lives and works in Berlin, Germany
1998 Masters degree at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Nantes, France
1995 Diploma at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Bourges, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
MINI/ Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38, New York, USA (upcoming)
Anthologie de l'humour noir, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2011
The Fairytale Recordings, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
The Fairytale Recordings, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich, Switzerland
2010
ANTHOLOGIE DE L'HUMOUR NOIR, Prix Marcel Duchamp, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
A Lecture, A Recording & A Few Witnesses, OPA, Guadalajara, México
A Lecture, A Recording & A Few Witnesses, OPA, Guadalajara, México
2009
Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
Variétés, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Feedback, EACC Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castello, Valencia, Spain
2008
Technical Specifications, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Sabbatique, with Alejandro Vidal, Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain
Two..., Frac des Pays de la Loire, Salle Jean-François Tadei, Carquefou, France One, Frac Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
2007
58:22 & some words, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Blue Time vs. Suspense, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Power Chords/9 pièces réduites, Fondation Prince Pierre, Monaco (cat.)
Power Chords, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France La Répétition, Galleria Maze, Turin, Italy
2005
Lyrics, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (cat.)
Hors-catégorie, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
One Million BPM, Cimaise et portique, Albi, France
2004
Melancholic Beat, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (cat.)
Prospectif, Le Hall, Galerie de l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France
2003
Memory Lost, Villa Arson, Nice, France
2002
... et n’importe quoi, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris (cat.)
2001
Mise à flot, Le Creux de l’Enfer, Thiers, France Poetic Lambda, Le Collège/Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
2000
Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France
Le vrai scandale c’est la mort, Expression Algérienne 2000, Galerie de l’Université, Aix-en-Provence, France
1999
Ebauche, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, France
1998
TOUT, Galerie Michel Rein, Tours, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Made in Germany Zwei. Internationale Kunst in Deutschland, Sprengel Museum, kestnergesellschaft, Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany (upcoming)
2011
Meeting Points, curated by Okwui Enwezor, ARGOS, Brussels, Belgium
Là où se fait notre histoire, curated by Anne Alessandri, Frac Corse, Corte, France
lumière noire, curated by Alexander Eiling, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
Melanchotopia, Rotterdam city-center (Witte de With), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Die phantastischen Vier – Zürich konkret, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
LʼInsoutenable Légèreté de lʼêtre, Yvon Lambert, New York, USA
French Window, curated by Fumio Nanjo & Akiko Miki, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Echoes, curated by Jean-Paul Felley & Olivier Kaeser, Centre culturel Suisse, Paris, France
2010
Five Easy Pieces, curated by Patrick Charpenel, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
Les Justes, La relation de confiance à l’image, à la lumière de la fable, Hôtel Fontfreyde, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Let's Dance, curated by Frank Lamy and Alexia Fabre, MAC/VAL (Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne), France
Prendre la porte et faire le mur, curated by Florence Ostende, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Diagonales, curated by Florence Derieux and Sébastien Faucon, Palais du Tau, in collaboration with the Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Seconde Main, curated by Anne Dressen, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, France
La Carte d’après Nature, curated by Thomas Demand, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Morality - Act VII: Of Facts and Fables, curated by Juan A. Gaitan and Nicolaus Schafhausen, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Itinéraire bis, Frac Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Hors les Murs, Musée Gassendi, Digne-les-Bains, France
Zweckgemeinschafft, curated by Art at Work, MICAMOCA, Berlin, GermanyKunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen, Weserburg - Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Concours de monuments, sur une proposition de Kristina Solomoukha et Elfi Turpin pour fanclub, Le Dojo, Nice, France
Im kleinen Wald von Meudon, Rigaerstrasse 69, Berlin, Germany
Summer Show, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Kunst und Pop Musik, Kusnthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Le travail de la rivière, CREDAC, Ivry sur Seine, France
2008
Antidote 4, Galerie des Galeries Lafayette, Paris
Library, curated by Adam Carr, UOVO, Open Office, Berlin, Germany
Bucoliques, Abbaye du Valasse, Gruchet-le-Valasse, France
Ready Made Part II, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY, USA
The Store, curated by Adam Carr, Tulips and roses, Vilnius, Lithuania
Pop! goes the weasel, curated by Anja Casser, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hantologie contemporaine, FRAC Ile de France, Parc culturel de Rentilly, France Mondo e Terra, Musée d’Art de Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy
Archéologies du présent - Collection FRAC Centre, Musée Archéologique d’Argentomagus, Les Mersans, France
Past Forward, curated by Vincent Honoré, 176 Project Space, London, UK
2007
French kissing in the USA, curated by Silvia Karman Cubina, The Moore Space, Miami, USA
Learn to Read, curated by Vincent Honoré, Tate Modern, London, UK
Cosmic Dreams, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Centre Cultural Andratx, Majorca, Spain
Handsome Young Doctor, curated by Tom Morton, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK
Daniel Buren invite ..., Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Rouge Baiser, Frac des pays de la loire, Carquefou, France
Accords Excentriques, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium
Documenta XII, Kassel, Germany
Expats & Clandestines, WIELS Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium
Airs de Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Half Square, Half Crazy/ A demi carré, à demi fou, curated by E. Wetterwald and L. Reynaud-Dewar, Villa Arson, Nice, France
La Boum, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Artistes français de A à Z, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
XS, curated by E. Wetterwald, Galerie Espace Mica, Rennes, France
2006
Notre Histoire, curated by J. Sans & N. Bourriaud, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (cat.)
Good Vibrations, curated by Lorenzo Fusi, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, ItalyAnti-dote, Galerie des Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France (cat.)
Unité, Paris Calling, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
Collection 05, curated by Nathalie Ergino, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Midnight Walkers, curated by S. Schaschl-Cooper and C. Le Restif, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Black/White & Chewing Gum, Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Busan Biennial, curated by Manu Park, Busan, Korea
Intérieur jour - l’objet entre art et design dans la collection du FRAC Ile de France, Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains, France
... d’où l’écoute prend forme, curated by François Quintin, Centre d’art Passerelle, Brest, France
Deaf - from the audible to the visible, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, FranceThank you for the Music, Sprüth Magers Lee, London, UK
Amazing friends, Galleria Maze, Turin, Italy
Expérience Pommery # 4, Daniel Buren, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
2005
Thank you for the Music, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers Gallery, Munich, Germany
The Last Christmas, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Expérience de la durée, curated by J. Sans, N. Bourriaud, T.Raspail & T.Prat, Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France (cat.)
Pantagruel’s Syndrom, curated by C. Chrystov-Bakargiev and F. Bonami, Turin Triennial, Turin, Italy
Sweet Taboos, curated by Hou Hanru, Tirana Biennial, Tirana, Albania
Anti-dote, Galerie des Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
Rendez-vous 2005, La jeune création contemporaine, parcours résonance de la Biennale, Galerie des Terreaux, Lyon, France
Plurielles 1 « Identités », Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FranceInvisible script: a letter to Morel, curated by François Piron, W139, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Down at the Rock’nRoll Club, 1st Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia (cat.)Tijdelijk Onbewoonbaar Verklaard, More Talent Than Space, Ypres, BelgiumContrée, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Musée des Cordeliers, St-Jean d’Angély, FranceVorticanti, Galleria Maze, Turin, Italy
2004
The stars are so big, the earth is so small... Stay as you are, curated by Robert Meijer, Galerie Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
D’un pas...L’autre..., Jinan festival 2004, Jinan, China
Shake, O.K. Centrum, Linz, Austria; Villa Arson, Nice, France (cat.)
Oasis, Glassbox, Paris, France
Playlist, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (cat.)Code Unknown, Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (cat.)
Prêt à prêter, FRAC PACA, Marseille, France
Black out, (histoires et fiction), œuvres de la collection du FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Galerie de l’Ancien Collège, Châtellerault, France
2003
Books Machines, curated by Jean-Max Colard, Magasin Colette, Paris, FrancePhalanstère, Centre d’art contemporain, Bretigny-sur-Orge, France
Great Expectations, Fuoriuso 2003, Pescara, Italy (cat.)
Meanwhile in a real world, Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, France
Nos Troubles, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète, France
Collections SANS Frontières, Gallerie Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy (cat.)
2002
From top to bottom Mystic Mountains, curated by Iliara Bonacossa, Tour Fromage, Aosta Valley, Italy (cat.)
Any where out of the world, Raid projects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (cat.)
13 artistes de la collection du FRAC Centre, FRAC Centre, Orléans, FranceObjets de réflexions, Le Plateau-Frac Ile-de-France, Paris, France (cat.)Self/In material conscience, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene, Italy
2001
Any where out of the world, curated by Parker’s Box et Triangle-France, Parker’s Box, New-York, USA
Parallèle Parallaxe Paradoxe, curated by François Piron, Maison Popu, Montreuil, France (cat.)
2000
Du fabuleux, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Tours, France Sensitive, curated by Christine Macel, Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France (cat.)Actif/Réactif, La création vivante à Nantes, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France (cat.)
Big Torino, Turin Biennial, curated by Robert Fleck, Turin, Italy (cat.)
1999
Faut-il rappeler les Amours de Vacances, La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, France
1998
Une légende à suivre, CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, France (cat.)
Déplacements, curated by Alain Declercq, Rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris, FranceBruits secrets, Centre de Création Contemporaine, Tours, France
Paysage, manifestement, Porte de Roubaix-Porte Gand, Lille, France
Collectif, curated by Nathalie Viot, asso. APF, Villemur-sur-Tarn, France
1997
Fétiches et Colifichets, Zoo galerie, Nantes, France
Legend of the Seas, Exposition du Post-diplôme, Ecole Régionale des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France (cat.)
Enthousiasme, courage, confiance et optimisme, l’Imagerie, Lannion, France
1996
Collectif (Pierre Bismuth, Stéphane Calais, Laurent Chambert et Liliana Moro), Galerie Michel Rein, Tours, France (cat.)
GROUP PROJECTS
2002
Paris-Brooklyn, with Fabien Verschaere, Parker’s Box, New York, NY, USA
2001
Saâdane Afif/Anne De Sterk, ERBA, Rouen, France
1999
Il fait beau et chaud, Saâdane Afif/Pierre Bamfort/Lina Jabbour/Pierre Malphettes, Transpalette, asso. Emmetrop, Bourges, France (cat.)
RN117, Saâdane Afif/Delphine Coindet, Le Parvis, Pau, France (cat.)
1998
Remix, Saâdane Afif/Mathieu Mercier/Marie Vindy, ERBA, Besançon, France
1997
Saâdane Afif/Marie Vindy, Maison Billaud, Fontenay-Le-Comte, France
CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES
2007
Lyon Biennial 2007. The History of a Decade that has not been named yet (Zoo Gallery de Nantes), curated by Saâdane Afif
2003
Spéciale Dédicace, Musée de Rochechouart, France, curated by Saâdane Afif and Mathieu Mercier
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
FRAC Poitou Charentes, Angoulême, France
Fonds d’art moderne et contemporain de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France
FRAC Ile de France, Paris FRAC Centre, Orléans, France
FRAC Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France
FRAC Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Institut d’Art Contemporain/ FRAC Rhône Alpes, Villeurbanne, France
RESIDENCIES
2009
Born under a bad sign, residency, Memphis TN, USA
2002
Artist in residence, Glasgow, Scotland
2001
Artist in residence, Villa Arson, Nice, France
1997
Artist in residence, Brise Glace, Grenoble, France
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009
Le Prix Marcel Duchamp
2006
Prix International d’Art Contemporain de la Fondation Prince Pierre Monaco, Monaco
2005
Prix de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco, Monaco
2002
Prix de la Villa Medicis Hors les Murs
ARTIST PUBLICATIONS
2010
Anthologie de l'humour noir, published by Editions du Centre Pompidou
Saâdane Afif : saturne et les remakes, Michel Gauthier, published by Editions M 19
2009
Technical specifications, published by Witte de With, Netherlands
2006
Power Chords, Published by Fondation Prince Pierre, Monaco
2005
Lyrics, texts/images, Published by Saâdane Afif/ Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2003
Jeunesse Youth / part 1, Texts by Lili Reynaud, John Beagles, François Piron, Published by Le Collège/Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims-Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
Power Chords, Published by Fondation Prince Pierre, Monaco
2005
Lyrics, texts/images, Published by Saâdane Afif/ Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2003
Jeunesse Youth / part 1, Texts by Lili Reynaud, John Beagles, François Piron, Published by Le Collège/Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims-Galerie Michel Rein, Paris