Kader Attia

Kader Attia (born December 30, 1970) is a French artist.
Early life.
Attia was born in Dugny, France to Algerian parents and was raised in Paris and Algeria. He studied at the l'école Duperré de Paris, l'école des arts appliqués La Massana de Barcelone and graduated from the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs Paris, in 1998.
Work.
His work often examines social injustice, marginalized communities and postcolonialism.
In 2016, he founded La Colonie, a gallery near Paris' Gare du Nord train station. In March 2020, La Colonie closed permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic. In March 2021, Attia was announced as the curator for the 12th Berlin Biennale. He is the first artist to curate the biennale since New-York based collective DIS, who presented the 9th edition in 2016.
Collections.
Attia's work is included in the permanent collections of:
Awards.
In 2016 he won France's Prix Marcel Duchamp. In 2018 he was awarded the Joan Miró Prize.