born in Damascus, lives and works in Paris.
first studied philosophy at the École Supérieure des Lettres in Beirut and then transferred to the Université de Paris-Sorbonne, simultaneously studying archaeology at the École du Louvre.
founded the Post-Apollo Press.
enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Simone Fattal: metaphorS
Secession, Vienna (curated by Jeanette Pacher)
Department of Near-Eastern Antiquities
Louvre, Paris
Adam and Eve
on view at Manifesta 15, Monastery of Sant Cugat, Sant Cugat del Vallès
Suspension of Disbelief
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia
Simone Fattal: The Manifestations of the Voyage
Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
Simone Fattal: Finding a Way
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Simone Fattal: A Breeze over the Mediterranean
ICA Milano, (curated by Alberto Salvadori with Andrea Viliani, Stella Bottai and Laura Mariano)
Simone Fattal,
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Simone Fattal: Fix Your Gaze On Saturn’s Rings
Bergen Kunsthall
Simone Fattal: Works and Days
MoMA PS1, New York City (curated by Ruba Katrib)
Simone Fattal: Demeter and Dionysus
kaufmann repetto, New York City
Le monde n’est pas nécessairement un empire
LaM Museum, Lille
Paintings and Sculptures
Karma International, Zurich
Watercolours
HENI Publishing, London
L’homme qui fera pousser un arbre nouveau
Musée départemental d’art contemporain, Rochechouart (curated by Sébastien Faucon)
Paintings and Ceramics
Balice Hertling Galerie, Paris
kaufmann repetto, New York City
standing figures
kaufmann repetto, Milan
Simone Fattal
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
Sculptures and Collages
Balice Hertling, Paris
Sculptures and Paintings
Karma International, Zürich
Galerie Tanit, Beirut
Diaporama
(mit Etel Adnan) Europia Gallery, Paris
The Pottery, San Rafael
Espace Kettaneh-Künigh, Beirut
Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco
Festival Arte Mare, Bastia
The Eileen Reynolds Curtis Museum, Sausalito
Cité des Arts, Paris
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
Holy See Pavilion
Biennale Arte 2024, Venice (curated by Chiara Paris and Bruno Racine)
Thus waves come in pairs
Ocean Space, Venice (curated by Barbara Casavecchia)
Voices without borders
KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin
The Milk of Dreams
Biennale Arte 2022, Venice (curated by Cecilia Alemani)
Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal: Working Together
Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano (curated by Vincenzo de Bellis)
Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility
Gropius Bau / Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath)
Manifesto of Fragility – Beirut and the Golden Sixties
16e Biennale de Lyon
Ti Bergamo - Una comunità
GAMeC, Bergamo (curated by Lorenzo Giusti)
Introduction into a Distant World
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Etel Adnan et les Modernes
Mudam Luxembourg (curated by Sébastien Delot)
Trade Syllables
Martinos, Athens
The Palace at 4 a.m.
Archeological Museum, Mykonos (curated by Iwona Blazwik and Elina Kountouri)
Luogo e Segni
Punta della Dogana – Pinault Collection, Venice (curated by Martin Bethenod and Mouna Mekouar)
National Museum of Qatar, Doha
Garden of Memory. Etel Adnan – Simone Fattal – Bob Wilson
Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech (curated by Mouna Mekouar)
Lydia Cabrera and Edouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking
Americas Society, New York City (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gabriela Rangel and Asad Raza)
Simone Fattal. Francesco Gennari. curated by_Lorenzo Giusti
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Take Me (I’m Yours)
Villa Medici, Rome
Take Me (I’m Yours)
Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan (curated by Christian Boltanski, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi and Roberta Tenconi)
MEDUSA
MAM (Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris), Paris (curated by Anne Dressen)
Why Not Ask Again? Arguments, Counter-arguments and Stories
11th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Power Station of Art
Ceramix, Art and ceramics from Rodin to Schütte
La Maison Rouge, Paris
Ceramix, Art and ceramics from Rodin to Schütte
Cité de La Céramique, Sèvres
Ceramix, Art and ceramics from Rodin to Schütte
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Take Me, (I’m Yours)
Monnais de Paris, Paris (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Chiara Parisi)
Nel Mezzo del Mezzo, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Riso, Palermo (curated by Christine Macel, Marco Bazzini and Bartomeu Mari)
Karma International, Zurich
American Embassy, Zagreb
Here and Elsewhere
New Museum, New York City (curated by Massimiliano Gioni)
Sharjah Biennial, Sharja, United Arab Emirates
Biennial of the Teapot, National Museum of Arts and Crafts, Shanghai
Paris-Damas, Regards Croisés, Galerie Europia, Damas
Paris-Damas, Regards Croisés, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Nüans Gallery, Dusseldorf
Lilliputh Ceramics, Zagreb
Blue Studio Gallery, San Francisco
Chelsea Space, London
Virginia Woolf: Past & Present
Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Sonoma
Les Greniers de César
Amboise, France
First International Forum of Ceramics, Choueifat
The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
The American University of Beirut, Beirut
The Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt
Poésie murale
Aubigny sur Nère
6th Salon Art et Matière, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris
Museum of Modern Art, Tunis, Tunisia