2009 Recipients
Artist Zoulikha Boabdellah
Video and installation artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah was born in Russia in 1977 to Algerian parents. Raised in Algeria, she moved to Paris in 1994 and studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Cergy-Paris, receiving a Diplôme National d’Arts Plastiques in 2000 and a Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique in 2002. Bouabdellah’s works have been widely exhibited, and she now has an international reputation. Major recent shows in which she participated include L’art au féminin, Algiers (2008), Black Paris - Black Brussels, Bayreuth, Frankfurt, Brussels (2007-08), Global Feminisms, Brooklyn (2007), Airs de Paris, Paris (2007), Africa Remix, Düsseldorf, London, Paris, Tokyo (2004-07). In 2007, her work was featured in the African Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale, and she has participated in the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar (2002, 2004). Her most recent solo show was at the Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (2008), where she was Artist-in-Residence (Winter, 2008). Bouabdellah’s work focuses on issues of national and transnational identity, gender, and religion. She is represented by Galerie La B.A.N. K, Paris.
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