Yasmina Reggad

Independent curator, writer, researcher and performance artist, who works in Brussels, Belgium, and holds an MA in Medieval History from the Sorbonne University. She co-funded and is currently the curator of aria (artist residency in algiers).

She previously worked at the Delfina Foundation and Art Dubai Projects. Reggad is the co-curator with Sam Bardaouil et Till Fellrath of the French Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale.

Her research and projects focus on the politics of futurity, investigates alternative systems of knowledge and artistic modes of production, and explores performative methodologies inspired by dance and performance notations.

As a curator, Reggad has conceived exhibitions, screenings, performances, educational programmes and talks at international institutions such as CENTQUATREPARIS (France), Tate Modern (UK), Institute of Contemporary Arts (UK), Madrassa – l’Atelier de l’observatoire (Morocco), and DJART Biennial (Algeria), and she regularly contributes essays on contemporary art and performance art.

As a performance artist, Reggad has recently staged the first two episodes of her project ‘we dreamt of utopia and we woke up screaming’ at KANAL – Centre Pompidou (Belgium), Kaaistudio’s (Belgium), Jeu de Paume (France), Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture (Spain) and the Warsaw Biennale (Poland). She is a Fellow 2019-2020 of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program.

Yasmina Reggad also works as a dramaturge and has collaborated with choreographer Ioanna Angelopoulou, dancer-choreographer Trajal Harrell. She currently works with performance artists Myriam Pruvot and Carlos Azeredo Mesquita.