ABOUT

ABOUT

STÉPHANIE SAADÉ WAS BORN IN LEBANON IN 1983

SHE PRESENTLY LIVES BETWEEN BEIRUT AND PARIS

SHE IS REPRESENTED BY AKINCI (AMSTERDAM), ANNE BARRAULT (PARIS), MARFA' (BEIRUT) AND GREY NOISE (DUBAI)

ONGOING

TRAVERSÉE DES ÉTATS SOLO EXHIBITION, PARC SAINT LÉGER, POUGUES-LES-EAUX, FR, JUNE 9 - AUGUST 26

OR GROUP EXHIBITION CO-CURATED BY MARCEL TAVÉ, PHILIPPE JOCKEY, JEAN-ROCH BOUILLER AND MYRIAME MOREL DELEDALLE, MUCEM, MARSEILLE,

FR, APRIL 24 - SEPTEMBER 10

UPCOMING

SUNDAYS, GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY VALENTIJN GOETHALS, 019, GHENT, BE, AUGUST 15 - SEPTEMBER 21

ZEITSPUREN, THE POWER OF NOW, GROUP SHOW CURATED BY FELICITY LUNN AND SAMUEL LEUENBERGER, KUNSTHAUS PASQUART, BIEL, CH,

OPENING SEPTEMBER 08.

CYCLES OF COLLAPSING PROGRESS, GROUP SHOW CO-CURATED BY STUDIO CUR'ART (KARINA EL HELOU) WITH ANISSA TOUATI, RACHID

KARAMÉ INTERNATIONAL FAIR, TRIPOLI, LB, OPENING SEPTEMBER 22.

BEIRUT, BEYRUT, BEYROUTH, BEYROUT GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY MARIANNE HULTMAN, YRR JONASDOTTIR AND BIRTA GUDONJSDOTTIR, OSLO
KUNSTFORENING (MARCH 15 - JUNE 10) (PAST), YSTAD KONSTMUSEUM (SEPT. 8 - JAN. 6) (UPCOMING), LISTASAFN ISLANDS (FEBRUARY 2019) (UPCOMING)

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 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, MEXICO CITY AND GUADALAJARA, WITH STUDIO CUR'ART AND PAOS.

2017 . 2018 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT MAISON SALVAN, LABÈGE, FR

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT VILLA EMPAIN, FONDATION BOGHOSSIAN, BRUSSELS, BE

2015 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT CITÉ DES ARTS, PARIS, FRANCE (RECIPIENT OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE RESIDENCY PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP)

2014 . 2015 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AND RESEARCHER AT JAN VAN EYCK ACADEMIE, MAASTRICHT, NL.

2013 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT PROGR, BERN, SWITZERLAND.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

SOLO EXHIBITION, PARC SAINT LÉGER, POUGUES-LES-EAUX, FR, JUNE 9 - AUGUST 26 (ONGOING)

DESTINÉE CHERCHE PROPRIÉTAIRE, MAISON SALVAN, LABÈGE, FR

RETROUVAILLES AVEC DES AMIS INCONNUS, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT PARIS, FR, WITH A TEXT BY FRANCK BALLAND

2017

THE SECOND SPACE, MARFA' PROJECTS, BEIRUT, LB, WITH A TEXT BY CAROLINE CROS The Second Space

2016

THE LEAF ONCE PILGRIM, CURATED BY CHIARA IANESELLI, AKINCI GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, NL The Leaf Once Pilgrim

BUILDING A HOME WITH TIME, COUNTER SPACE, ZURICH, CH Building a home with time

THE SHAPE OF DISTANCE, GREY NOISE GALLERY, DUBAI, U.A.E. The Shape of Distance

2015

EN DORMANCE, GALERIE ANNE BARRAULT PARIS, FR

NEW POSITIONS, WITH AKINCI GALLERY, NL, ART COLOGNE, DE

SLOW ERASURE, VAN EYCK OPEN STUDIOS, VAN EYCK MAASTRICHT, NL

DISCIPLINE OF NOSTALGIA, adhoc GALERIA VIGO, SP

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

OR, CO-CURATED BY MARCEL TAVÉ, PHILIPPE JOCKEY, JEAN-ROCH BOUILLER AND MYRIAME MOREL DELEDALLE, MUCEM, MARSEILLE, FR, APR. 24 - SEPT. 10

(ONGOING)

BEIRUT, BEYRUT, BEYROUTH, BEYROUT, CURATED BY MARIANNE HULTMAN, YRR JONASDOTTIR AND BIRTA GUDONJSDOTTIR, OSLO

KUNSTFORENING (PAST), YSTAD KONSTMUSEUM (SEPT. 8 - JAN. 6) (UPCOMING), LISTASAFN ISLANDS (FEBRUARY 2019) (UPCOMING)

SO LONG AGO IT FEELS LIKE A MEMORY OF SOMEONE ELSE, CURATED BY ANDREW HIBBARD, HESSEL MUSEUM, CCS BARD, NEW YORK, USA

MOONSHOW, CURATED BY SAIRA ANSARI, GREY NOISE GALLERY DUBAI UAE

FESTIVAL DES ARTS ÉPHÉMÈRES, PART OF PRINTEMPS DE L'ART CONTEMPORAIN, PARC DE MAISON BLANCHE, MARSEILLE, FR

NON PLACE TO PLACE, GROUP SHOW CURATED BY MARTHA REYEST, QITING MO, JIAYI YU, GLASSBOX PARIS, FR

2017

SHARJAH BIENNALE 13, TAMAWUJ, ACT I, CURATED BY CHRISTINE TOHMÉ, SHARJAH, U.A.E

HOME BEIRUT. SOUNDING THE NEIGHBORS, GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY HOU HANROU AND GIULIA FERRACCI, MAXXI, ROME, IT

THE MATERIALITY OF THE INVISIBLE, GROUP EXHIBITION AT 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, GROUP EXHIBITION , GREY NOISE GALLERY, DUBAI, UAE

QUIET, CURATED BY SAMUEL LEUENBERGER, BARBARA SEILER GALLERY, ZURICH, CH

KINDLING, GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY RACHEL DEDMAN, FOTOPUB, NOVO MESTO, SL

EPITOPOU, EPHEMERAL WORKS IN THE LANDSCAPE, ANDROS, GR

SCAMMING, GROUP EXHIBTIION 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, GROUP EXHIBITION, 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

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.
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

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