Nanterre
L’art au féminin, Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Algiers
Black-Paris, Black-Bruxelles, Ixelles
Global Feminisms, Davis Museum and Cultural Centre, Boston and 7th Bamako Biennial
Airs de Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and African Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale
Dreamdance, Visual Arts Space, Vénissieux
Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York
Sexy Souks, Point Ephémère, Paris
Paris du monde entier, Artistes étrangers à Paris 1900-2005, The National Art Center, Tokyo
Paris Black, Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth
Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Why Pictures Now?, Museum Moderner Kunst Stifung Ludwig, Vienna
I love art vidéo, 7th edition, Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Strasbourg
MAM SCREEN, Dansons screening in Tokyo subway, Tokyo
L’image révélée, Palais Kheireddine Musée de la ville de Tunis
Occident vist des d’orient, Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona
Africa Remix, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Hayward Gallery
Beauté. Afrique @ Nantes, Le Lieu unique, Nantes, France ‘Africa Remix’, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf
The Sneeze 80 x 80, Gazonrouge, Athens, Greece VIth African Contemporary Art Biennial Dak’art, Dakar
Illusiones, Espacio C., Cantabria, Spain ‘Les Afriques’, Tri Postal, Lille
Rites sacrés, rites profanes, Vth Rencontres de la photographie africaine, Bamako
La plateforme-dispositif mobile d’échange et de recherche euro-méditerranéen en création contemporaine, Algiers
Zineb Sedira, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Espace croisé, Roubaix
Une nuit d’Art...ventures, 93 artistes. Orlan invite Les Ex de Paris-Cergy, Paris
Focus pratique de la vidéo en école d’art, La Vitrine, École supérieure nationale d’art de Paris-Cergy
L’Europe fantôme. Visions africaines de l’Europe et des Européens, Brussels
Obszervatorio#7. Introspective Zoulikha Bouabdellah et Olodélé Bamgboye, European Satellite Camu flage, Brussels
Vth African Contemporary Art Biennial Dak’art, Dakar
Obszervatorio#3, recontextualization of Vth African Contemporary Art Biennial Dak’art, Dakar
Camou flage, European Satellite, Brussels
L’ami de mon amie. Cergy Connexion, Cergy-Pontoise
VIDEO FESTIVALS
2010
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
E-flux video rental, Fondazione Giuliani per l’arte contemporanea, Rome
Paradise Now! Essential French Avant-Garde Cinema, 1890-2008, Tate Modern, London
New Media Screenings, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas
Carte blanche à Elvan Zabunyan, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Video story, Centre Pompidou’s 30th anniversary, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Live Screen, Saddler’s Well, London
MAM SCREEN, Dansons screening in Tokyo subway, Tokyo
I love art vidéo, 7th edition, Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Strasbourg
Playing in the Light: Black Dance Film Tour, Tate Modern, London
23rd festival Tous courts, Aix-en-Provence
Festival Vidéoformes, Clermont-Ferrand
Nuit de la vidéo française, Warsaw-Cracow-Gdansk
Expérimentations dans les avant-gardes arabes, Cinémathèque française
Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France Image Contre Nature, Marseille, France Festival Cinéma
Méditerranéen, Montpellier
Festival Vidéoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France IVe festival des Cinémas différents, Paris
IIIe festival des Cinémas Différents, Paris
AWARDS
2008
Ele Meurice for Contemporary Art Prize, Paris
2005
Abraaj Group Art Prize, Dubai
Prize for young Algerian creation, Algiers
Winner of Villa Medicis Hors les Murs (AFAA), Cape Town
COLLECTIONS
Nadour Collection
Le Meurice Collection, Paris
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
La Fondation Francès
Moderner Kunst Stifung Ludwig, Wien
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
Sindika Dokolo Foundation, Luanda
Deutsche Bank
Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah