PARIS.- kamel mennour announced its representation of Neïl Beloufa, the Paris-based artist and filmmaker known for works that questions the functions of art and the critical commitment of the artist in society. Kamel Mennour, founder of the gallery says:

“Neïl’s ambitious practice pushes the limits of Art and redefines its exhibition. His highly political, auto-critical and immersive works have recently captured audiences at MoMA, Palais de Tokyo and Schirn Kunsthalle. We are pleased to have him join our roster of international artists who represent a diverse spectrum of contemporary artistic practice and span multiple generations.”

Beloufa’s practice aims at deconstructing our contemporary systems of representation and power. It plays with notions of cause and effect, experimentation, and the blurring of fiction and reality through exposed construction. His work is known for mixing professionally produced films often projected across multiple screen layers with rough cuts of building materials attached to heavy metal framework, and complex installations that all function as props in an overall scenario that Beloufa writes and edits, leaving the viewer’s interpretations open. His works have commented on the absurdity of the individualised leisure of society and questioned our notions of social stability.

Neïl Beloufa (born in 1985 in Paris, France) is a French-Algerian artist who lives and works in Paris. He was a student at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts; École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris; California Institute of the Arts in Valencia (USA); Cooper Union, New York and Fresnoy and National Contemporary Arts Studio, Tourcoing (France).

He has had solo exhibitions internationally, notably at K11 in Shanghai (2016); MoMA in New York (2016); Schinkel Pavilion in Berlin (2015); Institute of Contemporary Arts in London (2014); the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (2013) at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2012 and 2018) as well as the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt (2018).

Neïl Beloufa also took part in the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Shanghai (2014), the 55th International Contemporary Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale (2013) and the Biennial of Contemporary Art in Lyon (2013).

His work appears in prestigious collections including the Centre George Pompidou, MNAM in Paris, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.