Zineb Sedira
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Zineb Sedira | |
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| Born | 1963 |
| Education | Royal College of Art |
| Known for | Photography and video |
| Movement | Modernism |
| Awards | SAM Art Prize, Decibel Award |
| Website | zinebsedira.com |
Zineb Sedira is a feminist photographer and video artist, best known for work exploring the human relationship to geography.
Early life and education
Zineb Sedira was born in 1963 in the Parisian suburb of Gennevilliers; her parents were immigrants from Algeria.[1] She moved to England in 1986.[2]
Sedira received a BA in Critical Fine Art Practice at London's Central Saint Martins, then earned an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art in 1997. She later spent five years doing research at the Royal College of Art.[3][2]
Career
Zineb Sedira's initial work focused on images of women in the Muslim world, often featuring photographs of her mother and her daughter. Watching her mother don the haik upon arrival in Algiers had a significant impact on Sedira. "I remember as soon as we got off the plane and arrived at her home, she would open the case and put it out," she said in 2013. "She would change into it. She would become it."[2]
Style
Themes
Reception
Work
Major exhibitions
Public collections
Awards and nominations
References
- ^ Cotter, Holland. "'Zineb Sedira: Present Tense' at the Taymour Grahne Gallery". 14 January 2016. Accessed 5 March 2016.
- ^ a b c Lambelin, Joke. "This is My Body: Sedira's Eyes. Al Arte Magazine. 19 January 2013. Accessed 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Biography". zinebsedira.com. Accessed 5 March 2016.
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