Meriem Bennani

Bennani plays with media tropes by exaggerating styles and formats, which she calls a “hyperactivity of genre”. Using strategies of immersion, duplication, multiplicity, and remix, Bennani blends a powerful mix of humor and critique, reaffirming the power of family and home while analyzing larger systems of power across a networked world.

Meriem Bennani earned her BFA from Cooper Union in New York, and her MFA at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Recent solo presentations include Fondazione Prada, Milan (2024-25), Fondation Kamel Lazaar, Tunis (2023); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2022); The High Line, New York (2022); The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago (2022); Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (2022); Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden (2021); François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (2021); Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin (2020); Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2019); and MoMA PS1, Queens (2016). Bennani’s work was featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, the 2018 Biennale of Moving Images, and the 2016 Shanghai Biennale. 

Bennani’s work is held in the collections of Lafayette Anticipations, The Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Kadist Foundation, Paris; and Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris.