The Poetry Project

Neïl Beloufa

Neïl Beloufa (born in 1985 in Paris, France) is a Franco-Algerian artist who lives and works in Paris. He was a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris; at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (USA); at Cooper Union, New York; and Fresnoy – National Contemporary Arts Studio, Tourcoing (France). Beloufa’s work has been the subject of monographic exhibitions at K11, Shanghai (2016); the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2016); Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin (2015); the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2014); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013); the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012 and 2018); and the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2018). He has taken part in the 2014 Biennale of Contemporary Art in Shanghai, the 55th International Contemporary Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale (2013) and the 2013 Biennial of Contemporary Art in Lyon. Beloufa was nominated for the Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2015, the Artes Mundi (Cardiff, United Kingdom) and Nam June Paik (Essen, Germany) prizes in 2016. He was awarded the Meurice Prize for Contemporary Art 2013, Audi Talent Awards 2011 and the Agnès B. Studio Collector Award 2010.