Sonia Kacem
Selected Works
Ensemble of Five (Between Two Waves)
2020wood, steel, aluminium, fabric
Various dimensions
From left to right:'Not titled yet', 202080 x 58 x 24 cmwood, steel, aluminium, pink fabric'Not titled yet', 202080 x 58 x 33 cmwood, steel, aluminium, silver fabric (slightly transparent)'Not titled yet', 202076.5 x 56.5 x 33 cmwood, steel, aluminium, pink fabric (slightly transparent)'Not titled yet', 202080 x 58 x 30 cmwood, steel, aluminium, water-proof yellow fabric'Not titled yet', 202076.5 x 56.5 x 24 cmwood, steel, aluminium, lavender fabric
Ensemble of Three (Concave)
2021wood, steel, fabric
From left to right: 180 x 55 x 42 cm, 180 x 62 x 42 cm, 180 x 52 x 42 cm
Ensemble of Three (Convex)
2021wood, steel, fabric
From left to right: 180 x 70 x 58 cm, 180 x 59 x 69 cm, 180 x 72 x 73 cm
Ensemble of Three (Ramps)
2021wood, steel, aluminium, fabric
each: 80 × 39 × 39 cm (31 ½ × 15 ⅜ × 15 ⅜ inches)
Figures on a ground
2020
Between the scenes
2019mixed media
Dimensions variable
Digging Soft Walls
2019steel, vinyl
600 × 200 × 200 cm
Sans titre (bleu foncé avec profil)
2018piece of camping tent, lampshade, staples
170 × 150 × 50 cm (66 ⅞ × 59 × 19 ⅝ inches)
Sans titre (beige, orange avec profils)
2018piece of camping tent, lampshade, staples
220 × 315 × 31 cm (86 ⅝ × 124 × 12 ¼ inches)
Sans titre (orange avec profil)
2018piece of camping tent, lampshade, staples
180 × 170 × 50 cm (70 ⅞ × 66 ⅞ × 19 ⅝ inches)
Sans titre (piscine avec profil)
2018piece of camping tent, lampshade, staples
175 × 190 × 45 cm (68 ⅞ × 74 ¾ × 17 ¾ inches)
Sans titre
2018piece of camping tent, lampshade, staples
300 × 290 × 30 cm (118 ⅛ × 114 ⅛ × 11 ¾ inches)
Les Deux Grandes
2018
Sans titre (gris)
2015wood, fabric
110 × 150 × 20 cm (43 ¼ × 59 × 7 ⅞ inches)
Sans titre (rose, sale)
2015wood, fabric
230 × 90 × 30 cm (90 ½ × 35 ⅜ × 11 ¾ inches)
Sans titre (rayé jaune, blanc, sale)Sans titre (gris, sale)Bande (rayé noir, blanc)
2015wood, fabric
yellow/white fabric: 260 × 80 × 5 cm (102 ⅜ × 31 ½ × 2 inches) grey fabric: 335 × 80 × 5 cm (131 ⅞ × 31 ½ × 2 inches) wall band: 130 × 640 cm (51 ⅛ × 252 inches)
Loulou
2014fabric, wood / stoffa, legno
Dimensions variable
Dramaticule
2013clay sand, photographic paper backdrops, fragments of clay pots
Dimensions variable
Biography
Gallery Exhibitions
Other Venues
Selected Press
CV
2009 – 2011
MAV, HEAD Geneva
2006 – 2009
BAV, HEAD Geneva
2008
Erasmus exchange Camberwell College of Arts, London
2024
‘La chute’, Château Gruyères, Gruyères
2023
‘Jelliz & Gestes’, Selma Feriani Galley, Tunis
2022
‘3 pieghe, 4 archi e 1 rettangolo’, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Milano
2021
‘Bruxelles, 2020/1’, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
‘Le Superflu’, Zurich Art Prize 2021, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
‘Sonia Kacem’, Fondation CAB, Brussels
2019
‘Between the Scenes’, Westfälische Kunstverein, Münster
2018
‘Did snow fall on the pyramids?’, T293, Rome
2017
‘Carcasse’, Centre culturel Suisse, Paris
‘RijksakademieOPEN 2017’, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
2016
‘Carcasse’, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
‘Le Coup-gorge’, Public art installation, Ville de Nyon
‘Night Shift’, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva
2015
‘Le Flâneur’,T293, Naples
‘Loulou Replay’, Kunstverein Nürnberg
‘Bermuda Triangle’, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen
2014
‘Loulou’, MAMCO, Geneva
2013
‘Petra’, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
‘Jump Cut’, La Rada, Locarno
‘Thérèse’, Salle Crosnier, Geneva
‘Dramaticule’, T293, Rome
2011
‘SULTAN 13395’, Piano Nobile, Geneva
‘Progress MI 07’, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
2024
‘Riviera del Sussurro’, Xippas Gallery, Genève
‘Material Manipulations’, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
‘Stories Written – Zurich Art Prize Winners 2007–2023’, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
‘Symmetrical Space Pops’, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich
2023
‘From the void came gifts from the cosmos’ The 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
2022
‘Agora’, Centre Art Contemporain Genève
‘Abstrakt Gedacht’, Atelier Hermann Haller, Zurich
2021
‘Structures of Radical Will’, Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
2020
‘Figures On A Ground – Perspectives On Minimal Art’, Fondation CAB, Brussels
2019
‘Delirious’, Lustwarande – Platform for Contemporary Sculpture, Tilburg, Netherlands
‘AS A BUTTERFLY FOLDED IN A CATERPILLAR THAT WILL SOON UNFOLD’, Nicoletti Contemporary, London
2018
‘Artisti per Frescobaldi’, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan
‘Eloge du carburateur’, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
‘SIGNORI PREGO SI ACCOMODINO #3: Lia Pasqualino Noto’, Palermo, Italy
2017
‘Flatland / abstractions narratives #2’, Mudam Luxembourg
‘The working day’, Galerie Gregor Steiger, Zürich
2016
‘Flatland / abstractions narratives #1’, MRAC, Sérignan
Museion Prize, Bozen
‘Face to Face, a selection of emerging artists from the Ernesto Esposito Collection’, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, Italy
‘Conversation autour d’une collection’, Collection Petignat, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva
‘In a Good Shape’, Schwarzwaldallee, Basel
‘T293-in-residence’, Via Gabba 1, Milan
‘FACE TO FACE. A selection of international emerging artists from the Ernesto Esposito Collection’, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno
‘Group show’, Galerie Gregor Steiger, Zürich
2015
‘Stipendium Vordemberge-Gildewart’, Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, Biel
‘Unter 30 – Junge Schweizer Kunst’, Kunsthaus Glarus
‘Swiss Art Awards’, Basel
‘Faillir pouvoir prévoir’, Xippas, Geneva
2014
‘Enigma’, /V\inibar /-\rtistspace, Stockholm
‘Friday’, Autocenter, Berlin
2013
‘Material Conceptualism’, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin
‘Art of Living (i.e. Goodbye, Blue Monday)’, Chez Valentin, Paris
‘Swiss Art Awards 2013’, Basel
‘Time’, OSLO10, Basel
2012
‘The best of Times’, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
‘Brot & Salz’, Sommer & Khol, Berlin
‘Bourses’, Contemporary Art Centre, Geneva
‘Swiss Art Awards 2012’, Federal Art Contest and Kiefer Hablitzel Prize, Basel
‘mulhouse 012’, 10th edition of the Mulhouse contemporary art exhibition, Mulhouse
2011
‘ZONE ENTROPIE’, Villa du Parc, Annemasse
‘ZONE ENTROPIE’, Universal Cube, Leipzig
2010
‘Too early, too late. Activating the present, now’, BB4 – Bucharest Biennale 4, Bucharest
2009
‘D’îles et d’identités – Robinson et Vendredi à Genève’, LIYH, Geneva
‘8 électrons & 5 neutrons’, HEAD Bd Hélvétique 9, Geneva
‘Les hôtes de Samuel Von Brukenthal’, Samuel von Brukenthal Summer Residence, Avrig
‘DIE ART KLUBB’, 84 rue de Veyrier, Geneva
2008
‘Double Vue’, Art Chêne 08, 3rd Biennial of Art in the City, Geneva
‘APPARTEMENT PRE OFF’, 17 rue de Meyrin, Geneva
‘TicTac Interne’, Cité du Temps, Geneva