In Simone Fattal’s practice, archeology, politics, religion, literature, and history are deeply entangled. Born in Syria and raised in Lebanon, the Mediterranean is the basin from which the artist’s works spread out, equally drawing upon ancient myths and current socio-political concerns. Men, women, gods and warriors populate her universe, as well as architectural fragments and subjects from the natural world. The bronze Walker, renders a life-size figure in motion, paired with a rock that trails it like a shadow. “Man is a standing animal,” Fattal has said of her prophets and wanderers. “Before he started thinking, he got up.”

Simone Fattal will be the subject of a solo show at Musée d’art Moderne in Paris, opening on September 2026. She is this year’s recipient of the International Contemporary Art Prize (PIAC) awarded by the Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco, and in 2024 of the Julio González International Prize and of the Berlin Grand Art Prize. She recently took part in the group exhibition Copystes at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, in the Aichi Triennale and in the 18th Istanbul Biennial. Solo shows of her works have been presented internationally at renowned institutions such as: IVAM, Valencia (2024); Louvre, Paris (2024); Secession, Vienna (2024); Portikus, Frankfurt (2023); TBA21 Academy, Ocean Space, Venice (2023); ICA Milan, Milan (2021); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2021); Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (2020); and MOMA PS1, New York (2019). Simone Fattal has been participated in numerous biennials, such as the 60th Venice Biennale, Venice (2024); 12th Berlin Biennale, Berlin (2022); 16th Lyon Biennale, Lyon (2022) and 59th Venice Biennale, Venice (2022). Next year kaufmann repetto New York, in collaboration with Greene Naftali, will present a solo exhibition dedicated to the artist.