SELECTED WORKS

 

Education

2006Sculpture / Figure Study. Stanford Continuing Studies, Stanford University, California.

1996Master in Visual and Textile Art. École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués et Textile, Roubaix, France.

 

Exhibitions

2025Ateliers d’Art de France. Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin, France.

2022Base for a Red Vine Installation. NDSM Loods, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2021L’envers du décor: La Vigne Rouge. Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, France.

2021Art Up Lille. Grand Palais, Lille, France.

2020CTRL+S. Open Art Exchange Art Center, Schiedam, The Netherlands.

2019ST-ART Strasbourg. International Art Fair via Open Art Exchange, Strasbourg, France.

2019New World. Open Art Exchange Art Center, Schiedam, The Netherlands.

2018The Red Vine. Gallery 9th Metaspace, Bonn, Germany.

2017Glean 2017. Bison Building, Furthermore Gallery, Recology, Portland, OR.

2016The Roots. Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco, CA.

2015Echoes of Nature. Pacific Felt Factory, San Francisco, CA.

2015Sublimated Masks. Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco, CA.

2015Here. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.

2015Transmissions. Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX.

2014Window Screen. 432A, Presidio Park, San Francisco, CA.

2014Beautiful Roots. Dennis Gallagher Arts Pavilion, San Francisco, CA.

2014Material Matters. Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL.

2013The Fabric of the Silence. Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.

2012Art and the Human Form. Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY.

2004Textile Art. DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.

2003The World is Open. Cheongju Art Center Biennial, Cheongju, Korea.

2003Manifestations III: Form and Function. Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY.

1995Inventaire Morceaux Choisis. Musée d’Art et d’Industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France.

1994Fragments. Musée d’Art et d’Industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France.

 

Social Practices

2025Tisser le Lien. École Nationale de Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse, Grand Nord, France.

2022Equanimity. NDSM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2021L’envers du décor: La Vigne Rouge. Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, France.

2019Connect, Salam to Syria. Ev. Trinitatiskirchengemeinde, Bonn, Germany.

2017Latifa Medjdoub & Haco: Eurythmy #1 & #2. Studio Grand Oakland & MP+D, San Francisco, CA.

2015Conversations with the Roots. Cowell Theatre, San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA.

2013The Fabric of the Silence. Performing Arts Institute, San Francisco, CA.

 

Selection of Collaborative Art and Design Projects

2015The Balcony. Collected Works, The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA.

2014Ajax and Antigone. Arts Pavilion, The International School of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Directed by Moise Touré and Les Inachevés.

2013Princess Ivona. Collected Works, Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.

2005Heights. Merchant Ivory Productions, New York.
Directed by Chris Terrio; with Glenn Close.

2004Richard III. The Public Theater, New York City.
Directed by Peter DuBois; with Peter Dinklage.

2003The Green Violin. Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, PA.
Directed by Rebecca Bayla Taichman.

2002Tosca. West Bay Opera, Palo Alto, CA.
Directed by Kenneth Tigar.

2002Biedermann and the Firebugs. Pigott Theatre, Stanford, CA.
Directed by Aleksandra Wolska.

2000Becket ou l’Honneur de Dieu. Théâtre André Malraux, Paris.
Directed by Didier Long; with Bernard Giraudeau.

1999Les Indes Galantes. Palais Garnier, Opéra de Paris.
Directed by Andrei Șerban.

1999Le Temps Retrouvé. Gemini Film, Paris.
Directed by Raúl Ruiz; with Catherine Deneuve.

1998La Sonnambula. Opéra de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Directed by Waldemar Kamer; with Natalie Dessay.

1997Les Enfants du Paradis. Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris.
Directed by Marcel Maréchal.

1997Inauguration of the 20 Years of Beaubourg. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Directed by Philippe Decouflé.

 

Press

2024 – Stephen Ellcock, Elements. Thames and Hudson.

2024Textile Culture Net, Textile Culture Backup. Designed by Studio Mut.

2021 – Mishka Gharbi, La 4ème édition du festival “l’Envers du Décor”. Le Courrier de l’Atlas, February.

2020 – Han van der Horst, Maktoub is het lot: Interview met kunstenaar Laftmonk. Rotterdam Vandaag & Morgen, October.

2020 – Kor Kegel, Laftmonk slaat de vervreemding op. Het Nieuwe Stadsblad, October.

2019 – Von Stefan Knopp, Search Methods for Trauma Management. General-Anzeiger Bonn, April.

2017 – Guadalupe Triana, Glean art program encourages creativity and resourcefulness. Oregon Metro.

2017 – MPDSF, MP+D is All Over Sound. San Francisco, May.

2017 – E. Ashley Rooney, Anne Lee, Artistry in Fiber. Schiffer Publishing, Vol. 2: Sculpture.

2016 – Textile Arts Council, The Roots: Engaging with a social sculpture. De Young Museum.

2016 – Jessica Roscio, Studio Visit Magazine, Winter 2016, Vol. 36.

2015 – Sura Wood, Artists Explore Identity Through Portraits and Masks. SF Arts, May.

2015 – Muriel Maffre, Latifa Medjdoub: Sublimated Masks. French Culture, April.

2015 – Sura Wood, Menagerie of Deluded Souls. The Bay Area Reporter, April.

2015 – Kimberly Jannarone, The Balcony By Jean Genet. Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 67.

2013 – Jamie McKenzie, A Moving Experience. SF Weekly, January.

2010 – Teliha Draheim, Evolution and Transformation. Surface Design Journal, Winter Vol. 34.

2011 – Nathalie Mornu, 500 Felt Objects. Lark Books.

2008 – Drusilla Cole, Textiles Now. Laurence King Publishing Ltd.

 

Residencies, lectures, awards

2019Artists in Residence VI. Supported by Open Art Exchange Art Center, Schiedam, The Netherlands.

2017Glean, Artist in Residence. Supported by Recology, Metro, Cracked Pots, Portland, OR.

2017Residency at the Museum of Performance and Design. Supported by the Fleishhacker Foundation and Grants for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

2017USAAF 2017 Threading Resilience. Supported by APICC, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center.

2016The Roots: Engaging with a Social Sculpture. Lecture and social practice, Koret Auditorium, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.

2016Bay Area Emerging Museum Professionals: Therapeutics in Museums and the Arts. Lecture and social practice, Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco, CA.

2015Kala Art Institute, Sustainable Art Award and Residency. Berkeley, CA.

2015Sublimated Masks. Lecture and performance, Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco, CA.

2015Residency & Social Practice. The International School of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

2014Visiting Artist. San Francisco University High School, San Francisco, CA.

2013Artist in Residence. Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.

2007Award of Excellence. American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA.

2003Honorable Mention Award. Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea.