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Mounir Fatmi Biography
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1970 |
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Born in Tangier, Morocco
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1989 |
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School of Fine Arts, Casablanca, Morocco
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1991 |
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School of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy
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1993 |
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First Prize, Biennial of Young Painters Fondation Wafabank, Casablanca
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1994 |
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First Prize, Second Annnual Festival of Arab Video, Casablanca
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1996 |
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Fellowship of Bourse de l'AFAA, Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
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1998 |
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Special mention, International festival of new film, Split, Croatia
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1998 |
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Special price of the Jury ex-æquo, Festival vidéo d'Estavar-Llivia, Estavar, France
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1998 |
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1st prize Video-creation, Canarias International Mediafest, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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2006 |
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Fellowshio of Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2006 |
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Grand Prix Leopold Sedar, Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
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2006 |
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Stichting kunstprijs Willem F.C. Uriôt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lives and works in Paris, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Fuck Architects: Chapter III, FRAC Alsace, Sélestat, France
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2009
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Minimalism is Capitalist, Conrads Galerie, Düsseldorf
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2009
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Hard Head, video works, Tank TV, web-based projects
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2009
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Out of Line, Lombard-Freid Projects, NY
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2009
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Things Fall Apart, Winkleman Gallery, NY
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2009
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Crossings, Darb 17 18, Egyptian Contemporary Art and Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt
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2009
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Another Border: Who are the others? Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden
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2009
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Looking Inside Out, Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, Norway
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2009
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After Architecture: Tipologies de Després, Santa Monica Art
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2008
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Moving towards a Balanced Earth: kick the carbon habit, The Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
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2008
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Biennale de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
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2008
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Traversia, CAAM, Canary Islands
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2008
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Connexion 02, galerie Delacroix, Tangier, Morocco (solo)
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2008
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Paradise Now! Essential French Avant-Garde Cinema 1890-2008, Tate Modern, London
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2008
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Attempt to exhaust an African Place, Santa Monica Art Center, Spain
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2008
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The Armory Show, Lombard-Freid Project, New York
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2008
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Traversées, ArtParis, Paris
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2008
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Flow, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
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2008
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The Gates of Mediterranean, Palazzo del Piozzo Rivoli, Turin, Italy
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2008
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Traces du sacré, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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2008
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Traces du sacré, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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2008
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Cadavre exquis, Analix-Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
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2008
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Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveaux, Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
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2008
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Second Lives, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
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2008
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Fuck Archetects: Chapter 2, le Creux de l’Enfer, Centre d’art Contemporain, Thiers, France
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2008
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Fuck Archetects: Chapter 3, Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
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2008
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Nafas, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
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2008
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Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
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2008
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Visionary Tales of a Balanced Earth, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Nairobi and Russia in collaboration with United Nations Environmental Program
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2007
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Traces du Sacré, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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2007
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Sharjah Biennial 8: Between The Desert And The Sea, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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2007
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1st Triennial of Luanda, Luanda, Angola
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2007
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Fuck Architects: Chapter 1, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, NY
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2007
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Something is possible, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2007
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I like America, La Maison Rouge- Foundation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France
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2007
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In Search of Paradise, Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2007
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Without History, Musée national Picasso La Guerre et la Paix- Vallauris, Vallauris, France
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2007
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Transcap, Cape Town, South Africa
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2007
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52nd International Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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2006
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2nd Biennial of Séville, The Unhomely Phantom Scenes in Global Society, Séville, Spain
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2006
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7th Dakar Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
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2006
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Image Révélée, Musée de la ville de Tunis, Tunisian Republic
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2006
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Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent, Moderna Musse, Stockholm, Sweden
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2006
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Self defense, with the Black Panther Party, Galerie la B.A.N.K., Paris, France
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2006
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Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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2006
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Alternative Currents, CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux & Le Parvis Center Musée d'art contemporain, Ibos, France
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2006
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tête dure / hard head, Galerie la B.A.N.K., Paris, France
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2006
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99 names of god, Galerie Saint Severin, Paris, France
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2005
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Bad Connexion, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
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2005
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Black Screens, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Istres, France
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2004
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Survival Signs, Oeuvres video 1990-2004, Videokiosque 01, Pau, France
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2004
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He who understands last understands longest, Centre d'art contemporain le Parvis, Ibos, France
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2004
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Until the end of dust, Espace des Arts, Colomiers, France
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2003
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Obstacles-next flag, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
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1999
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Connections and Displacements, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
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| Literature |
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2007
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Mounir Fatmi: Until the End of Dust, Espace des Arts, Colomiers, France
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2007
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Bedford, Christopher. “Critic’s Picks: Mounir Fatmi, Shoshana Wayne Gallery.” Artforum.com, February, 2007.
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2007
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Cohen Hadria, Michèle. "Cris de banlieues/paroles d’artistes, etc." Montréal
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2006
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F.C. “Fatmi l’insoumis,” Télérama: N°2945
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2006
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Toussaint, Evelyne, Odile Biec, Nicole Brenez. Mounir Fatmi, Un Deux...Quatre Editions, 2005.
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2006
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Goudard, Bernadette Clot. Écrans Noirs; Revue Semaine, Arles
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2005
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Brenez, Nicole. "L'art ne reflète pas le monde, il anticipe les vérités,” Panic. Paris
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2005
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Dezainde, Line. "Résister,” Voir: September n°537, Ottawa
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2002
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Cohen Hadria, Michèle, Frédéric Bouglé. Ovalproject; Centre Cultural le Chaplin, Mantes la Jolie
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1996
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Chevallier, Bénédicte. á L’Origine; Goethe Institute, Rabat
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