Alicja Kwade
Born in 1979 in Katowice (Poland), ALICJA KWADE lives and works in Berlin (Germany). Alicja Kwade’s work investigates and questions the structures of our reality and society and reflects on the perception of time in our everyday life. Her diverse practice is based around concepts of space, time, science and philosophy, takes shape in sculptural objects, video and even photography. Kamel Mennour and Alicja Kwade have been working together since 2013. Her work was exhibited in multiple solo shows in museums and institutions such as the Langen Foundation, Neuss; the...Read more
Works
![Exhibition view, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-museum-voorlinden/4864536717-1718716595/2024-alicja-kwade-exhibition-view-die-notwendigkeit-der-dinge-voorlinden-museum-photo-antoine-van-kaam-15-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, 2024
![Exhibition view, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-museum-voorlinden-wassenaar/e8ce97fa9e-1718716494/2024-alicja-kwade-exhibition-view-die-notwendigkeit-der-dinge-voorlinden-museum-photo-bram-vreugdenhil-90-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, 2024
![Exhibition view, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-lehmbruck-museum-duisburg/fb529ad437-1718716312/ak-b26-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, 2023
![The heavy weight of lively light (Collard - Picard) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/the-heavy-weight-of-lively-light-collard-picard/83f9b352cf-1634737302/b0080808-400x.jpg)
The heavy weight of lively light (Collard - Picard), 2021
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-day-density-2/9a0ee4ee4c-1634737137/1-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2021
![Exhibition view (with Louise Nevelson), kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-2021/1f5360bdbb-1623935476/5-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view (with Louise Nevelson), kamel mennour, Paris, 2021
![Installation view, Desert X, Coachella Valley - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/installation-view-desert-x-coachella/a9e188fecc-1623935647/dx-alicja-kwade-6-lance-gerber-3000px-400x.jpg)
Installation view, Desert X, Coachella Valley, 2021
![Exhibition view, CCCOD, Tours - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/alicja-kwade-cccod-tours/d08f244418-1563624594/ccc-od-alicja-kwade-001-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, CCCOD, Tours, 2019
![Exhibition view, Venice Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-venice-biennale/532553f0db-1563618759/ir-arsenale-alicja-kwade-2381-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2017
![Exhibition view, Metropolitan Museum, New York - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-metropolitan-museum-new-york/d13f4619ca-1563624730/01-the-roof-garden-commission-alicja-kwade-parapivot-2019-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 2019
![Matter of content - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/matter-of-content/5efd2f05b2-1562325384/alk65-400x.jpg)
Matter of content, 2015
![Eigenschaft und Möglichkeit - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/eigenschaft-und-moglichkeit/f483d5b54b-1562325649/alk82-400x.jpg)
Eigenschaft und Möglichkeit, 2015
![Exhibition view, Hayward Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/alicja-kwade/exhibition-view-hayward-gallery-london/692f0056a6-1563624340/mark-blower-180922-space-shifters-hayward-0270-edit-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Hayward Gallery, London, 2018
Exhibitions & News
![L'art de la rencontre - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/l-art-de-la-rencontre/2e21d2e0c9-1738950501/2-400x266-crop.jpg)
Group show, L’art de la rencontre
Current exhibition
6 February — 20 March 2025
![Blue Days Dust - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/blues-days-dust/e0b052f8a7-1726069619/7-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Blue Days Dust
Past exhibition
7 September — 2 November 2024
Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris 6
![Glimpse of Light - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/glimpse-of-light/e91e824073-1718029519/3-400x266-crop.jpg)
Group show, Glimpse of Light
Past exhibition
6 June — 25 September 2024
Mennour, 5 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
![Group show - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/group-show-matignon/f4b58d41c9-1707843971/image-400x266-crop.jpg)
Daniel Buren, Claire Fontaine, Douglas Gordon, Camille Henrot, Anish Kapoor, Alicja Kwade, François Morellet, Group show
Past exhibition
5 February — 16 March 2024
Mennour, 28 avenue Matignon, Paris 8
![Le Salon de musique - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/le-salon-de-musique/001a2c1f9c-1675435688/7-400x266-crop.jpg)
Group show, Le Salon de musique
Past exhibition
3 February — 18 March 2023
Mennour, 6 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
![Endless Summer - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/endless-summer/852c950434-1662460863/5-400x266-crop.jpg)
Group show, Endless Summer
Past exhibition
6 September — 8 October 2022
Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris 6
![Day Density - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/day-density/0525c8d147-1636033311/4-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Day Density
Past exhibition
18 October — 27 November 2021
Mennour, 5 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
Mennour, 6 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
![Face-à-face - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/face-a-face/306ab81632-1622730396/4-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Louise Nevelson, Face-à-face
Past exhibition
3 June — 24 July 2021
Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris 6
![Group show - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/group-show-pdl/5d5dd3ed50-1602080322/9-400x266-crop.jpg)
Neïl Beloufa, Michel François, Petrit Halilaj, Camille Henrot, Tadashi Kawamata, Alicja Kwade, Ugo Rondinone, Group show
Past exhibition
3 — 12 October 2020
Mennour, 6 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
![From Home - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/from-home/3ebe1a2cfe-1591266606/panorama-sans-titre9-400x266-crop.jpg)
Group show, From Home
Past exhibition
3 — 20 April 2020
Viewing room
![Été indien - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/ete-indien/84c5c36419-1567613717/11-400x266-crop.jpg)
Group show, Été indien
Past exhibition
5 September — 5 October 2019
Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris 6
![Revolution Orbita - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/revolution-orbita/99b932c23f-1562323490/4-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Revolution Orbita
Past exhibition
4 October — 18 November 2017
![In Aporie - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/in-aporie/141a1b1d6f-1562322878/1-2016-in-aporie-photo-julie-joubert-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, In Aporie
Past exhibition
14 October — 26 November 2016
Mennour, 6 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6