Abdelkader Benchamma
The artist
Born in 1975 in Mazamet (France), Abdelkader Benchamma lives and works in Paris and Montpellier. Benchamma chooses to work in a sole medium: drawings. He adopts different approaches to the drawing process, sometimes moving across a sheet of paper with the meticulous strokes of an engraver, sometimes spreading over a wall with lavish gestures that appropriate the space. The matter escapes from the frame in a form of organic growth. Inspired by literature, philosophy, astrophysics and esoteric reflections, his works create visual scenarios that question our relationship to reality as they probe the frontiers of the invisible.
Exhibitions
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Cosmography
June 27 - August 1, 2024
New York -
Cosma
January 7 - March 18, 2023
Paris - Beaubourg -
Signes
September 3 - October 24, 2020
Brussels -
From the Paper to the Wall
June 6 - July 26, 2019
Brussels -
Engramme
March 16 - May 19, 2019
Paris - Beaubourg
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1975 in Mazamet, France |
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| Residence | Lives and works in Montpellier and Paris, France |
| Education | 2003 - École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France 2000 - École Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Montpellier, France |
SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Landscape of the fall, Het Noordbrabants Museum (HNBM), ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
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| 2023 | Solastagia: Archaeologies of Loss, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Œuvre croisée, Librairie des Colonnes, Tangier, Marocco Géologie des déluges, Fondation François Schneider, Wattwiller, France COSMA, Templon, Paris, France |
| 2022 | Abdelkader Benchamma, Sant’Euno Church, in collaboration with Palazzo Butera and FIAF, Palermo, Italy Abdelkader Benchamma, solo show at Galerie Templon’s booth, Art Brussels 2022, Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2021 | Rayon fossile, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France Echoes, Rupture et Associés, Paris, France |
| 2020 | Signes, Galerie Templon, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 2019 | Symetrie et soupirs, In Situ : Art Contemporain et Patrimoine, Abbaye de Lagrasse, Lagrasse, France Abdelkader Benchamma : Fata Bromosa, MRAC, Sérignan, France Engramme, Galerie Templon, Paris, France Rumeur des cercles, Galerie les Chantiers Boite Noire, Montpellier, France Un artiste, une œuvre, Fondation Hélénis special commission, Montpellier, France |
| 2018 | L’horizon des évènements, CENTQUATRE-Paris, France Echos de la Naissance des Mondes, Collège des Bernardins, on the occasion of the Nuit Blanche, curated by Gaël Charbau, Paris, France |
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GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
| 2025 | Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Apocalypse. Hier et demain, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France Lire le ciel, Mucem, Marseille, France |
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| 2024 | Au bord des mondes, Prix Marcel Duchamp, Center Pompidou, Paris, France Le jour des peintres, Musée d’Orsay, Paris Les lois de l’imaginaire, curated by Laure Forlay and Sophie Sizabuire, FRAC Auvergne in collaboration with the Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie, Aurillac, France |
| 2023 | Prendre le soleil, Hangar Y, Meudon, France Neither the sky nor the earth, Lago/Algo, Mexicó City, Mexico Metro ! Le Grand Paris en mouvement, Cité de l’architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France Histoire de Pierres, curated by Jean de Loisy, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy Constellations, Musée d’art moderne, Céret, France Immortelle, MO.CO., Montpellier, France |
| 2022 | Ce que nous avons perdu dans le feu, Villa Arson, Nice, France |
| 2021 | Comics Trip!, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France Un autre monde///Dans notre monde, Lieu commun, Espace d’art contemporain, Toulouse, France |
| 2020 | Un autre monde///Dans notre monde, FRAC Grand Large — Hauts-de-France, Dunkerque, France Artistes à la Une : Togeth’HER 2021, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France |
| 2019 | Un autre monde/// Dans notre monde, Frac PACA, Marseille, France Eldorado - Lille 3000, Le Tripostal, Lille, France Syncopation, Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan 100 artistes dans la ville, Montpellier, France Air, stone, water, X, Fondation Helenis, Montpellier, France |
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COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
| Grand Paris Express, Vitry-sur-Seine, France | |
| Musée régional d’art contemporain, Sérignan, France | |
| FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France | |
| MATHAF, Musée Arabe d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Doha, Qatar | |
| FRAC Occitanie Montpellier, Montpellier, France | |
| DRAC Centre, Orléans, France | |
| FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France |
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RESIDENCIES (SELECTION)
| 2018 – 2019 | Villa Medicis, Roma, Italy |
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| 2017 | Beirut Art Residency, Lebanon |
| 2016 | a.r.i.a Residency, Algiers, Algeria |
AWARDS
| 2024 | Finalist for the Marcel Duchamp prize, Paris, France |
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| 2018 | Winner of the Occitanie-Médicis Price, France |
| 2015 | Winner of the Drawing Now Price, France Art Collector Price, France |
Press
The Art Newspaper - january, 2024
Les nommés du Prix Marcel-Duchamp dévoilés
Le Quotidien de l'Art - january, 2024
Le prix Marcel Duchamp révèle ses 4 finalistes
François Salmeron
Canvas - January, 2024
Finalists for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2024 Announced
Beaux Arts Paris - january, 2024
Abdelkader Benchamma, finaliste pour le Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024
Les Inrockuptibles - July, 2023
Les déluges sortent du cadre
Télérama - janvier 2023
La Chronique d'Olivier Céna
The Art Newspaper - janvier 2023
La Fondation François Schneider donne carte blanche à Abdelkader Benchamma
The Art Newspaper.fr - mars 2020
Le Grand Paris Express, laboratoire pour les artistes
Anne-Lys Thomas
Daily Art News Paper.fr - décembre 2019
Pour Abdelkader Benchamma, le dessin est une fin en soi
Sébastien Planas
Libération - octobre 2018
Nuit blanche à la belle étoile
La Croix - octobre 2018
Une plongée cosmique dans la nuit blanche
M le Magazine du Monde - avril 2018
Exploration souterraine
Art Absolument - juillet 2011
Le dessin comme archipel
News
Abdelkader Benchamma
ISLAMIC ARTS BIENNALE
Group show
Diriyah Biennale Foundation, Saudi Arabia
From January 25 to May 25, 2025
Abdelkader Benchamma participate in the second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale in Diriyah from January 25, 2025. The exhibited artists explore themes of spirituality, identity, and the intersection of past and present, while fostering cross-cultural connections and expanding the global understanding of Islamic art and culture.
Abdelkader Benchamma
LANDSCAPE OF THE FALL – NETHERLANDS
Solo Show
Het Noordbrabants Museum, Netherlands
From November 16 to March 9, 2025
The Het Noordbrabants Museum dedicates its very first exhibition in the Netherlands to Abdelkader Benchamma from November 16, 2024. For the occasion, the artist connects some of his works with the tradition of Dutch masters such as Jheronimus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel.
Abdelkader Benchamma
AU BORD DES MONDES – PRIX MARCEL DUCHAMP
Group show
Center Pompidou, Paris
From October 2, 2024 to January 6, 2025
On the occasion of the 24th edition of the Prix Marcel Duchamp, curated by Jeanne Brun, Abdelkader Benchamma will present his works and an in-situ installation from October 2, 2024 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Abdelkader Benchamma
Philippe Cognée
Bilal Hamdad
Antoine Roegiers
LE JOUR DES PEINTRES
Group show
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
September 19, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Le jour des peintres, Abdelkader Benchamma, Philippe Cognée, Bilal Hamdad and Antoine Roegiers will be exhibiting their works at the Musée d’Orsay on September 19, 2024 from 2pm to 9.30pm. Orchestrated by the artist Thomas Lévy-Lasne, the event will bring together eighty contemporary painters alongside one of their works in the museum’s galleries.
Abdelkader Benchamma
Jeanne Vicerial
LES LOIS DE L’IMAGINAIRE
Group show
Musées d’Aurillac, France
From May 24 to September 21, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Les lois de l’imaginaire, curated by Laure Folzay and Sophie Sizabuire, Abdelkader Benchamma and Jeanne Vicerial will be exhibiting their work from May 24, 2024 at the Musées d’Aurillac, Les Écuries in collaboration with the Frac Auvergne.
Abdelkader Benchamma
Iván Navarro
Prune Nourry
MÉTRO ! LE GRAND PARIS EN MOUVEMENT
Group show
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris
From November 8, 2023 to June 2, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Métro! Le Grand Paris en mouvement, Abdelkader Benchamma, Iván Navarro and Prune Nourry will be exhibiting their works from November 8, 2023 at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris. Focusing on mobility and urbanity, the exhibition presents visionary projects and the fictional world of the subway, curated by Dominique Perrault, Francis Rambert and Jean-Marc Hofman.
Abdelkader Benchamma
PRENDRE LE SOLEIL
Group show
Hangar Y, Meudon
From December 16, 2023 to April 21, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Prendre le soleil, Abdelkader Benchamma will exhibit two artworks from December 16, 2023 at Hangar Y in Meudon.
Jean-Michel Alberola
Abdelkader Benchamma
HISTOIRES DE PIERRES
Group show
Villa Medici, Rome
From October 13, 2023 to. January 14, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Histoires de pierres, Jean-Michel Alberola and Abdelkader Benchamma exhibit their works from October 13, 2023 at Villa Medici in Rome.
