Sonia Kacem Explained
Sonia Kacem (born 1985)[1] is a Swiss visual artist, of Swiss and Tunisian descent.[2] She is known for her sculptures and installation art.[3] [4] She has lived in both Amsterdam,[5] and Geneva.[6]
Biography
Sonia Kacem was born in 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland. 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;[8] Kiefer Hablitzel Göhner Art Prize in 2015; and the Zurich Art Prize 2021, from the museum Haus Konstruktiv and the Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. From 2016 to 2017, she was awarded a residency and grant from the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, in Amsterdam. In 2019, she was awarded the residency at Pro Helvetia Cairo.[9]
Her work is in museum collections, including at Migros Museum of Contemporary Art.[10]
Solo exhibitions
- 2021, museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland[11]
- 2019, Between the Scenes, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany[12]
- 2018, Did snow fall on the pyramids?, T293, Rome, Italy[13]
- 2017, Carcass, Swiss Cultural Center, Paris, France
- 2016, Night Shift, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2015, The Flâneur, T293, Naples, Italy
- 2015, Bermuda Triangle, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- 2015, Loulou Replay, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
- 2014, Loulou, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2013, Petra, Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland
- 2013, Thérèse, Athenaeum Palace, Salle Crosnier, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2011, Progress MI 07, Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland
Notes and References
- Web site: Angerame . Nicola Davide . 4 July 2016 . Sonia Kacem. Intervista con una stella nascente . Sonia Kacem. Interview with a rising star . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131062549/https://www.artribune.com/report/2016/07/mostra-sonia-kacem-cac-ginevra/ . 31 January 2023 . 27 September 2022 . Artribune . it-IT.
- Web site: Schellenberg . Samuel . 8 November 2014 . Sonia Kacem, Textures latentes . Sonia Kacem, Latent Textures . subscription . 27 September 2022 . . fr-FR.
- Web site: 2014 . Sonia Kacem, Loulou . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208235331/https://archive.mamco.ch/artistes_fichiers/K/kacem.html . 8 December 2022 . 27 September 2022 . . fr.
- News: 23 August 2014 . Sonia Kacem . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607122527/https://www.frieze.com/article/sonia-kacem . 7 June 2023 . 27 September 2022 . . en . 16 . 0962-0672.
- Web site: 18 November 2020 . In 2021, the Zurich Art Prize Goes to Sonia Kacem . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220927025857/https://www.artdependence.com/articles/in-2021-the-zurich-art-prize-goes-to-sonia-kacem/ . 27 September 2022 . 27 September 2022 . ArtDependence . en.
- Web site: Conti . Riccardo . 21 May 2022 . Il senso del colore e dello spazio per Sonia Kacem . The sense of color and space for Sonia Kacem . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928215433/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/it/lifestyle/arte/a40060032/sonia-kacem-mostra-milano/ . 28 September 2022 . 27 September 2022 . . it-IT.
- Web site: 19 January 2017 . Thomas Huber: extase / Vanessa Billy: Dear Life / Sonia Kacem: Carcasse . live . https://archive.today/20240710-022706/https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/90075/thomas-huberextasevanessa-billydear-lifesonia-kacemcarcasse/ . 10 July 2024 . 27 September 2022 . Centre culturel suisse . en . e-flux.
- Web site: Schuler . Denis . 16 April 2018 . Sonia Kacem . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929053252/http://ensemblevide.ch/sonia-kacem/ . 29 September 2022 . 27 September 2022 . Ensemble Vide . fr-FR.
- Web site: Kreil . Aymon . 10 January 2022 . Sonia Kacem 'Le Superflu' Haus Konstruktiv / Zurich . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706132725/https://flash---art.com/2022/01/sonia-kacem-le-superflu-haus-konstruktiv-zurich/ . 6 July 2022 . 27 September 2022 . . en-US.
- Web site: Artists: Sonia Kacem . live . https://archive.today/20240710-025439/https://migrosmuseum.ch/en/artists/sonia-kacem . 10 July 2024 . 27 September 2022 . . de.
- Web site: 28 October 2021 . Sonia Kacem – Le Superflu (Zurich Art Prize 2021) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929053341/https://www.frieze.com/event/sonia-kacem-le-superflu-zurich-art-prize-2021 . 29 September 2022 . 27 September 2022 . Frieze.
- Web site: 16 January 2020 . Sonia Kacem 'Between the scenes' at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster . 27 September 2022 . Mousse Magazine . en-US.
- Web site: 7 April 2018 . Sonia Kacem . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929043622/https://www.frieze.com/event/sonia-kacem . 29 September 2022 . 27 September 2022 . Frieze.