Amina Zoubir

Amina Zoubir ( bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1983) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ contemporary artist, filmmaker n ti pahi performer from Algiers, Algeria. O nyɛla bɛ ni mi so ni  feminist performer ka di nyɛla o bɛhigu ni sinii din yuli booni Take your place la puuni,Produced by narrative (Paris, France) and Une Chambre à Soi (Algiers, Algeria) http://www.narrative.info/portfolio/un-ete-a-alger/  dini ka o daa dareeti yuuni 2012 di ni daa niŋ ka.Algeria nim yan puhi bɛ yuun pihinu chuɣu bɛ maŋ sulinsi deebu nyaan ga.

 O Public Art Collection nima 
The artworks produced from Amina Zoubir's practice and research have been included in public and private collections of art foundations and museums.
 Etnografiska Museet, 2020, Stockholm, Sweden
 Collection Tilder, 2019, Paris, France 
 Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon, 2018 Paris, France 
 FRAC Occitanie, Fond Régional d'Art Contemporain, Les Abattoirs, 2017, Toulouse, France
 Foundation DONWAHI, 2016, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
 Foundation of African Artists for Development, 2015, Paris, France.

 O Filmography nima 
Last pop dance before darkness,Le Monde, publié le 06 mai 2018 https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/05/06/a-dakar-l-art-contemporain-africain-se-met-a-l-heure-rouge_5295094_3212.html 30 min, HD Pal color, sound, 2014–2016.
Love all women like you love your mother, 4 min, Pal color, sound, 2018.
Living in Utopia, video, 10 min, Pal color, sound, 2017.
Take Your Place - Prends ta place, webdocumentary A Summer in Algiers - Un été Alger, produced by Narrative Paris and Une chambre à soi Algiers, with  support of CNC France, 40 min, HD Pal color, sound, 2012, six performances in urban spaces at Algiers, Algeria.
In which world do you want to be born, video, 2 min, Pal color, sound, 2011.
Psychedelic women, video, 10 min, Pal color, sound, 2008–2010.
The city is one of us, in collaboration with Yossi Atia, Love Difference and Foundation Pistoletto, documentary, 10 min, Pal color, sound, 2008.
Take the Bus and look - Prends le bus et regarde, documentary, 12 min, Pal color, sound, 2006.

 Exhibitions
 O Solo exhibition nima 
 Taking a stance on berber queens, Södertälje Konsthall, April 27 to June 27  April 27-June 27, 2020, Södertälje, Sweden.
The Forgotten figures, Rikstolvan Art Center, September 19-November 1, 2020 Jarrestad Simrishamn, Sweden.
Arab sexshop, Espace d’Art 87, 2016, Paris, France. 
Take your place, A Summer in Algiers, Cinémathèque Tanger, 2013, Tangiers, Morocco. 
Psychedelic women: the middle Eastern body languages, PasaJist Gallery, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.

 O Group exhibitions and biennial nima 
2011 - 2020 
 Lahore Biennale, Second edition, installation Muscicapidae  January 26 to February 29, 2020, curator Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, Lahore, Pakistan.
 Nobel Week Lights, installation Albert Camus Light's up Je n’ai jamais pu renoncer à la lumière - Jag kunde aldrig ge upp ljuset, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, with Nobel Prize Museum, Institut Français de Suède and Helmet, 5–13 December 2020, Stockholm, Sweden.
 1:54 African Art Fair, Primo Marella Gallery, 2020, Marrakech, Morocco.
 Time To Shine Bright, Algerian Pavilion, Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, Venice Biennale 2019, Italy, May 9-November 24, 2019. 
 Cairo Biennale, Eyes East Bound, installation Muscicapidae, 13th edition at the Palace of Arts, curator Ehab El Laban, Cairo Egypt, June 10 to August 10, 2019. 
 Lumières d’Afriques, Musée d’Art Contemporain Mohamed VI, Rabat, Maroc, April 2 to August 15, 2019. 
 MAXXI, Musée Nationale d’Art Contemporain du 21e siècle, Rome Italy, African Metropolis, an imaginary city, curator Simon Njami and Elena Motisi, June - November 2018, Rome, Italy. 
 Dak’Art Dakar Biennale,Par Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, publié le 08 mai 2018 https://www.lemonde.fr/arts/article/2018/05/08/a-dakar-une-biennale-sans-concessions_5295899_1655012.html The red hour, curator Simon Njami, Palais de Justice Dakar, May to June 2018, Dakar, Senegal. 
 Lagos Photo Festival, Regimes of Truths, curator Azu Nwagbogu, November- January, 2017, Lagos, Nigeria. 
 Lagos Biennale, Living on the edge, October 2017, Lagos, Nigeria.
 Afriques Capitales, Vers le cap de bonne espérance, curator Simon Njami, Gare Saint Sauveur, April 2017, Lille, France. 
 Centre Pompidou, Performance Aerobic Philosophic by Pascal Lièvre, 2016, Paris, France. 
 AKAA, Also Known As Africa, Foire d’art Contemporain d’Afrique, November 2016, Carreau du Temple, Paris, France. 
 L’Iris de Lucy,Par Roxana Azimi, Le Monde, publié le 01 août 2016 https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2016/08/01/l-iris-de-lucy-la-femme-africaine-a-l-honneur_4977146_3212.html Musée départementale d’art contemporain Rochechouart,Musée départementale d’art contemporain Rochechouart https://www.musee-rochechouart.com/index.php/fr/les-expositions/archives/2016/l-iris-de-lucy June 2016, Rochechouart, France. 
 El Iris de Lucy, MUSACEl Iris de Lucy, group show of African women artists at MUSAC Museum of contemporary art Leon https://musac.es/#exposiciones/expo/?id=6278&from=?id=174&from= Museum of contemporary art, January 2016, León, Spain.
 Something Else, curator Simon Njami, OFF Biennale Caire, Darb1718, November 2015, Cairo, Egypt.
 Lumières d’Afriques,Par Edelweiss Vieira, Le Monde, publié le 24 novembre 2015. https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2015/11/24/l-afrique-allumee-au-palais-de-chaillot_4816447_3212.html Théatre Nationale de Chaillot,  November 2015, Paris, France. 
 Addis FotoFest, 3e édition, Festival de la photographie, Addis Abeba, September 2014, Ethiopia. 
 Biennale H2O Actuel Art, curated by Feria+Vincent, Modern Art Museum of republic of Sakha, Yakoutsk, August 2014, Russia. 
 Torrance Art Museum, Time is Love, curator Kisito Assangni, September 2013, California, USA. 
 Palais de Tokyo, Launch of video performance Take Your Place, A Summer in Algiers, during Triennale Intense proximité, curator Okwui Enwezor, June 24, 2012, Paris, France.
 FEMLINK Wonder 2011, Fondation Artos, Nicosi, Chyprus and TAC, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

2004 - 2010
 Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb, Prend le bus et regarde, April 2010, Saint Denis, France. 
 Diffusion des Cinémas Arabes, Cinéma(s) d’Algérie, AFLAM, May 2009, Marseille, France. 
 Biennale Internationale d’art contemporain Pontevedra, 30e édition, sans frontières : convergences hispanomaghrébines, June 2008, Pontevedra, Spain.
 Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs d’Europe et de Méditerranée BJCEM, 13e édition, Bari, Italy. The city is one of us, Foundation Michelangelo Pistoletto, June 2008, Bari, Italy.
 Exhibition Regards des photographes Arabes au Musée public national d’Art moderne et contemporain d’Alger (MAMA) capitale du monde Arabe par Institut du monde arabe, 2008, Paris, France.  
 Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Marché du court, 2008, France.
 Screening, Take the bus and look, Filmathèque ZINET, April 2006, Algiers, Algeria.  
 Biennale Internationale de Design Saint-Etienne, 2004, France.
 In memory of director Ahmed ASSELAH and his son Rabah ASSELAH, murdered at the École supérieure des beaux-arts d'Alger on March 5, 1994, during civil war. Exhibition at ESBA 2004, Algiers, Algeria.

 O Conference nima 
Conference at iaspis  Konsnarsnamnden Stockholm, Sweden June 15, 2020 iaspis Dialogues https://www.konstnarsnamnden.se/default.aspx?id=21254  with Karen Milbourne,Conversation with curator Karen Milbourne https://vimeo.com/431500715 Senior Curator at Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C USA.
Interview at French Institute Of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.Talk at French Institute Sweden https://institutfrancais-suede.com/interview-avec-lartiste-amina-zoubir/ 
TV5 Monde, L'invité de Patrick Simonin, with Malala Andrialavidrazana, about the exhibition Lumières d'Afriquesconversation with artist Malala Andrialavidrazana to view on that link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ZboUc9NNo2017
France Culture Radio, Ping Pong Interview, Amina Zoubir et Jayro Bustamante: Femmes rebelles d’Algérie et du Guatemala, Paris, France.
Forum Libération, Débat Alger : nouvelle génération? Villa Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
Resistance et creation, debate moderated by journalist Ariane Allard with Lydie Salvayre, Hala Mohammad, Wassyla Tamzali, Alessandra Celesia and Amina Zoubir at Festival Films Femmes Méditerranée, organized by ARTE - Actions Culturelles, September 28, 2013, Villa Méditerranée, Marseille, France
Debate Nouveaux Cinémas d’Afrique, Décoloniser les imaginaires: La Fabrique du Réel Dans Les Nouveaux cinémas d’Afrique, Les Ateliers Varan, 2013, Paris, France.
Conference at , Festival Viva l’Algérie, January 2013, Paris, France

O Bibliography nima

 Exhibition catalogues 
Lahore Biennale, 2020, Lahore, Pakistan.
Biso Biennale, 2020, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Cairo Biennale, Eyes East Bond, Cairo, Egypt.
Time to shine bright, first Algerian pavilion at 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, Italy, edited by Editions HELIUM Algeria
Dakar Biennale, Dak'Art 2018, Palais de Justice de Dakar, Senegal
African Metropolis, An imaginary city, group exhibition of African artists, MAXXI NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 21ST CENTURY ARTS, 2018, Rome, Italy, Editor Kehrer Verlag, Germany.
Afrique Capitales, Vers le Cap de bonne espérance, group exhibition of African artists, La Villette Paris, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France,2017, Editor Kehrer Verlag, Germany.
Lucy's Iris, group exhibition of African women artists, MUSAC Museum, 2016–2017, León, Spain.
Lumières d'Afriques, group exhibition of African artists, Théâtre Nationale de Chaillot, 2015, Paris, France.

O Publication nima 

Black Camera n°6 Women on the Algerian Art Scene: Interrogating the Postcolonial Gaze through Documentary and Video Art, article by Delphine Letort and Emmanuelle Cherel. Indiana University Press Board of Directors, 2014, Indiana, USA. 
Algerian Artists Write the Video Body 1995–2013, Nafas Magazine, 2014, online on Universes in Universe. 
Le génie empêché par les médiocres, The genius impeded by the mediocre,  about the movie Tahya Ya Dido, Mohamed Zinet (1971, 76 min) at Laboratoire d’Aubervilliers, 2013, France.
Monde du Cinéma, number 3, Art video algérien: une experience en temps réel, review release in April 2013 at Paris, France.
Book release Relationship of image and sound in contemporary Algerian Video: Experience real-time European University Editions, 2010, Germany. 
 Journal of the Foundation Michelangelo Pistoletto, About video documentary, Take the bus and look, 2010, Cittadellarte, Biella, Italy.

 O Collaboration nima 
Utocorpis, curatorial programme, video art, films et vidéos d’artistes français et africains, 2017, French Institute Casablanca, Morocco. 
Utocorpis, les corps utopiques, Silencio Club David Lynch, 2017, Paris, France.
Delirium, vidéos d’artiste africains, French Institute Dakar, 2016, Senegal.
Curating exhibition Le corps manquant - The missing body, 2014, French Institute Algiers, Algeria. 
Corps et (des) accords. L’Esthétique vidéo des artistes algériennes (1995–2013), Cycle Possession, Espace Khiasma, 2013, curatorial programme of video art, Paris Les Lilas, France.
Curating exhibition La scène algérienne, Hospice Saint Charles, January 2013, Rosny-sur-seine, France. 
Illegal Cinema 113, screening movie Tahya ya dido, directed by par Mohamed Zinet (1971, 76 min), Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, 2013, Paris, France. 
Methods and processes of change, Foundation Michelangelo Pistoletto and Association Love Difference, 2010, Biella, Italy.
French Connexion edited by  Léa Gauthier, Black Jack Editions, 2008, Paris, France. 
Du sacré dans l’art actuel?, edited by Richard Conte et Marion Laval Jeantet, Klincksieck Editions, 2008, Paris, France.

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Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:Algerian women artists
Category:21st-century Algerian artists
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