Simone Fattal

Artist Biography

Simone Fattal was born in Damascus, Syria, and raised in Lebanon, where she studied philosophy at the École des Lettres in Beirut. She then moved to Paris, where she continued her philosophical pursuits at the Sorbonne.

In 1969 she returned to Beirut and began working as a visual artist, exhibiting her paintings until the start of the Lebanese Civil War.

She left Lebanon in 1980 and settled in California, where she founded the Post-Apollo Press, a publishing house dedicated to innovative and experimental literary work. In 1988 she enrolled at the Art Institute of San Francisco, which prompted a return to her artistic practice and a newfound dedication to sculpture and ceramics.

Fattal currently lives in Paris. Her work is included in several public collections, such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, Marrakech; the Sursock Museum, Beirut ; the Sharja Art Foundation, Sharja and the National Museum of Qatar, Doha.

Recent solo exhibitions of her work were recently held at : MoMA PS1, New York (2019) ; Bergen Kunsthall (2019) ; Pinault Collection, Punta della Dogana, Venice (2019) ; Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Marrakech (2018) ; the Rochechouart Departmental Museum of Contemporary Art (2017) ; Sharjah Art Foundation (2016).

Simone Fattal is represented by Galerie Tanit Beirut.

Exhibitions
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Beirut Art Fair 2016

From September 15, 2016 to September 18, 2016

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MENART 2023

From February 3, 2023 to February 5, 2023

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Paper Trail
50 years
Collective Exhibition

From November 23, 2022 to December 23, 2022

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15 Years, Crossed Perspectives
Collective Exhibition

From November 4, 2022 to January 7, 2023

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ART DUBAI 2018

From March 21, 2018 to March 24, 2018

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MENART FAIR 2022

From May 18, 2022 to May 22, 2022 

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MENART FAIR 2021

From May 27, 2021 to May 30, 2021

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I Am One Acquainted With The Night
Collective Exhibition

From June 5, 2021 to September 25, 2021

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Un Bestiaire
Collective Exhibition

From September 9, 2021 to October 1, 2021

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Beirut Art Fair 2017

From September 21, 2017 to September 24, 2017

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Grès et Porcelaine
Simone Fattal

From June 24, 2014 to September 4, 2014

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La Reine de Tyr
Simone Fattal

From March 2, 2011 to April 20, 2011

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Féminités Plurielles
Collective Exhibition

From February 8, 2018 to April 5, 2018

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Something Blue
Collective Exhibition

From September 1, 2021 to September 12, 2021

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… كان يا مكان
Collective Exhibition

From February 16, 2022 to April 16, 2022

Simone Fattal News
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« Les Manifestations du voyage » de Simone Fattal au musée Portikus, en Allemagne
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Portikus presents a solo exhibition by Simone Fattal
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"The Manifestations of the Voyage by Simone Fattal will open on June 23, 2023 at Portikus, Frankfurt. For her exhibition, Fattal has created a new body of work that explores the contemporary human condition and our fragile relationship to nature by finding inspiration in the mythological figures of the ancient past. Highlighting the interconnectedness between […]"
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Aus Ton erschaffen
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Manifesto of Fragility, the 16th Biennale de Lyon
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"Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the 2022 edition of the Biennale de Lyon, includes works by Simone Fattal, Chafa Ghaddar and Taryn Simon.    "
"“…provide me the clay so I can do the making” 11 works by Simone Fattal will be exhibited at the Museum Fünf Kontinente’s permanent exhibition “The Orient”, from June 3, 2022 to December 4, 2022. More Info"
Simone Fattal at the Museum Fünf Kontinente
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