Sarah Haddou is a French-Algerian multidisciplinary artist whose practice has developed across Europe, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

She initially trained in costume design and later studied philosophy at La Sorbonne University. In Paris, she worked across fields including art direction, costume design in films and events, and independent publishing, alongside the development of her painting practice, before traveling extensively and working internationally.

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While living in the Dominican Republic, she pursued Fine Arts at Altos de Chavón, affiliated with Parsons School of Design. She graduated with honors and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to continue her studies at Parsons in New York. During this period, her practice shifted from painting toward performance following an intensive workshop with artists Regina José Galindo and David Karmadavis, which proved formative in the development of her work.

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Her first solo exhibition, Emergent Conscience (2013), was presented at the Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo. The same year, she was commissioned to perform at the opening of the 27th Santo Domingo Biennial.

Haddou has since participated in international group exhibitions, residencies, and art fairs, including MAD (Spain), FIAC, and Vilnius Art Fair (Lithuania).

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After a period working as a curator in Saudi Arabia, she relocated to Lisbon, where she currently lives and works.

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Her ongoing research focuses on memory, the unconscious, and collective trauma. Through performance, installation, and immersive dispositifs, Haddou explores human nature in its extremes, from destructive repetition to the possibility of elevation, placing social hierarchies of power in tension with spiritual hierarchies of a different order, founded not on domination but on responsibility and degrees of consciousness. Her work renders perceptible the invisible mechanisms that perpetuate division, violence, and alienation, while opening a space for reflection on individual and collective responsibility.

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