Raised in two different cultures, Algeria and the suburbs of Paris, Attia uses this experience as a starting point to develop a dynamic practice that reflects on aesthetics and ethics of different cultures. For several years, his research focuses on the concept of Repair, as a constant in Human Nature, of which the modern Western Mind and the traditional extra-Occidental Recent exhibitions include “The Injuries are Here” a solo show at the Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne, ‘Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob’s Ladder’, a solo show at Whitechapel Gallery, London, ‘Construire, Déconstruire, Reconstruire: Le Corps Utopique’, a solo show at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ‘Performing Histories (1)’ at MoMA, New York, and ‘Contested Terrains’, Tate Modern, London.