Neïl Beloufa

Born in 1985, Neil Beloufa's works exists in a world that parallels our own and delights in it, where the indicental surfaces as the subject, and where these subjects are as likely to meet as two submarines or two satellites.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1985, Algerian and French.

2008 California institute of the Arts (CalArts) – Valencia, USA.

2007 Cooper Union – New-York, USA.

2007 DNAP, Ensba.

2004-2009 Beaux-Arts of Paris (Ensba), France.

2004-2009 Arts décoratifs (Ensad), France.

PRIZES, NOMINATIONS

2008 Special Mention, 25 FPS, Zagreb.

2008 Grand Prix, 24th Hamburg Short Film Festival, Hamburg.

2008 ARTE prize for a European Short Film, 54th Oberhausen Film Festival, Oberhausen.

2008 Grand Prix, Courtisane, Gent.

2008 “Dialogpreis” of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EMAF, Osnabruck.

2008 Finalist, LICC London International Creative Contest, London.

2007 Leica Price nomination, Bielefeld.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

Chung-King Project, Los-Angeles, USA. (upcoming)

“L’importance des sujets”, Galerie LHK, Paris, FR. curator Gaël Charbau

2008

“Six feet under”, Whitebox, New York, USA. curator Jarrett Gregory.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2009

“Expire”, Galerie Montgrand, Ecole Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, Marseille, curator Jean-Pierre Rhem

“In search of the unknown”, Netherland Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, NL. c curator Petra Heck

“Idéal #11”, Espace Croisé, Roubaix, FR.

“Videonale 12”, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, DE. c

“Speed of light”, Israeli Centre for Digital Art, Holon, IL. curators Galit Eilat, Eyal Danon.

2008

“The speed of light”, Videozone biennial, Israeli Centre for Digital Art, Holon, IL. c curator Galit Eilat (upcoming)

“The Gatekeepers”, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, USA. curator Eric Heist

“The Gatekeepers”, Hordaland Art Center, Bergen, NO. curator Eric Heist

“Jeune création”, Grande halle de la Villette, Paris, FR. c

“Re-reading the future”, Prague International Triennial of Contemporary Art, CZ. c curators N. Hénon, J-F. Rettig.

“Nothing at the end of the lane”. The Soap factory, Minneapolis, USA.

“Holy Holes: Absolute Stalls”, Dumbo Art center, Brooklyn, USA. curator Denise Carvalho.

“Provocations: The Art of Social Action”, Johnson Center - GMU, Washington DC, USA.

2007

“12th Biennial of moving images”, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Geneva, CH. (competition)

“Incorrect” – Prix Leica Laureates, FH-Bielefeld, Bielefeld, DE. c

Project “AUFF”, Autour du parcours St-germain, Paris, FR. p

“10 Jours / 10 Artistes / 10 vidéos”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR.

2006

Project “La chose”, Salon Emmaus, Paris, FR.

Project “Mic/Mac”, MAC/VAL, Vitry-sur-seine, FR.

SCREENINGS

2009

Special program, ICA, London, UK. curator Ben Rivers.

MiArt art fair, curator Maria Rosa Sossai.

S1/Salon – S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK. Selected by Ben Cook, Anja Kirschner, Sophia Crilly.

“Where is know ?”, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, DE. curator Katrin Mundt.

E-Flux Video Rental, The building, Berlin, DE. Selected by Florian Wüst.

2008

“Video from france”, Videozone-4, Center of Contemporary Arts, Tel-Aviv, IR. Curator Brent Klinkum.

“Planetarische perpektiven”, HBK-BS, Berlin, De. curator Alexandra Gerbaulet

“Nowhere You! Everywhere The Electric! ”, The Stone, New-York, USA. Curator Grey Gersten.

“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”, Kunst Museum Liechtenstein, LI.

“Kempinski” British Film Institute, Studio Gallery, London, UK. curator Mark Webber (upcoming)

“The Miror Stage”, Neme - The Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, CY.

“Video_Dumbo”, Parsons Hall Project space, Holyoke, USA.

“Video_Dumbo”, Galapagos Artspace, Brooklyn, USA. Curator Caspar Stracke, Gabriela Monroy

“Where is my mind ?”, ArtRmx, Cologne, DE. Curator Nicole Rebman

“Film noir”, outdoor screening, Chinatown Art district, Los-Angeles, USA. Curator Andrew Bernardini

Scope Art Fair, PAM, New-York / Basel, USA / CH. curator Jarrett Gregory.

“Liquid room”, NCCA - National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, RU.

“Vidéo salon 3 - curatorial rebound project”, Galerija10m2, Sarajevo, BA.

2007

“RAW”, Monkeytown, Brooklyn, USA.

“Pression à froid”, Refectoire du Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, FR.