Zineb Sedira
Born in 1963 in Paris (France), ZINEB SEDIRA lives in London (United Kingdom) and works between Algiers (Algeria), Paris and London. Over the fifteen years of her practice, Sedira has enriched the debate around the concepts of modernism, modernity and its manifestations in an inclusive way. She has also raised awareness of artistic expression and the contemporary experience in North Africa. She found inspiration initially in researching her identity as a woman with a singular personal geography. From these autobiographical concerns she gradually shifted her interest to more universal ideas...Read more
Works
![Exhibition view, Whitechapel Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-whitechapel-gallery-london/e17dddf092-1718708325/dsc9755lr-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Whitechapel Gallery, London
![Exhibition view, Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-carre-d-art-musee-d-art-contemporain-nimes/6b75fd3e09-1718708119/alassan-diawara-zineb-sedira-contemporaine-de-nimes-2024-photo-jc-lett-18-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes, 2024
![Exhibition view, Mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-mennour-paris-no-matter-what/c08f575598-1686233526/7-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Mennour, Paris, 2023
![Exhibition view, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-hamburger-bahnhof-nationalgalerie-der-gegenwart-berlin/abcdb9884a-1686233191/6-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, 2023
![Exhibition view, 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-59th-international-art-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia-3/606fe5dad7-1651572598/zineb-sedira-venice-thierry-bal-19-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, 2022
![Exhibition view, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-kunsthaus-baselland-muttenz-basel/1c20e9748f-1657903115/05-06-2022-khbl-01-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel, 2022
![Exhibition view, 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-59th-international-art-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia-2/cfc4c5832e-1651572382/zineb-sedira-venice-thierry-bal-16-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, 2022
![Exhibition view, 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-59th-international-art-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia/64dd726920-1651572257/zineb-sedira-venice-thierry-bal-13-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, 2022
![Exhibition view, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-scottsdale-museum-of-contemporary-art/5e1bc8ba2e-1624358343/dsc4382-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2021
![Exhibition view, Liverpool Biennial - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/zineb-sedira/exhibition-view-liverpool-biennial/ae46829a9d-1624357140/zineb-sedira-sugar-routes-series-20132014-installation-view-at-open-eye-gallery-liverpool-biennial-2021-photography-rob-batte-400x.jpg)
Exhibition view, Liverpool Biennial, 2021
Exhibitions & News
![Zineb Sedira - Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-abu-dhabi-cultural-foundation/1b1f0f9d56-1732880081/5a0fadc0-37ca-3bad-81e8-554450235b7f-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, A way of surviving, a way of life
Current exhibition
3 October 2024 — 8 March 2025
Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation
![Zineb Sedira - Contemporaine de Nîmes - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-contemporaine-de-nimes/bcd6794905-1715786288/alassan-diawara-zineb-sedira-contemporaine-de-nimes-2024-photo-jc-lett-12-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Une nouvelle jeunesse
Past exhibition
5 April — 22 September 2024
Contemporaine de Nîmes
![Zineb Sedira - Whitechapel Gallery - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-whitechapel-gallery/cac99b1e17-1700498648/4-zineb-sedira-installation-view-from-dreams-have-no-titles-at-the-venice-biennale-2022-photo-thierry-bal-1170x655-400x266-crop.png)
Zineb Sedira, Dreams Have No Titles
Past exhibition
15 February — 12 May 2024
Whitechapel Gallery, London
![Screening and discussion with Zineb Sedira and Nabil Djedjouani - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/screening-and-discussion-with-zineb-sedira-and-nabil-djedjouani/372cfc7e06-1698941870/couverture-sedira-1920x1080-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Screening and discussion with Zineb Sedira and Nabil Djedjouani
Past event
15 November 2023
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
![Zineb Sedira - The High Line - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-the-high-line/de32420a4c-1698674764/schenck-high-line-art-channels-2023-10-04-dsc-2170-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Dreams Have No Titles
Past event
12 September — 1 November 2023
On the High Line at 14th Street
![Zineb Sedira - Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain d’intérêt national - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-passerelle-centre-d-art-contemporain-d-interet-national/2ca22f1e58-1690297382/cacp-2023-une-separation-045-2-1200x0-tiny-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Le Prix Marcel Duchamp | Une séparation
Past exhibition
16 June — 16 September 2023
Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain d’intérêt national, Brest
![Zineb Sedira - Dundee Contemporary Arts - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-dundee-contemporary-arts/26a6065d6e-1673870663/zineb-sedira-1-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Can’t You See the Sea Changing?
Past exhibition
29 April — 6 August 2023
Dundee Contemporary Arts
![Zineb Sedira - Hamburger Bahnhof - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-hamburger-bahnhof/4c54eed8f8-1678116760/6-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Dreams Have No Titles
Past exhibition
24 February — 30 July 2023
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin
![No Matter What - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/no-matter-what/dcc88761f3-1685969675/12-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, No Matter What
Past exhibition
1 June — 22 July 2023
Mennour, 6 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
![Zineb Sedira - Gwangju Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-gwangju-biennale/61fd108125-1680255143/sns-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Gwangju Biennale Pavilion
Past exhibition
7 April — 9 July 2023
Gwangju
![Zineb Sedira - Institut français du Royaume-Uni - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-institut-francais-du-royaume-uni/b0dd9712ad-1688389676/sedira-screening-1-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Resisting with Cinema: an Evening Curated by Zineb Sedira
Past event
5 July 2023
Ciné Lumière, London
![Zineb Sedira - Bienal'23 Fotografia do Porto - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-bienal-23-fotografia-do-porto/c6a2143562-1685543820/zineb-sedira-mother-tongue-video-2002-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Deep Blue
Past exhibition
18 May — 2 July 2023
Bienal'23 Fotografia do Porto
![Zineb Sedira - Fondation Boghossian - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/zineb-sedira-fondation-boghossian/d0c88b00ba-1677688628/zs107-400x266-crop.jpg)
Zineb Sedira, Family Matters
Past exhibition
2 March — 28 May 2023
Fondation Boghossian - Villa Empain, Brussels