Zineb Sedira

Born, 1963 in Gennevilliers, France

Zineb Sedira (in collaboration with Jawad Al-Nawab) spoke at the Shades of Black conference held at Duke University, 19 - 22 April 2001. Their paper, “On Becoming an Artist: Algerian, African, Arab, Muslim, French, and Black British? A Dialogue of Visibility” (part of The Thematics and Aesthetic Shifts in Practice since the 1980s” panel) is reproduced in Part One of the book Shades of Black, subtitled Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain. Likewise, Zineb Sedira’s work was included in the book Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain.

Link to biographical information and video clips at Luxonline: www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/zineb_sedira/index.html

Link to the artists’ website: www.zinebsedira.com

An illustration of Sedira’s work, Mother Tongue (2002) was reproduced as part of a chapter by Amna Malik - Migratory Aesthetics: (Dis)placing the Black Maternal Subject in Martina Attille’s Dreaming Rivers (1988) - in “Black” British Aesthetics Today. Published by: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007

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