Adel Abdessemed1971

Abdessemed's artworks, often use video as a medium have been presented internationally-acclaimed art festivals and institutions including MoMA PS1 (New York, USA), Venice Biennale (Italy), The São Paulo Art Biennial (Brazil), and Pompidou Centre (France). Abdessemed's artworks give rise to a public controversy such as his bronze sculpture, "headbutt (Coup de tête)" revealed in 2012 at Pompidou Centre that featured the incident of Zinedine Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi at 2006 FIFA World Cup final. Other renown artworks include "Real time" (2003), and "Décor" (2011-2012). Major projects and exhibitions include Yokohama Triennale 2001 (2001, Japan), The 50th, 52nd, & 56th Venice Biennale (2003, 2007, 2015, Italy), The 27th São Paulo Art Biennial (2006, Brazil), and solo exhibition, "Practice Zero Tolerance" (2006, La Criée, centre d'art contemporain Rennes and Fonds régional d'art contemporain d'Île-de-France-Le Plateau centre d'art contemporain, Paris, France) and "Adel Abdessemed: Dead or Alive"(2007, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York).

Biography

1971　Born in Constantine, Algeria
Lives and works in Paris, France

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Solo Exhibitions

2020 Play it Again / Art Front Gallery, Tokyo
2018 Au-delà du principe de plaisir, Les rencontres de la photographie / Arles, France
2018 Otchi Tchiornie, Mac’s Grand-Hornu / Belgium
2018 L’Antidote, MAC Lyon / Lyon, France
2017 Conflit, Musée des Beaux-Arts / Montréal, Canada
2015 Palace, CAC / Malaga, Spain
2012 Adel Abdessemed Je suis innocent, Centre Georges Pompidou / Paris, France
2010 Adel Abdessemed: Silent Warriors, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art / London, England
2009 Le ali di dio, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo / Turin, Italy.
2008 Situation and Practice, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Cambridge MA, USA
2008 Drawing for Human Park, Le Magasin - Centre national d’art contemporain de Grenoble / Grenoble, France
2007 Dead or Alive, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City / New York, USA

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Group Exhibitions

2022 Setouchi Triennale, Kagawa
2021 Ichihara Art x Mix 2020+, Chiba
2021 Survival Nature, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo
2021 Artists' Breath, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba
2020 [SPECIAL COLLABORATION] Opera ”Saint François d’Assise", Grand Théâtre de Genève, Stage Design by Adel Abdessemed, / Geneva, Switzerland
2018 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Echigo Tsumari / Japan
2018 Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles / Arles, France
2017 OKU-NOTO (Suzu 2017) Triennale / Suzu, Japan
2017 The Restless Earth: Triennale de Milan, Nicola Trussardi Foundation / Milan, Italy.
2017 15th Istanbul Biennial / Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Surfaces, église des Célestins, Festival d'Avignon,/ France
2016 Bristow, commissioned by Bold Tendencies CIC / London, United Kingdom
2015 56th Venice Biennale / Venice, Italy
2011 54th Venice Biennale / Venice, Italy
2010 Aichi Triennale 2010: Arts and Cities, Aichi Arts Center / Nagoya, Japan
2009 10th Lyon Biennale : Le spectacle du quotidien, La Sucrière, Musée d'Art Contemporain / Lyon, France
2009 10th Havana Biennial: Integration and Resistance in the Global Age, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam / Havana, Cuba
2008 7th Gwangju Biennale: On the Road/Position Papers/Insertions, Gwangju / South Korea
2007 10th Istanbul Biennial / Istanbul, Turkey
2007 52nd Venice Biennale / Venice, Italy
2006 27th São Paulo Biennial: Como Viver Junto/How to Live Together, São Paulo, Brazil; Museo de Arte Contemporánea / Santiago, Chile
2003 50th Venice Biennale / Venice, Italy
2003 Happiness: a Survival Guide for Art and Life, Mori Art Museum / Tokyo, Japan
2001 Yokohama Triennale / Kanagawa, Japan

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