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STÉPHANIE SAADÉ WAS BORN IN LEBANON IN 1983.
SHE LIVES BETWEEN BEIRUT, PARIS AND AMSTERDAM.
SHE IS REPRESENTED BY AKINCI (AMSTERDAM), ANNE BARRAULT (PARIS), GREY NOISE (DUBAI) AND MARFA' (BEIRUT)
CLOSED / CANCELLED / POSTPONED / PROLONGED / ONLINE / ONGOING! / UPCOMING!
LISTE ART FAIR WITH MARFA' PROJECTS, SEPTEMBER 14 - 20 (ONLINE)
PAPER BIENNIAL, THUYS / HOME, CURATED BY DIANA WIND, MUSEUM RIJSWIJK, RIJSWIJK, NL, JUNE 27 - NOVEMBER 20 (ONGOING)
GAME OF GOOSE, GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY STÉPHANIE SAADÉ WITH CALINE AOUN, SIRINE FATTOUH, PAUL HAGE BOUTROS, MARTIN LAROCHE,
MARWAN MOUJAES, STÉPHANIE SAADÉ, SANNE VAASSEN AND MAHA YAMMINE, SALTS, BIRSFELDEN, CH, SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 30 (UPCOMING)
A FEW IN MANY PLACES, 5 ARTISTS INTERVENTIONS IN 5 DIFFERENT CITIES CURATED BY MARI SPIRITO / PROTOCINEMA, BEIRUT, LB, STARTING SEPTEMBER 26 (UPCOMING)
SOLO EXHIBITION, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL, APRIL 18 - MAY 20 (POSTPONED. NEW OPENING DATE: OCTOBER 10)
SOLO EXHIBITION, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT, PARIS, FR (POSTPONED. NEW OPENING DATE: OCTOBER 17)
EDUCATION
2014 . 2015 RESEARCHER AT JAN VAN EYCK ACADEMIE, MAASTRICHT, NL.
2010 . 2012 SCHOLARSHIP FOR POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM, CHINA ACADEMY OF ARTS, HANGZHOU.
2005 . 2010 ENSBA, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES BEAUX-ARTS, PARIS, GRADUATED WITH THE DNSAP.
RESIDENCIES
2018 . 2019 3PACKAGE DEAL, 1 YEAR SCHOLARSHIP FROM AFK (AMSTERDAM FONDS VOOR THE KUNST) AND BBP (BUREAU BROEDPLAATSEN), IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSEUM VAN LOON, OUDE KERK, CASTRUM PEREGRINI AND REINWARDT ACADEMY, AMSTERDAM, NL
2018 MEXICO CITY AND GUADALAJARA, WITH STUDIO CUR'ART AND PAOS
2017 . 2018 MAISON SALVAN, LABÈGE, FR
VILLA EMPAIN, FONDATION BOGHOSSIAN, BRUSSELS, BE
2015 CITÉ DES ARTS, PARIS, FR (RECIPIENT OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE RESIDENCY PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP)
2014 . 2015 JAN VAN EYCK ACADEMIE, MAASTRICHT, NL.
2013 PROGR, BERN, CH.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 SOLO EXHIBITION, AKINCI GALLERY, APRIL 18 - MAY 20 (POSTPONED. OPENING OCTOBER 10)
SOLO EXHIBITION, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT, PARIS, FR (POSTPONED. NEW OPENING DATE: OCTOBER 17)
2019 THE TRAVELS OF HERE AND NOW, MUSEUM VAN LOON, AMSTERDAM, NL, SEPTEMBER 05 - NOVEMBER 04. SUPPORTED BY 
THE ENCOUTER OF THE FIRST AND LAST PARTICLES OF DUST, GREY NOISE DUBAI, UAE
L'ESPACE DE 70 JOURS, LA SCEP, MARSEILLE, FR
2018 TRAVERSÉE DES ÉTATS, PARC SAINT LÉGER, POUGUES-LES-EAUX, FR
DESTINÉE CHERCHE PROPRIÉTAIRE, MAISON SALVAN, LABÈGE, FR
RETROUVAILLES AVEC DES AMIS INCONNUS, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT PARIS, FR
2017 THE SECOND SPACE, MARFA' PROJECTS, BEIRUT, LB
2016 THE LEAF ONCE PILGRIM, CURATED BY CHIARA IANESELLI, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL
BUILDING A HOME WITH TIME, COUNTER SPACE, ZURICH, CH
THE SHAPE OF DISTANCE, GREY NOISE, DUBAI, U.A.E.
2015 EN DORMANCE, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT PARIS, FR
NEW POSITIONS, WITH AKINCI GALLERY, NL, ART COLOGNE, DE
SLOW ERASURE, VAN EYCK OPEN STUDIOS, MAASTRICHT, NL
DISCIPLINE OF NOSTALGIA, ADHOC GALERIA, VIGO, SP
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
PAPER BIENNIAL, THUYS / HOME, CURATED BY DIANA WIND, MUSEUM RIJSWIJK, RIJSWIJK, NL, JUNE 27 - NOVEMBER 20 (ONGOING)
GAME OF GOOSE, GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY STÉPHANIE SAADÉ WITH CALINE AOUN, SIRINE FATTOUH, PAUL HAGE BOUTROS, MARTIN LAROCHE,
MARWAN MOUJAES, STÉPHANIE SAADÉ, SANNE VAASSEN AND MAHA YAMMINE, SALTS, BIRSFELDEN, CH, SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 30 (UPCOMING)
BE MY GUEST (1), GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT, PARIS, FR.
WHEN TWO ARTISTS MEET, DUO SHOW WITH CHARBEL-JOSEPH H. BOUTROS CURATED BY VINCENT VERHOEF AND ARNISA ZEQO, RONGWRONG, AMSTERDAM, NL
WHEN THE IMAGE IS NEW THE WORLD IS NEW, MARFA' PROJECTS BEIRUT, LB
(THIS) PRECIOUS STONE SET IN THE SILVER SEA, CURATED BY AINA POMAR, COPPERFIELD GALLERY, LONDON, GB
2019
AGE OF YOU, CURATED BY SHUMON BASAR, DOUGLAS COPLAND AND HANS ULRICH OBRIST, MOCA TORONTO, CA
LUOGO E SEGNI, CURATED BY MOUNA MEKOUAR AND MARTIN BETHENOD, PUNTA DELLA DOGANA, VENICE, IT
L'OEIL ET LA NUIT, CURATED BY GÉRALDINE BLOCH, INSTITUT DES CULTURES D'ISLAM, PARIS, FR
PARTIR! PARTIR!, BY LE MUSÉE DES ABATTOIRS, TOULOUSE, ESPACE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN BÉDARIEUX, FR
MARCHER POUR VIVRE, BY LE MUSÉE DES ABATTOIRS, TOULOUSE, PALAIS DES ÉVÊQUES, SAINT LIZIERS, FR
WHAT CAN A DOT BECOME?, CURATED BY STÉPHANIE SAADÉ WITH ISMAÏL BAHRI, CHARBEL-JOSEPH H.BOUTROS, STÉPHANIE DADOUR, SIRINE FATTOUH,
STÉPHANIE SAADÉ, LEI SAITO AND VINCENT VERHOEF WITH A PERFORMANCE BY MARTIN LA ROCHE, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL
PERSONNE, PAS MÊME LA PLUIE, N'A DE SI PETITES MAINS, LA CRIÉE, RENNES, FR.
LA PERCÉE DES IMAGES, CURATED BY SARAH DESLANDES AND AUDREY MARTIN, DOMAINE M, CÉRILLY, FRANCE, JUNE 15 - JULY 7
ART FESTIVAL WATOU, WATOU, BELGIUM.
SHAPES OF SLEEP, CURATED BY FATMA CHEFFI, ATELIER ISMAÏL BAHRI, TUNIS, TN.
MÉMOIRE DE FORMES, CURATED BY COLLECTIF PETITE SURFACE, GALERIE MICHEL JOURNIAC, SORBONNE PARIS 1.
2018
ZEITSPUREN, THE POWER OF NOW, CURATED BY FELICITY LUNN AND SAMUEL LEUENBERGER, KUNSTHAUS PASQUART, BIEL, CH.
OR, CO-CURATED BY MARCEL TAVÉ, PHILIPPE JOCKEY, JEAN-ROCH BOUILLER AND MYRIAME MOREL DELEDALLE, MUCEM, MARSEILLE, FR
BEIRUT, BEYRUT, BEYROUTH, BEYROUT, CURATED BY MARIANNE HULTMAN, YRR JONASDOTTIR AND BIRTA GUDONJSDOTTIR, OSLO
KUNSTFORENING (PAST), YSTAD KONSTMUSEUM, LISTASAFN ISLANDS (FEBRUARY 2019)
CYCLES OF COLLAPSING PROGRESS, CURATED BY STUDIO CUR'ART (KARINA EL HELOU) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANISSA TOUATI CORPORATION,
OSCAR NIEMEYER'S RACHID KARAMÉ INTERNATIONAL FAIR, TRIPOLI, LB.
SO LONG AGO IT FEELS LIKE A MEMORY OF SOMEONE ELSE, CURATED BY ANDREW HIBBARD, HESSEL MUSEUM, CCS BARD, NEW YORK, USA
SUNDAYS, CURATED BY VALENTIJN GOETHALS, 019, GHENT, BE
FESTIVAL DES ARTS ÉPHÉMÈRES, PART OF PRINTEMPS DE L'ART CONTEMPORAIN, PARC DE MAISON BLANCHE, MARSEILLE, FR
MOONSHOW, CURATED BY SAIRA ANSARI, GREY NOISE GALLERY DUBAI UAE
NON PLACE TO PLACE, CURATED BY MARTHA REYEST, QITING MO, JIAYI YU, GLASSBOX PARIS, FR
CONDO UNIT WITH GREY NOISE GALLERY (DUBAI) AT THE BREEDER, ATHENS, GR
ASHKAL ALWAN 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, ASHKAL ALWAN, BEIRUT, LEBANON
2017
SHARJAH BIENNALE 13, TAMAWUJ, ACT I, CURATED BY CHRISTINE TOHMÉ, SHARJAH, U.A.E
HOME BEIRUT. SOUNDING THE NEIGHBORS, CURATED BY HOU HANROU AND GIULIA FERRACCI, MAXXI, ROME, IT
THE MATERIALITY OF THE INVISIBLE, VAN EYCK, MARRES AND BUREAU EUROPA, MAASTRICHT NL
LE CHEMIN DU RETOUR, FIAC HORS-LES-MURS, JARDIN DES TUILERIES, PARIS, WITH GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT, PARIS, FR
GHOSTING OF BEINGS AND WORLDS, CURATED BY CHARBEL-JOSEPH H.BOUTROS GREY NOISE GALLERY, DUBAI, UAE
QUIET, CURATED BY SAMUEL LEUENBERGER, BARBARA SEILER GALLERY, ZURICH, CH
KINDLING, CURATED BY RACHEL DEDMAN, FOTOPUB, NOVO MESTO, SL
EPITOPOU, EPHEMERAL WORKS IN THE LANDSCAPE, ANDROS, GR
SCAMMING, CURATED BY FRANZISKA SOPHIE WILDFOERSTER AND FLAVIO PALASCIANO, PALAZZO LANCIA, TORINO, IT
HOME IS SO FUCKING COMPLICATED, CURATED BY SAMUEL LEUENBERGER PART OF CURATED BY_VIENNA, NATHALIE HALGAND GALLERY, VIENNA, AT
WHERE THE F* IS MY SOCK, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL
TWO TO TANGO, UPON INVITATION BY THOMAS GEIGER, SPERLING GALLERY, MUNICH, DE
KUNSTHALLE 3000, A PROJECT BY THOMAS GEIGER, DALIEH, RAOUCHÉ, BEIRUT, LB
TRANSFORMATIONS, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL
2016
HOME WORKS FORUM 7, CURATED BY CHRISTINE TOHME, BEIRUT, LB
STILL LIFE, CURATED BY FRANCK BALLAND, PARC SAINT LÉGER HORS LES MURS, NEVERS, FR
LES FRAGMENTS DE L'AMOUR, CURATED BY LEA BISMUTH, LA TRAVERSE CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN D'ALFORTVILLE, FR
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS!, MUSEUM SCHLOSS MOYLAND, BEDBURG-HAU, DE
SÈVRES OUTDOORS, WITH GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT, CITÉ DE LA CÉRAMIQUE, SÈVRES, FR
DO BOOMERANGS ALWAYS COME BACK?, CASTLE OUD-REKEM, LIMBURG, BE
THE MORNING I KILLED A FLY, CURATED BY CHIARA IANESELLI GALERIA MAZZOLI, MODENA, IT
VOICE OF THE BORDER, CURATED BY FATMA CHEFFI, SELMA FERIANI GALLERY, TUNIS, TUNISIA
NOUVEAU!, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT, PARIS, FR
2015
I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE : AN EMERGING GENERATION OF BEIRUT ARTISTS, MOSAIC ROOMS, LONDON, CASA ARABE MADRID AND CASA ARABE CORDOBA
ADAM, EVE AND THE DEVIL, MARRES, HOUSE FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, MAASTRICHT, NL
THE GIRL WITH THE SUN IN HER HEAD, VAN EYCK EXHIBITION SPACE, MAASTRICHT, NL
SUN, ROMANCE AND DESTRUCTION, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT, PARIS, FR
ETERNEL RETOUR, PERCEPTION PARK, PARIS, FR
2014
THE PINK SKY, M HKA, ANTWERP, BE
13, LA CONSERVERA, CURATED BY ISABEL MARTINEZ ABASCAL, CENTRO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, MURCIA, SP
59E SALON DE MONTROUGE, LE BEFFROI, MONTROUGE, FR
PASSAGES, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL
MEMORY MATERIAL, CURATED BY NAT MULLER, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL
WITNESS MATTER, VITRINE GALLERY, LONDON, UK
2013
JOURNEYS THROUGH OUR HERITAGE, BEIRUT EXHIBITION CENTER, LB
INTANGIBLE EXPERIENCES..., CURATED BY AMANDA ABI KHALIL, GREY NOISE GALLERY, DUBAI, UAE
PEEPING TOM ISSUE #3 BEIRUT LAUNCHING EXHIBITION, PAPERCUP, MAR MIKHAEL, LB
CRISIS PRACTICE, WORKSHOP GALLERY, JISR-EL-BASHA, LB
ANOTHER TIME, THE RUNNING HORSE, BEIRUT, LEBANON
WE HESITATED BETWEEN ARRANGEMENTS, MODULATIONS AND MANŒUVRES, CURATED BY AMANDA ABI KHALIL, MINUS 5, LB
TRANSFORM, PROJECT CURATED BY SIBYLLE HEINIGER AND FRANZ KRÄHENBÜHL, BERN, CH
PROGR-FENSTER (PROJECT SPACE), PROGR, BERN, CH
2012
QALANDIYA INTERNATIONAL (QI) BIENNALE, PALESTINE
YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR, A.M.QATTAN FOUNDATION, RAMALLAH, PALESTINE
A TERRITORY OF RESISTANCE, THE RUNNING HORSE GALLERY, BEIRUT, LB
2011
EXPOSURE 2011, BEIRUT ART CENTER, BEIRUT, LB
PRESS
2019 ART FORUM PRINT SUMMER 2019, EXHIBITION REVIEW BY MURTAZA VALI, JUNE 04
ART IN AMERICA, EXHIBITION REVIEW BY RAHEL AIMA, MAY 1
ALSERKAL FOLIO, RETRACING, REMEMBERING, BY RACHEL BENNETT, APRIL 22
ART AGENDA, STÉPHANIE SAADÉ'S "L'ESPACE DE 70 JOURS", BY NATASHA MARIE LLORENS, FEBRUARY 7
2018 BEAUX ARTS MAGAZINE HORS-SÉRIE, OR AU MUCEM, PARU LE 16 MAI 2018, EAN : 9791020404480
BEAUX-ARTS MAGAZINE N°404, 12 786 JOURS DANS LA VIE DE STÉPHANIE SAADÉ, BY EMMANUELLE LEQUEUX.
ALSERKAL AVENUE FOLIO, THE EFFECT OF REVISITED TIME BY KATRINA KUFER.
MAKE IT LAST, ARTIST STÉPHANIE SAADÉ AND THE NATURAL WORLD BY REEMÉ IDRISS.
2017 ART PRESS N°444, 13e BIENNALE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE SHARJAH, BY ANAËL PIGEAT, (COVER: PORTRAIT OF A LAKE).
CANVAS MAGAZINE, 
THE RISE AND RISE OF BEIRUT, BY NADINE KHALIL.
THE DAILY STAR, PRECIOUS BANALITIES IN GOLD LEAF, BY JIM QUILTY.
2016 EXTÉRIEURS, STÉPHANIE SAADÉ MAGNIFIE LE TEMPS, BY CORALIE TÉCHER.
IBRAAZ, REVIEW ON STÉPHANIE SAADÉ'S THE SHAPE OF DISTANCE, BY RAHEL AIMA.
2015 ART PRESS ONLINE, "HOME WORKS 7 : BEYROUTH SOLAIRE MALGRÉ TOUT", BY LÉA BISMUTH.
THE DAILY STAR, "TOXIC MONUMENTS, PRECIOUS LANDSCAPES", BY JIM QUILTY.
2014 FRIEZE ISSUE 162, EXHIBITION REVIEW BY PAUL CAREY KENT.
2013 DUST MAGAZINE ONLINE.
LE QUOTIDIEN DE L'ART N°761, "STÉPHANIE SAADÉ, SOUVENIR DU LIBAN", BY EMMANUELLE LEQUEUX.
CATALOGUES
2019 LUOGO E SEGNI EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, PINAULT COLLECTION, MARSILIO
2018 DESTINÉE CHERCHE PROPRIÉTAIRE, MAISON SALVAN (monography and artist book)
OR, MUCEM
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM LEBANON, IMAGO MUNDI
2017 HOME BEIRUT . SOUNDING THE NEIGHBORS, MAXXI
2015 THE MORNING I KILLED A FLY, WITH AN ESSAY BY CHIARA IANESELLI, CURATOR, PUBLISHED BY MAZZOLLI GALLERY
VAN EYCK OPEN STUDIOS CATALOGUE
2014 THE PINK SKY EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, MUHKA
2013 SALON DE MONTROUGE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
2012 YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, A.M.QATTAN FOUNDATION, RAMALLAH, PALESTINE
2011 EXPOSURE 2011, BEIRUT ART CENTER
JOURNEYS THROUGH OUR HERITAGE, BEIRUT EXHIBITION CENTER
2010 CATALOGUE DES DIPLÔMÉS, ENSBA PARIS
PUBLICATIONS
2017 THE SECOND SPACE, MARFA' PROJECTS, WITH A TEXT BY CAROLINE CROS
2016 REWIND, FAST, FORWARD, COUNTER SPACE, ZURICH
2015 TRANSFORM, BERN
I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE, MOSAIC ROOMS, LONDON
ADAM, EVE AND THE DEVIL, MARRES, HOUSE FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, MAASTRICHT
THE GIRL WITH THE SUN IN HER HEAD, INTERVIEW BY PADRAIC E.MOORE, CURATOR, VAN EYCK, MAASTRICHT
2014 ISSUE 06, CEMENT BLOCK, EDITOR : CARL HAASE
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CHARLES NYPELS LAB, VAN EYCK, MAASTRICHT
2013 CRISIS PRACTICE, EXHIBITION PUBLICATION, WORKSHOP GALLERY, LB
VOLUME 2, ANNUAL PUBLICATION, GREY NOISE GALLERY, DUBAI
2011 PEEPING TOM DIGEST #3 BEIRUT, FR, COVER: SUSPENDED HORIZON, AND TEXT BY STÉPHANIE SAADÉ: STANDING IN THE LIMINAL ZONE, OR HOW
DUBAI IS GRADUALLY CHANGING THE MENTALITIES