Sonia Kacem

Sonia Kacem
Kacem in 2019
Born1985 (age 39–40)
Geneva, Romandy, Switzerland
Alma materGeneva University of Art and Design
OccupationVisual artist
Known forSculpture, installation art
WebsiteOfficial website

Sonia Kacem (born 1985)[1][2] is a Swiss visual artist, of Swiss and Tunisian descent.[3] She is known for her sculptures and installation art.[1][4] She has lived in both Amsterdam,[5] and Geneva.[6]

Biography

Sonia Kacem was born in 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland.[6] Her mother is Swiss and her father is Tunisian. She studied at Geneva University of Art and Design,[7] where she obtained a bachelor's degree in 2009 and then a master's degree in 2011.

Kacem was the winner of the Manor Cultural Prize 2014;[6][8] Kiefer Hablitzel Göhner Art Prize in 2015;[8] and the Zurich Art Prize 2021, from the museum Haus Konstruktiv and the Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.[5] From 2016 to 2017, she was awarded a residency and grant from the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, in Amsterdam.[8] In 2019, she was awarded the residency at Pro Helvetia Cairo.[5][9]

Her work is in museum collections, including at Migros Museum of Contemporary Art.[10]

Solo exhibitions

  • 2021, museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland[5][11]
  • 2019, Between the Scenes, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany[12]
  • 2018, Did snow fall on the pyramids?, T293, Rome, Italy[8][13]
  • 2017, Carcass, Swiss Cultural Center, Paris, France[8]
  • 2015, The Flâneur, T293, Naples, Italy[8]
  • 2015, Bermuda Triangle, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland[8]
  • 2015, Loulou Replay, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany[8]
  • 2014, Loulou, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland[8]
  • 2013, Petra, Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland[4]
  • 2013, Thérèse, Athenaeum Palace, Salle Crosnier, Geneva, Switzerland[4][8]
  • 2011, Progress MI 07, Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sonia Kacem, Loulou". MAMCO (in French). 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ Angerame, Nicola Davide (4 July 2016). "Sonia Kacem. Intervista con una stella nascente" [Sonia Kacem. Interview with a rising star]. Artribune (in Italian). Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Schellenberg, Samuel (8 November 2014). "Sonia Kacem, Textures latentes" [Sonia Kacem, Latent Textures]. Le Courrier (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Sonia Kacem". Frieze. No. 16. 23 August 2014. ISSN 0962-0672. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "In 2021, the Zurich Art Prize Goes to Sonia Kacem". ArtDependence. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Conti, Riccardo (21 May 2022). "Il senso del colore e dello spazio per Sonia Kacem" [The sense of color and space for Sonia Kacem]. Harper's Bazaar (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Thomas Huber: extase / Vanessa Billy: Dear Life / Sonia Kacem: Carcasse". Centre culturel suisse. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2022 – via e-flux.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Schuler, Denis (16 April 2018). "Sonia Kacem". Ensemble Vide (in French). Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  9. ^ Kreil, Aymon (10 January 2022). "Sonia Kacem 'Le Superflu' Haus Konstruktiv / Zurich". Flash Art. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Artists: Sonia Kacem". Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst (in German). Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Sonia Kacem – Le Superflu (Zurich Art Prize 2021)". Frieze. 28 October 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Sonia Kacem 'Between the scenes' at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster". Mousse Magazine. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Sonia Kacem". Frieze. 7 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.