BIO • CV
Born in1980, Algiers, lives in Tours (France) and Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria).
By its simplicity as a tool, Selmani makes drawing a central medium of his practice. His work, in which the gravity of the subjects is carried by humor, the absurd and simplicity of means, often presents drawings that depict strange or absurd situations made of improbable assemblages tinged with a certain gravity, images taken from the printed press, short animations and sculptures.
In 2015, Massinissa Selmani received a special mention at the 56th Venice Biennale, curated by Okwui Onwezor. He was also the winner of the Art Collector Prize (France) and the SAM Art Projects Prize for Contemporary Art (France) in 2016.
Selected solo and group exhibitions include the 56th Venice Biennale ; Palais de Tokyo, Paris ; Sharjah Biennial 13 ; Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK ; IVAM Valencia, Spain ; Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw ; the 13th Biennale de Lyon, France ; Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré (CCC OD) of Tours, France ; Museum of African Art, Belgrade, Serbia ; 11th Dakar Biennial, Senegal ; UGM Maribor, Slovenia, among others.
Collections include the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France ; MAC Lyon, France ; Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh ; Frac Centre Val de Loire, France ; Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), France and the British Museum, London, UK.
Ce qui coule n’a pas de fin. SAM Art Projects Prize, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Curated by Yoann Gourmel.
Les choses que vous faites m’entourent. Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris
Même dans la pierre, il y a du sable. Galerie de l’Etrave, Thonon-Les-Bains, France. Curated by Philippe Piguet.
Le vent ne veut jamais rester dehors. Selma Feriani gallery, Tunis
2016
Bleu comme une orange. Art [ ] Collector Prize, Patio Opéra, Paris. Curated by Catherine David.
L’horizon était là. Maison Salvan, Labège, France. Curated by Paul de Sorbier.
Centre de création contemporaine Olivier Debré (CCC OD), Tours. France.
L’usine ne fait pas les nuages. Talmart gallery, Paris.
L’Allure des choses. Mamia Bretesché gallery , Paris.
L’Octroi, Tours, France.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
BIENNIALS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
FIAC. Paris. (Selma Feriani Gallery).
I want ! I want!: Art & Technology. Birmingham Museum and Art. Curated by Deborah smith.
Mouvements. Salle des Pavillons, Lyon. In collaboration with Veduta, biennale de Lyon 2017.
The intimate ennemy. Pelagica studio and gallery, Milan. Curated by Pelagica.
Paréidolie. Salon international du dessin contemporain, Marseille. (Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou).
Dans mes mains. dans mes rêves même. Patio Opéra, Paris.
Art Paris. (Galerie 8+4 / Bernard Chauveau).
DNAP, Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts de Tours. Tours, France
TALKS / CONFERENCES