SARAHHADDOU
Sarah Haddou 2025
Born in Algeria in 1980 and raised in Paris, Sarah Haddou is a multidisciplinary artist whose path has unfolded across continents.
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She initially trained in costume design and later studied philosophy at La Sorbonne University, before travelling extensively and working in several countries.
While living in the Dominican Republic, she pursued Fine Arts at Altos de Chavón – The School of Design (affiliated with Parsons New York), graduating with honors and receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to continue her studies at Parsons.
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Her first solo exhibition, Emergent Conscience, took place at the Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo (2013), where she was also commissioned to perform at the opening of the 27th Santo Domingo Biennial.
She has participated internationally in group exhibitions, art residencies, and art fairs, including MAD (Spain), FIAC (Paris), and Vilnius Art Fair.
After a period working as a curator in the Middle East, she relocated to Lisbon, where she now lives and works.
Haddou’s current projects include a new series of “black boxes,” the continuation of her textile works, and a monumental immersive installation.
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Selected Exhibitions & Residencies
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2025 Returned to Lisbon after a year teaching art in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
2023 Studio residency and research supported by Stone Properties, Lisbon, Portugal.
2021 Studio residency and research supported by Vivium Properties, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020 Curator, Abdallah Al-Dabbagh Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2019 Curator, Little Art for a Great Cause — exhibition and auction, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2019 Video performance A la distancia del sol with Fermín Ceballo, Bani, Dominican Republic.
2018 Rotary International sponsorship for the exchange residency program, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
2017 Group show Last One Out Turn Off the Light, Galerie L’Inlassable, Paris.
2017 Performance Chiasmus, Vilnius Art Fair, Lithuania.
2017 One-year residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2017 Performance Traînée, Open Yard group show, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2017 Collaboration with Ahmet ÖÄŸüt and Victor Mutelekesha for The NSK State Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale.
2017 Video performance Claustration, Church of Saint-Gervais, Paris.
2016 Performance The Knight and the Shining Armor, Paris.
2016 Performance The Pawn, FIAC Art Fair, Paris.
2016 Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2016 Group show, IFAA Contemporary, Vilnius Art Fair, Lithuania.
2016 Group show, IFAA Contemporary, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2016 Two-month residency, Thamgidi Foundation, Netherlands.
2016 Group show, Casa Quien Gallery, MAD–ARCO, Madrid.
2015 Group show X, Casa Quien Gallery, Santo Domingo.
2015 Group show Dialogando con Papo, Museo Fernando Peña Defilló, Santo Domingo.
2015 Group show La, Galería Casa Quien, Santo Domingo.
2015 Festival INDEPENDENCE-DOM, Centro Cultural de España, Santo Domingo.
2014 Festival performance INDEX (Miami – Puerto Rico – Santo Domingo).
2014 Group show Mujeres sin piel, Centro de la Imagen, Santo Domingo.
2013 Group show Víctima o Verdugo, Santo Domingo.
2013 Group show, La 27 Bienal, Santo Domingo.
2013 Performance Exposed, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo.
2013 Solo show Emergent Conscience, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo.
2012 Group show Otro Lenguaje, El Encuentro Artesanal, Santo Domingo.
2012 Video performance Hollow Body, sponsored by BanReserva, Santo Domingo.
2012 Group show, Galería Altos de Chavón, La Romana.
2012 Group show, Casa Chavón, Santo Domingo.
2011 Performance Mi casa es aquí, La Romana.
2011 Performance workshop with Regina José Galindo and Karmadavis, La Romana.