Stéphanie Saadé
Education & Diplomas
2005/10 - École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, ENSBA, FR
2010/12 - Post-graduate program, China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, CN
Previous Professions
Teacher at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, École des Arts de la Sorbonne
Major Achievements
2023 - Traversée des états (Crossing States), artist book supported by Centre Pompidou and BNP Paribas Banque Privée, FR
2022 - Monograph following the solo exhibition Building a Home with Time, Centre Pasquart, Bienne, CH
2020 - The Travels of Here and Now, artist book supported by Museum Van Loon and AFK, NL
2018 - Destinée Cherche Propriétaire, Maison Salvan (monograph and artist book), FR
Field(s) of Expertise
Fine Arts
Education
DNSAP (Masters in Fine Arts), ENSBA (école nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris
Exhibitions, Lectures & Performances
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025 - The Encounter of the First and Last Particles of Dust,Sursock Museum, Beirut, LB(institutional)
2024 - It Is…, P///AKT, Amsterdam, NL
2022 - Building a Home with Time, Centre Pasquart, Biel, CH
2020 - Intimate Geographies, duo show, Marres - House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, NL
2019 - The Travels of Here and Now, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, NL
2018 - Traversée des États (Crossing States), Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, FR- Destinée Cherche Propriétaire (Destiny without a Beholder), Maison Salvan, Labège, FR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: (selection)
2025 - Istanbul Bienniale 18, Istanbul, TR
- Rug Life, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, US
- Inventer l’Aventure, La Terrasse - Nanterre, Nanterre, FR
- Bearing Witness, Willem Twee, Den Bosch, NL
- Collector #3, Jardin Botanique de Bordeaux, FR
2024 - Rug Life, The Museum of Crafts and Design, San Francisco, US
- Beirut: Eternal Recurrence, SAW, Ottawa, CA
- Spuiten En Stikken, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
- Imagine Home, Het Noordbrabant Museum, 'S-Hertogenbosch, NL
- Echoes Through the Mediterraneans, Maxxi Museum, Rome, IT
- Intimate Garden Scene (in Beirut), Home Works Forum 09, Beirut, LB
- Le Soleil Des Morts, Atelier 11, Cité Falguière, Paris, FR
2023 - Présence, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
- House of Dreamers, Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels, BE
- Zone de contact, Poush Manifesto, Aubervillers, FR
- Les Furtifs, Appartement Jacques Prévert, Paris, FR
- Murphy’s echoes, Galerie Expérimentale CCCOD, Tours, FR
- Entrouverte, Lls Paleis, Antwerp, BE
- Les artistes brouillent les cartes, Bibliothèque Germaine Tillion, Paris, FR
2022 - Re-Appearing Imaginaries, MISK Art Institute, Ryadh, SA
- Vergoldet / Gilded, Château De Nyon, Nyon, CH
- Austerlitz Was His Name, A Tale Of A Tub, Rotterdam, NL
- Soundtrack For A Troubled Time, Huidenclub, Rotterdam, NL
2021 - Histoires d’Abstraction, Le Cauchemar De Greenberg, Fondation Ricard, Paris, FR
- How Will It End?, Villa Empain, Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, BE
- Age of You, Jameel Art Center, Dubai, AE
- The Secret Of Alidades, Saudi Art Council, Jeddah, SA
2020 - Game Of Goose, SALTS, Birsfelden, CH
- When Two Artists Meet, Rongwrong, Amsterdam, NL
2019 - Luogo e Segni, Punta della Dogana, Venice, IT
- Age of You, MOCA, Toronto, CA
- No one not even the rain has such small hands, La Criée, Rennes, FR
- Marcher pour vivre, Palais des Évèques, Occitanie, FR
- Partir! Partir!, Espace d’art contemporain Bédarieux, Occitanie, FR
2018 - Or (Gold), MUCEM, Marseille, FR
- So long ago it feels like a memory of someone else, Hessel Museum, CCS Bard College, New York, US
- Zeitspuren, the Power of Now, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, CH
- Beirut, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout, Oslo Kunstforening, Ystad Konstmuseum, Listasafn Islands, NO/SE/IS
2017 - Sharjah Biennale 13 Tamawuj, Sharjah, AE
- Home Beirut, Sounding the Neighbours, MAAXI, Rome, IT
- The Materiality of the Invisible, Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, NL
2016 - Home Works 7, On Water, Rosemary and Mercury, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, LB
- Still Life, Parc Saint Léger hors les murs, Espace Culturel Claude Parent, Nevers, FR
- Les Fragments de l’Amour, La Traverse, Centre d’art contemporain d’Alfortville, FR
- Say it with Flowers!, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, DE
2015 - Adam, Eve and the Devil, MARRES, House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, NL
- I Spy with my Little Eye: an Emerging Generation of Beirut Artists, Mosaic Rooms, London, UK
- The Girl with the Sun in her Head, Van Eyck, Maastricht, NL
2014 - The Pink Sky, MuHKA, Antwerp, BE
- 13, LA CONSERVERA Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, ES
- Le 59e Salon de Montrouge, Le Beffroi, Montrouge, FR
2013 - Journeys through our Heritage, Revisiting Modern Artists, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, LB
2012 - Qalandiya International (QI) Biennale, Palestine
- Young Artist of the Year, A.M.Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, PS
2011 - Exposure 2011, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, LB
Fellowships
ARTIST RESIDENCIES 2022/23 - Centre Pompidou Paris, Accélérations, Season 3 : La Présence, curated by Michel Gauthier, FR (selection) 2018/19: 3 Package Deal, Amsterdam, NL 2017: Villa Empain, Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, BE 2015/16: Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR 2014/15: Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL PRIZES: 2024:Prix Fluxus CPGA (Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art) at Frieze London with Marfa' Projects, Beirut, LB 2023:Prix Cartabianca, Fondation Pujade-Lauraine, FR 2018: NADA Artadia Award at NADA Miami with Counter Space, Zurich, CH
Awards
2024 - Prix Fluxus CPGA (Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art) at Frieze London with Marfa' Projects, Beirut, LB
2023 - Prix Cartabianca, Fondation Pujade-Lauraine, FR
2018 - NADA Artadia Award at NADA Miami with Counter Space, Zurich, CH
Competences & Skills
Artist and art teacher
Other Achievements
CATALOGUES (selection)
2023 - Présence, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
2021 - The Extreme Self: Age of You, Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Walther König, DE
2019 - Luogo e Segni, Fondation Pinault, Venise, IT
2018 - Or, MUCEM, Marseille, FR
2017 - Home Beirut: Sounding the Neighbours, MAXXI, Rome, IT
2014 - The Pink Sky, exhibition catalogue, MuHKA, Antwerp, BE
PRESS (selection) 2025 - Art Press n°535, “A Lebanese Scene in Exile”, by Caroline Cros
- TL Mag, “The Ideal Home”, curated by Chris Dercon
2020 - Art Forum, “Stéphanie Saadé on the Beirut explosion and an artwork lost to the blast”, by Kaya Genck
2019 - Art Forum Print Summer 2019, exhibition review by Murtaza Vali
- Art Agenda, “L’espace de 70 jours”, by Natasha Marie Llorens
- Art in America, exhibition review by Rahel Aima
2018 - Beaux-Arts Magazine n°404, “12 786 jours dans la vie de Stéphanie Saadé”, by Emmanuelle Lequeux
2017 - Art Press n°444, “13e biennale d'art contemporain de Sharjah”, by Anaël Pigeat (cover : Portrait of a Lake)
2016 - Ibraaz, review on The Shape of Distance, by Rahel Aima
2015 - Le Quotidien de l'Art n°761, “Stéphanie Saadé, Souvenir du Liban”, by Emmanuelle Lequeux
Community Involvement
Currently: solo exhibition at Sursock Miuseum, Beirut and group exhibition at Marfa' Projects, Beirut.