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STÉPHANIE SAADÉ WAS BORN IN LEBANON IN 1983
SHE PRESENTLY LIVES BETWEEN BEIRUT AND PARIS
SHE IS REPRESENTED BY AKINCI (AMSTERDAM), ANNE BARRAULT (PARIS), GREY NOISE (DUBAI) and MARFA' (BEIRUT)
ONGOING / UPCOMING
THE ENCOUTER OF THE FIRST AND LAST PARTICLES OF DUST, SOLO EXHIBITION, GREY NOISE DUBAI, UAE, MARCH 18 - MAY 11 (UPCOMING)
L'ESPACE DE 70 JOURS, SOLO EXHIBITION, LA SCEP, MARSEILLE, FR, JANUARY 11 - MARCH 22, 2019 (ONGOING)
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) (PAST), LISTASAFN ISLANDS (FEBRUARY 2019) (UPCOMING)
RECIPIENT OF THE 2018 NADA MIAMI ARTADIA ART AWARD FOR SOLO PRESENTATION AT NADA MIAMI WITH COUNTER SPACE ZURICH.
3PACKAGE DEAL, 1 YEAR "INTERHISTORICITY" SCHOLARSHIP RECEIVED FROM THE AFK (AMSTERDAM FONDS VOOR THE KUNST) AND THE BBP (BUREAU
BROEDPLAATSEN), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSEUM VAN LOON, OUDE KERK, CASTRUM PEREGRINI AND REINWARDT ACADEMY, AMSTERDAM, NL (SEPT. 2018 -
SEPT. 2019). (ONGOING)
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), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSEUM VAN LOON,
OUDE KERK, CASTRUM PEREGRINI AND REINWARDT ACADEMY, AMSTERDAM, NL (SEPT. 2018 - SEPT. 2019). (ONGOING)
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
2019
L'ESPACE DE 70 JOURS, SOLO EXHIBITION, LA SCEP, MARSEILLE, FR, OPENING JANUARY 11, 2019(ONGOING)
THE ENCOUTER OF THE FIRST AND LAST PARTICLES OF DUST, SOLO EXHIBITION, GREY NOISE DUBAI, UAE, MARCH 18 - MAY 11 (UPCOMING)
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, 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
ZEITSPUREN, THE POWER OF NOW, GROUP SHOW 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 (SEPT. 8 - JAN. 6) (ONGOING), LISTASAFN ISLANDS (FEBRUARY 2019) (UPCOMING)
CYCLES OF COLLAPSING PROGRESS, GROUP SHOW 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, GROUP SHOW 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, 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.
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
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