Born in 1980, Algiers, Algeria. Lives and works in Tours (France) and Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria). By its simplicity as a tool, Massinissa Selmani makes drawing a central medium of his practice. His work, in which the gravity of the subjects is carried by humor, the absurd and simplicity of means, often presents drawings that depict strange or absurd situations made of improbable assemblages tinged with a certain gravity, images taken from the printed press, short animations, sculptures and installations. Selected solo and group exhibitions include the 56th Venice Biennale ; Palais de Tokyo, Paris ; Sharjah Biennial 13 ; Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK ; IVAM Valencia, Spain ; Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw ; the 13th Biennale de Lyon, France ; Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré (CCC OD) of Tours, France ; Museum of African Art, Belgrade, Serbia ; 11th Dakar Biennial, Senegal ; UGM Maribor, Slovenia; Kochi – Muziris Biennale 22-23, India, among others. Collections include the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France ; MAC Lyon, France ; Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh ; Frac Centre Val de Loire, France ; Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), France and the British Museum, London, UK.
