Neïl Beloufa
Biography
Saving a colleague in a war zone, 2022
Neïl Beloufa is a French-Algerian filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. His multifaceted practice addresses themes of geopolitics, technology, urbanism, and ideology through layered projects that combine video, sculpture, social participation, and often dynamic processes like sensor activation or algorithmic control. Blending electrical and technical materials in circuitous, uncanny arrangements, the artist levies his systems to interrogate social atomization and contemporary power structures in the age of information.
Neïl Beloufa (b. 1985, Paris, France) studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA; Cooper Union, New York; and Le Fresnoy National Contemporary Arts Studio, Tourcoing, France. He has exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including at Secession, Vienna; Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Schirn Künsthalle, Frankfurt; Pejman Foundation, Tehran; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. He participated in the Venice Biennale in 2013 and 2019, the Shanghai Biennale and Taipei Biennale in 2014, and the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2013. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; François Pinault Collection; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, among others. He lives and works in Paris.
Neïl Beloufa (b. 1985, Paris, France) studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA; Cooper Union, New York; and Le Fresnoy National Contemporary Arts Studio, Tourcoing, France. He has exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including at Secession, Vienna; Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Schirn Künsthalle, Frankfurt; Pejman Foundation, Tehran; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. He participated in the Venice Biennale in 2013 and 2019, the Shanghai Biennale and Taipei Biennale in 2014, and the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2013. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; François Pinault Collection; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, among others. He lives and works in Paris.
Works
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Saving a colleague in a war zone, 2022 -
Talking about the defense of the magic forest, 2021
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HOST C - trying to reach out to his audience, 2021
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HOST B - trying to reach out to his audience, 2021
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HOST A - trying to reach out to his audience, 2021
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Flowers J786GFDR4, 2020
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Global Agreement 1/2, 2019
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Pre Post 3, 2019
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Medium Cars K, 2019
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2009, 2018
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L'Atelier, 2017
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Tuny, 2017
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Untitled (Bicycle), 2016
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Scaffolding Iron, 2015
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Vintage Series: Forks, 2014
Installation Views
Installation view, Neïl Beloufa, La morale de l’histoire, 2022
Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany
Exhibitions
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Rhinoceros Roma
Group exhibition June 9 - November 18, 2023 Rhinoceros Roma, Via del Velabro, 9, RomeFrançois Ghebaly and Rhinoceros Roma are pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Neïl Beloufa, Max Hooper Schneider, Em Rooney and Ludovic Nkoth opening at Rhinoceros Gallery’s space in...Read more -
Neïl Beloufa
Global Agreement November 20 - December 22, 2021 391 Grand St., New YorkIn an interview for the 2018 exhibition of Global Agreement , Neïl Beloufa remarks, “the idea of the show is that the world has never been this globalized. People have...Read more -
Neïl Beloufa
Remotely Speaking: Talking Works September 18 - October 23, 2021 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesThere’s an autumnal worry that deepens this newest series by French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa. The rich, creamy leather that skins these works undulates over shaped wood. The swathes of leather...Read more -
The Future in Present Tense
Group Exhibition May 7 - June 5, 2021 391 Grand St., New YorkKelly Akashi Neïl Beloufa Candice Lin Candice Lin & P. Staff Patrick Jackson Christine Sun Kim Cassi Namoda Em Rooney François Ghebaly is proud to announce the opening of a...Read more -
Bad Peach
Group Exhibition August 10 - September 7, 2019 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesKelly Akashi Sayre Gomez Haroon Mirza Davide Balula Channa Horwitz Cassi Namoda Dan Bayles Patrick Jackson Eli Ping Neïl Beloufa Christine Sun Kim Umar Rashid Meriem Bennani Mike Kuchar Kathleen...Read more -
Liquid Dreams
Group Exhibition July 13 - August 10, 2018 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesKelly Akashi Farah Atassi Davide Balula Genesis Belanger Neïl Beloufa Lila de Magalhaes Dorian Gaudin Sayre Gomez Patrick Jackson Koak Joel Kyack Mike Kuchar Candice Lin Gina Osterloh Philip Pearlstein...Read more -
Neïl Beloufa
Democracy June 11 - July 30, 2016 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesFrançois Ghebaly is pleased to present Democracy, Algerian-French artist Neil Beloufa’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Over the past decade, Beloufa has worked in video, sculpture, and installation, composing...Read more -
Square(s)
Group Exhibition June 14 - July 12, 2014 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesWith works and contributions by: Lisa Anne Auerbach (USA), Davide Balula (France), Dan Bayles (USA), Neïl Beloufa (Algeria & France), Edwin Chan (Hong Kong), Tom Dane (Denmark), Cem Dinlenmi (Turkey),...Read more -
Neïl Beloufa
Speaking About Best September 7 - November 8, 2013 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesLooking everywhere for low-cost, robust quality artwork? Go someplace else. François Ghebaly isn’t proud to present some of the worst merchandise by Neïl Beloufa. All artwork comes with an 'originality'...Read more
Press
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French-Algerian Artist Neil Beloufa Speaks About His Fear And Fascination With Technology
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, February 1, 2024 -
Post-Catastrophic Romance: On Neïl Beloufa’s www.screen-talk.com
Carlos Kong, Flash Art, July 20, 2020 -
Neïl Beloufa Simulates the Pandemonium of Pandemic
Travis Diehl, Frieze, July 3, 2020 -
The French Artist Who Saw the Pandemic Coming
Jason Farago, The New York Times, June 4, 2020 -
Wicked West: Close-Up on Neïl Beloufa’s "Occidental"
Savina Petkova, Mubi, January 16, 2019 -
Neïl Beloufa Reveals the Multi-Dimensional Mechanisms of Power
Viktoria Draganova, Frieze, November 18, 2018 -
Neïl Beloufa according to Cristina Li
Christina Li, Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, March 1, 2018 -
Neïl Beloufa at Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles
ARTnews, July 21, 2016 -
Neïl Beloufa, Democracy
Andrew Berardini, ArtReview, June 11, 2016
Inquiry