Sonia Kacem

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Sonia Kacem
Kacem in 2019
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Geneva, Romandy, Switzerland
Alma materGeneva University of Art and Design
OccupationVisual artist
Known forSculpture, installation art
WebsiteOfficial website

Sonia Kacem (born 1985)[1][2] is a Swiss visual artist, of Swiss and Tunisian descent.[3] She is known for her sculptures and installation art.[4][1] She has lived in both Amsterdam,[5] and Geneva.[6]

Biography[edit]

Sonia Kacem was born in 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland.[6] Her mother is Swiss and her father is Tunisian. She studied at Geneva University of Art and Design,[7] where she obtained a bachelor's degree in 2009 and then a master's degree in 2011.

Kacem was the winner of the Manor Cultural Prize 2014;[6][8] Kiefer Hablitzel Göhner Art Prize in 2015;[8] and the Zurich Art Prize 2021, from the museum Haus Konstruktiv and the Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.[5] From 2016 to 2017, she was awarded a residency and grant from the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, in Amsterdam.[8] In 2019, she was awarded the residency at Pro Helvetia Cairo.[5][9]

Her work is in museum collections, including at Migros Museum of Contemporary Art.[10]

Solo exhibitions[edit]

  • 2021, museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland[5][11]
  • 2019, Between the Scenes, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany[12]
  • 2018, Did snow fall on the pyramids?, T293, Rome, Italy[8][13]
  • 2017, Carcass, Swiss Cultural Center, Paris, France[8]
  • 2015, The Flâneur, T293, Naples, Italy[8]
  • 2015, Bermuda Triangle, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland[8]
  • 2015, Loulou Replay, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany[8]
  • 2014, Loulou, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland[8]
  • 2013, Petra, Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland[4]
  • 2013, Thérèse, Athenaeum Palace, Salle Crosnier, Geneva, Switzerland[4][8]
  • 2011, Progress MI 07, Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Sonia Kacem, Loulou". Mamco (in French). 2014. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  2. ^ Angerame, Nicola Davide (2016-07-04). "Sonia Kacem al CAC di Ginevra". Artribune (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  3. ^ "Sonia Kacem, Textures latentes". Le Courrier (in French). 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  4. ^ a b c d "Sonia Kacem". Frieze. No. 16. 2014-08-23. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  5. ^ a b c d "In 2021, the Zurich Art Prize Goes to Sonia Kacem". ArtDependence. November 18, 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  6. ^ a b c Conti, Di Riccardo (2022-05-21). "Il senso del colore e dello spazio per Sonia Kacem". Harper's BAZAAR (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  7. ^ "Thomas Huber: extase / Vanessa Billy: Dear Life / Sonia Kacem: Carcasse, Centre culturel suisse, Paris". e-flux.com. January 19, 2017. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Sonia Kacem". Ensemble Vide (in French). 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  9. ^ "Sonia Kacem "Le Superflu" Haus Konstruktiv / Zurich |". Flash Art. 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  10. ^ "Sonia Kacem". Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  11. ^ "Sonia Kacem – Le Superflu (Zurich Art Prize 2021)". Frieze. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  12. ^ "Sonia Kacem "Between the scenes" at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster". Mousse Magazine. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  13. ^ "Sonia Kacem". Frieze. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
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