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Sonia Kacem
Swiss visual artist (b. 1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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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]
- 2016, Night Shift, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland[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]
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References
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