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
![Claire Fontaine - Weserburg Museum of Modern Art - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/claire-fontaine-weserburg-museum-of-modern-art/ef4fd2037e-1697554494/teerhofweserburg-02-400x266-crop.jpg)
Hicham Berrada, Claire Fontaine, Petrit Halilaj, Alicja Kwade, The Way We Are
Current exhibition
30 September 2023 — 30 August 2026
Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, Bremen
![Un été à l'Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/un-ete-a-l-hotel-du-cap-eden-roc/8038c3f87e-1715851115/4s9a6182-400x266-crop.jpg)
Daniel Buren, Alicja Kwade, Bertrand Lavier, Lee Ufan, Ugo Rondinone, Un été à l’Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc
Past exhibition
19 April — 20 October 2024
Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes
![Alicja Kwade - Borås Art Biennial - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-boras-art-biennial/83a2baec14-1718368865/bab-skarmbild-web-400x266-crop.jpg)
Hicham Berrada, Alicja Kwade, Ugo Rondinone, Layers, Loops, Lines
Past exhibition
15 June — 15 September 2024
Borås Art Biennial
![Alicja Kwade - Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-fondation-vincent-van-gogh-arles/e6546a6902-1718717105/cf093004-web-400x266-crop.jpg)
Anish Kapoor, Alicja Kwade, Van Gogh et les étoiles
Past exhibition
1 June — 8 September 2024
Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles
![Petrit Halilaj - Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/petrit-halilaj-hamburger-bahnhof-nationalgalerie-der-gegenwart/0768eb7a61-1689773166/e183b7e73f7ec329ab44d6aa1b452f30-400x266-crop.jpg)
Petrit Halilaj, Alicja Kwade, & Álvaro Urbano, Nationalgalerie: A Collection for the 21st Century
Past exhibition
16 June 2023 — 16 June 2024
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin
![Alicja Kwade - Lehmbruck Museum - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-lehmbruck-museum/fdfe3c9354-1696252653/ak-b3-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, In Agnosia
Past exhibition
23 September 2023 — 25 February 2024
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
![Alicja Kwade - Villa Medici - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-villa-medici/6da6735df8-1697552340/b0006474-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Lee Ufan, Ugo Rondinone, Stories of stones
Past exhibition
13 October 2023 — 14 January 2024
Villa Medici, Rome
![Bertrand Lavier - Chengdu Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/bertrand-lavier-chengdu-biennale/c6f8a54c12-1690379347/img-5932-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Bertrand Lavier, Time Gravity
Past exhibition
16 July — 22 November 2023
Chengdu Biennale
![Lucas Ratton x Mennour - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/lucas-ratton-x-mennour/bac6cc8f02-1684319328/photo-galerie-013-saint-tropez-photoedouard-auffray-400x266-crop.jpg)
Elizabeth Jaeger, Tadashi Kawamata, Alicja Kwade, Lucas Ratton x Mennour
Past exhibition
27 May — 1 September 2023
Galerie Lucas Ratton, Saint-Tropez
![Alicja Kwade - h3h - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-h3h/73e5b0ff22-1688729461/alicja-kwade-1-h3h-biennial-2023-oosterhout-photo-peter-cox-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Faith
Past exhibition
3 June — 16 July 2023
h3h biënnale, Oosterhout
![Alicja Kwade - Triennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-triennale/2f0a263e4c-1656940075/fa752946-e600-4e44-9895-72996b5c1b62-uu-sito-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, 23rd International Exhibition
Past exhibition
15 July — 11 December 2022
Triennale Milano
![François Morellet - Musée d’art et d'histoire de Genève - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/francois-morellet-musee-d-art-et-d-histoire-de-geneve/626adcf0d0-1657557070/4s9a9923-400x266-crop.jpg)
Valentin Carron, Alicja Kwade, François Morellet, 10 milliards d’années
Past exhibition
22 July — 30 October 2022
Musée d’art et d'histoire, Geneva
![Alicja Kwade - Ostfriesland Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-ostfriesland-biennale/64c1589c57-1656939905/hv-18210-400x266-crop.jpg)
Alicja Kwade, Ostfriesland Biennale
Past exhibition
4 June — 4 September 2022
Uithuizen