short biography
Kader Attia (born 1970, Dugny / Seine-Saint-Denis, France) is an installation artist, photographer and curator, based in Paris, Berlin and Algiers. He took part in Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018), the Sharjah Biennial (2017), the 57th Venice Biennale (2017) and documenta 13, Kassel (2012). In 2022 he curated the 12th Berlin Biennale.
Kader Attia was awarded the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2016, followed by the Prize of the Miró Foundation, Barcelona, and the Yanghyun Art Prize, Seoul, in 2017.
He studied at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré, Paris; at the Escola de Artes Applicades La Massana, Barcelona; and at the Ecole National Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Paris.
Sculptures, installations, drawings, photography
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19. Oct 18. Feb 2024MENSCHHEITSDÄMMERUNG. Kunst in Umbruchzeiten Kunstmuseum Bonn
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14. Oct 14. Jan 2024The Great Repair Akademie der Künste, Berlin
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30. Sep 25. Feb 2024DIX UND DIE GEGENWART Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
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25. Mar 01. OctI’ve Only Got Eyes For You Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf
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07. Feb 11. JunSharjah Biennial 15 - 2023 Sharjah Biennial
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25. Jun 25. AugIl Cono d'Ombra (The Shadow Cone) - Decolonial narratives of the Overseas Castel Nuovo, Naples
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11. Jun 18. Sep12. Berlin Biennale berlin biennale '
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02. Jun 10. SepJitish Kallat. Tangled Hierarchy John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
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10. Sep 24. Apr 2022Mindbombs Kunsthalle Mannheim
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04. Sep 09. Jan 2022Oil - Beauty and Horror in the Petrol Age Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
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11. Jun 03. Dec30 Jahre KW: - Auktion in Kooperation mit Grisebach KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
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11. Jun 27. JunGlasgow international 2021 Glasgow International
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08. May 05. SepActive Threads KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf
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07. May 19. SepThe Roaring Twenties Guggenheim Bilbao
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30. Apr 09. MayDie Balkone 2 - Scratching the Surface Die Balkone Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
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14. Apr 19. JunKader Attia. The Museum of Repair STATE OF CONCEPT ATHENS
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01. Apr 09. May13th Gwangju Biennale Gwangju Biennale
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01. Dec 11. Apr 2021Bon Voyage. Reisen in der Kunst der Gegenwart Ludwig Forum, Aachen
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29. Oct 10. Jan 2021EMPÖRT EUCH! KUNST IN ZEITEN DES ZORNS Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
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01. Oct 31. OctEuropean Month of Photography 2020 EMOP European Month of Photography Berlin
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21. Aug 15. NovKader Attia Kunsthaus Zürich
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04. Jul 08. OctImage Wars. Macht der Bilder HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark
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03. Jul 11. OctSchall und Rauch. Die wilden Zwanziger Kunsthaus Zürich
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14. Apr 18. OctMythologies – The Beginning and End of Civilizations ARoS Aarhus
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03. Apr 12. JulKader Attia at Sesc Pompeia: Social Repairs, from Human Being to Culture SESC SAO PAULO
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21. Mar 28. JunDaily Nightshift - Group Exhibition Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
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21. Feb 17. MayOur world is burning Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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28. Nov 30. Aug 2020Tell me about yesterday tomorrow NS-Dokumentationszentrum München
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23. Oct 26. Jan 2020When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art ICA Boston
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18. Oct 06. Jan 2020Liebe und Ethnologie HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
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10. Oct 15. Feb 2020Phantom Limb Jameel Arts Centre Dubai
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18. Sep 17. NovKader Attia - MATRIX 274 Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
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05. Sep 13. OctMOMENTA 2019 MOMENTA Biennale de l’image, Montreal
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27. Jun 22. SepHomeless Souls Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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30. May 25. AugMASK - The Art of Transformation Kunstmuseum Bonn
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05. Apr 30. JunFly me to the Moon. 50 Jahre Mondlandung Kunsthaus Zürich
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16. Mar 16. JunPsyche als Schauplatz des Politischen Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
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15. Mar 09. JunClimbing Through the Tide Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis
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15. Mar 10. Junbauhaus imaginista HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
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09. Oct 12. Jan 2019Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking Americas Society, New York
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07. Sep 11. Nov12th Gwangju Biennale 2018 Gwangju Biennale
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16. Jun 04. NovMANIFESTA 12 PALERMO 2018 Manifesta Palermo
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15. Jun 30. SepKader Attia - Scars Remind Us that Our Past Is Real Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona
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11. Apr 17. JunBUT A STORM IS BLOWING FROM PARADISE GAM Galleria d´Arte Moderna, Milan
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23. Mar 29. JulImage Profile. Aspekte des Dokumentarischen in der fotografischen Sammlung des MMK MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
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08. Mar 27. MayDEUTSCHLAND IST KEINE INSEL BUNDESKUNSTHALLE Bonn
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02. Mar 19. AugBlind Faith: Zeitgenössische Kunst zwischen Intuition und Reflexion Haus der Kunst, München '
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25. Feb 06. MaySysteme der Abgrenzung Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal
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16. Feb 13. MayOne and Other. A project by Kader Attia & Jean-Jacques Lebel Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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28. Jan 29. AprGegen die Strömung - Reise ins Ungewisse Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
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27. Jan 13. MayKader Attia The Power Plant, Toronto
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01. Nov 21. Jan 2018KADER ATTIA. ARCHITEKTUR DER ERINNERUNG LUDWIGMUSEUM Koblenz
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14. Oct 14. OctField Guide Remai Modern, Saskatoon
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30. Sep 26. NovKader Attia ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
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23. Sep 18. Feb 2018I AM A PROBLEM MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
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20. Sep 10. DecPLURIVERSALE VII. Stealing from the West Akademie der Künste der Welt, Köln
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06. Jun 23. JulHigh-tension. 8 Winners of the Marcel Duchamp Prize Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou
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25. May 15. OctHow To Live Together Kunsthalle Wien
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25. May 06. AugDoublethink - Double vision Pera Museum, Istanbul
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23. May 05. NovSEHT, da ist DER MENSCH Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg
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13. May 26. Nov57. Venice Biennale 2017 | International Pavilion "Viva Arte Viva" Venice Biennale
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28. Apr 20. AugThe Restless Earth (La Terra Inquieta) Triennale Milano
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12. Apr 30. JulKader Attia – When Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Sydney
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31. Mar 01. OctKader Attia | Repairing the Invisible S.M.A.K. Ghent
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30. Mar 03. JunThe White Hunter/Il Cacciatore Bianco. African Memories and Representations FM Centre for Contemporary Art, Milan °
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17. Mar 04. JunThe shyness of the crowns Frac Lorraine, Metz
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10. Mar 12. JunSharjah Biennial 13 Sharjah Biennial
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04. Mar 09. AprKathmandu Triennale 2017 Kathmandu Triennale
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05. Feb 26. NovJAGUARS AND ELECTRIC EELS JULIA STOSCHEK FOUNDATION BERLIN
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17. Oct 19. Mar 2017The End of the World Centro Pecci, Prato
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23. Jun 18. SepPar tibi, Roma, nihil Nomas Foundation, Rome
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29. Apr 05. OctBut a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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16. Apr 17. Juleva international 2016 – Ireland's Biennial 'Still (the) Barbarians' EVA INTERNATIONAL Limerick
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16. Apr 14. AugKader Attia - Sacrifice and Harmony MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
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14. Apr 17. AprNagel Draxler at ART COLOGNE 2016. Kader Attia Galerie Nagel Draxler, Köln
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01. Apr 18. SepThe City, Faraway Frac Centre-Val de Loire, Orleans
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23. Mar 28. AugMaking Africa. A Continent of Contemporary Design CCCB Barcelona
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24. Feb 08. May6. Marrakech Biennale 2016 Marrakech Biennale °
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04. Dec 13. Mar 2016STREAMLINES. OZEANE, WELTHANDEL UND MIGRATION Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
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04. Nov 28. Feb 2016BOUNDARY OBJECTS CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Mostoles °
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31. Oct 28. NovKader Attia. Reason’s Oxymorons Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
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30. Oct 21. Feb 2016Making Africa. A Continent of Contemporary Design Guggenheim Bilbao
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09. Oct 20. Mar 2016DEMONSTRATING MINDS. DISAGREEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY ART KIASMA Helsinki
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12. Sep 22. NovGöteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2015 Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA)
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11. Sep 17. OctVerkauf in Nebenräumen / Sales in the Side Rooms. curated by Harald Falckenberg Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
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10. Sep 03. Jan 201613th Biennale de Lyon 2015 La Biennale de Lyon
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20. Jun 20. SepKÜNSTLICHE TATSACHEN / BOUNDARY OBJECTS Kunsthaus Dresden
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13. Jun 30. AugAfter Babel Moderna Museet Stockholm
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12. Jun 06. SepEuropa. Die Zukunft der Geschichte Kunsthaus Zürich
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22. May 30. AugKader Attia. Les blessures sont là Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne °
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02. May 20. JunKader Attia. Scarification, Self Skin's Architecture Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
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18. Apr 21. Jun#catcontent Kunstpalais Erlangen
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18. Apr 16. MayKADER ATTIA. COMPLEMENTARY CONVERSATIONS Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
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03. Apr 14. SepLeiris & Co. : Bacon, Giacometti, Lam, Masson, Miró, Picasso… Centre Pompidou-Metz
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27. Mar 03. JunGHOST. KADER ATTIA Kunsthall 3,14 Bergen
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14. Mar 13. SepMaking Africa. A Continent of Contemporary Design Vitra Design Museum - Weil am Rhein
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08. Mar 17. MayIN/VISIBLE IKOB, Eupen '
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14. Feb 10. AprInvisible Violence Salzburger Kunstverein
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16. Dec 22. Feb 2015Kader Attia. Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob's Ladder BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
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12. Dec 29. Mar 2015Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014/15 Kochi-Muziris Biennale
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28. Nov 28. Feb 2015WIR SIND ALLE BERLINER: 1884-2014 SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
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08. Nov 13. DecKader Attia. Show your injuries Lehmann Maupin, New York
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07. Nov 01. Feb 2015FRAGMENTS OF EMPIRES MOMENTUM Berlin
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25. Oct 29. Mar 2015Kader Attia. Culture, Another Nature Repaired Middelheim Museum, Antwerp
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15. Oct 03. Jan 2015Anmerkungen zum Beginn des kurzen 20. Jahrhunderts riesa efau. Motorenhalle | Galerie Adlergasse | Runde Ecke
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10. Oct 10. Jan 2015Pale Fire: Revising Boundaries M WOODS, Beijing
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03. Oct 08. Feb 2015Time Present SAM Singapore Art Museum
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21. Sep 26. Oct4th Mediations Biennale. When Nowhere Becomes Here MEDIATIONS BIENNALE POLSKA Poznan
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26. Jul 21. SepPunctum. Bemerkungen zur Photographie Salzburger Kunstverein
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16. Jul 28. SepHere and Elsewhere New Museum, New York
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11. Jul 07. SepThe crime was almost perfect PAC Milan °
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10. May 24. AugKader Attia. Beginning of the world Galleria Continua, Beijing
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21. Mar 27. JulDie Göttliche Komödie MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
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26. Feb 31. Mar5. Marrakech Biennale 2014 Marrakech Biennale °
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24. Jan 27. AprThe Crime Was Almost Perfect Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
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26. Nov 23. Nov 2014Kader Attia. Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacobs Ladder Whitechapel Gallery, London
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12. Oct 27. OctWerkleitz Festival Jubiläums Festival 2013 Werkleitz Festival, Halle
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11. Oct 19. Jan 2014UNSTABLE TERRITORY. Borders and identity in contemporary art Palazzo Strozzi, Florence °
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07. Sep 03. NovMUSEUM OFF MUSEUM 1 Kunstverein Bielefeld
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06. Sep 12. Jan 2014Salon der Angst Kunsthalle Wien
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26. May 25. AugKader Attia - Reparatur. 5 Akte KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
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28. Apr 25. AugRELAUNCH KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
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16. Jan 16. MayMODERNITY Perspectives from France and Turkey ISTANBUL MODERN
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12. Jan 07. AprHere, Elsewhere / Ici, ailleurs 2013 Marseille-Provence - European Capital of Culture / France
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19. Oct 19. OctIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Anna-Catharina Gebbers Bibliothekswohnung, Berlin
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19. Oct 20. OctIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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22. Sep 20. Jan 2013Die Stadt, die es nicht gibt. Bilder globaler Räume Ludwig Forum, Aachen
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12. Sep 11. Mar 2013Performing Histories MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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01. Sep 10. DecNewtopia: The state of human rights Cultuurcentrum Mechelen
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07. Jul 09. SepRäume der Erinnerung Kunsthalle Düsseldorf '
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09. Jun 16. Sepdocumenta 13 documenta Kassel
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24. May 31. JulArsenale 2012 - 1st Kyiv Biennial Kyiv Biennial, Kiew '
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03. Mar 15. AprIn anderen Worten NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin '
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03. Mar 15. AprIn anderen Worten Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
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28. Jan 03. MarKader Attia: Collages Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
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09. Nov 22. DecThe Walls That Divide Us apexart, New York
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05. Oct 01. Jan 2012COLLECTOR Lille 3000
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23. Sep 05. Feb 2012WUNDER Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
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17. Sep 05. Feb 2012The Global Contemporary. Kunstwelten nach 1989 ZKM | Karlsruhe
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29. Jul 16. OctLevel 2 Gallery. Contested Terrains Tate Modern, London
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02. Jun 20. NovThe Future of a Promise 54th International Art Exhibition, Pavilions & Collateral Events
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06. Feb 01. MayLIVINGROOM EXOTICA Kunsthaus Glarus
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06. Feb 12. MarKader Attia. GHOST Galerie Christian Nagel Antwerpen
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19. Jan 26. MarProject Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York
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24. Sep 02. Novsteirischer herbst 2010: Utopie und Monument II steirischer herbst '
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17. Sep 09. Jan 2011Die Zukunft der Tradition - die Tradition der Zukunft Haus der Kunst, München '
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11. Sep 20. NovBusan Biennale 2010 'Living in Evolution' Busan Biennale
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04. Sep 21. NovMake Yourself at Home Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
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25. Jun 10. OctStreet and Studio. Von Basquiat bis Séripop Kunsthalle Wien
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06. Jun 04. SepKADER ATTIA. Holy Land Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
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12. May 01. AugBiennale of Sydney 2010 Biennale of Sydney
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05. May 09. AugDREAMLANDS Centre Pompidou Paris
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07. Feb 09. MayProject Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville
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04. Dec 14. Mar 2010GAGARIN the Artists in their Own Words - The first Decade S.M.A.K. Ghent
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19. Nov 22. NovAbu Dhabi Art 2009 Abu Dhabi Art °
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14. Nov 24. Jan 2010MEHR ALS EIN T-SHIRT Kunstverein Bielefeld
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22. Sep 17. Octcargo Autocenter, Berlin
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22. Sep 31. OctKader Attia: As a fold, Horizon is not a space Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
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10. Sep 24. SepArt TLV 09 Public Space Tel Aviv
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24. May 27. Sep2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki Biennale
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30. Jan 09. MayUNVEILED: New Art from the Middle East Saatchi Gallery, London
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10. Sep 18. OctIconoclastes : les territoires de l´esprit Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
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29. Aug 26. OctIN DER WÜSTE DER MODERNE HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
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29. Aug 30. AugIaspis Open house, autumn 2008 IASPIS, Stockholm
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19. Aug 25. SepNEXT: YESTERDAY - TODAY - TOMORROW Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
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17. Jul 07. Sep30. Bienal de Pontevedra 2008 Bienal de Pontevedra
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04. Jul 28. SepKader Attia : Black & White Centro Huarte
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19. Mar 22. Marart dubai 2008 Art Dubai
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14. Dec 26. Jan 2008Kader Attia Samson Projects, Boston
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26. Nov 28. DecThe Big Easy ACC Weimar
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21. Sep 13. Jan 2008Kader Attia BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
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20. Sep 30. DecEquatorial Rhythms Stenersen Museum, Oslo
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24. Jul 11. AugTheater of Cruelty Whitebox Art Center, New York
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07. Jul 16. SepDe leur temps (2) Musée de Grenoble
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15. Jun 28. JulNew Economy Artists Space, New York
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13. May 30. JunAcceleration CAN Neuchâtel
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28. Apr 02. JunKader Attia Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
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27. Mar 18. MayThe Politics of Fear Albion Gallery
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22. Nov 22. JanRegards des photographes arabes Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
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22. Oct 07. Jan 2007Kader Attia Le Magasin CNAC Grenoble
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16. Jun 13. AugKader Attia macLYON
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14. Jun 18. JunArt 37 Basel 2006 ART BASEL in Basel
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23. Mar 06. MayKader Attia Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
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20. Nov 12. FebKader Attia Herzliya Museum of Art
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23. Oct 22. Oct 2006Home Sweet Home CCC Tours
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21. Oct 20. NovIn Between Times Tramway Glasgow °
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06. Oct 10. OctFiac Paris 2005 Fiac Paris
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30. Sep 01. Jan 2006Meeting Point Stenersen Museum, Oslo
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12. Sep 31. Dec8. Biennale de Lyon 2005 La Biennale de Lyon
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07. May 10. JunKader Attia Sketch London
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05. Oct 30. OctNAHER OSTEN NÄHER Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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03. Jul 10. OctSHAKE Linz&Nice VILLA ARSON, Nice °
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28. May 25. JulSHAKE Linz&Nice - Staatsaffäre OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz
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27. Feb 27. MarKader Attia MENNOUR Paris
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15. Jun 02. Nov50. Venice Biennale 2003 "Dreams and Conflicts. The dictatorship of the Viewer" Venice Biennale