Mustapha Akrim

Born in 1981 in Salé, Mustapha Akrim graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan in 2008. His various works are the result of social research, in particular on the world of construction and workers with a reflection closely linked to the principles of citizenship. Aware of Moroccan social realities, he is working to open “several construction sites”, mainly “that of memory”, using his favourite material: concrete.

His installations question, among other things, the nature of work and the difference between building and creating works of art in light of the constant changes in society. He is part of the generation of artists who are developing a new language in order to redefine the foundation of expression in visual arts in Morocco, seeking new freedom of expression by breaking with the aesthetics developed in the post-colonial period.

TRAINING

2008: Graduate of l’Institut National des Beaux-Arts de Tétouan, Morocco.

SOLO SHOWS

2023: Exposition individuelle, Philomena+art & architecture platform, MARKT-MARIE – Vienne, Autriche
2022: “Part-Of”, Comptoir des Mines Galerie – Marrakech, Maroc
2017: « Chantier II », Comptoir des Mines Gallery – Marrakech, Morocco
2014: « Iqraa – work in progress », Kulte Galerie & Editions – Rabat, Morocco.
2012: « Article (s) », Galerie FJ – Casablanca, Morocco
2011: « Article 13 », L’appartement 22 – Rabat, Morocco

GROUP SHOWS

2024: “La Pensée Cyclique”, Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Art Dubai – Dubai, Émirats Arabes Unis
2023: Exposition collective, Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Art Paris – Paris, France
2022: “Le Pain Nu”, Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Art Dubai – Dubai, Émirats Arabes Unis
2021: “Trilogie Marocaine, 1950-202”, Museo de la Reina Sofía, commissaire Manuel Borja-Villel Abdellah Karroum – Madrid, Espagne
“Distance Ardente”, dans le cadre de Africa2020, commissaire Hicham Daoudi, MRAC (Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain) – Sérignan, France
Exposition collective, Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Art Dubai – Émirats Arabes Unis
2020: “État d’Urgence”, exposition collective, commissaire Hicham Daoudi, Collection Elisabeth Bauchet-Bouhlal – Marrakech, Maroc
2019: “Miroir Collectif”, Bank Al Maghrib en partenariat avec Comptoir des Mines Galerie – Rabat, Maroc
“Material Insanity”, MACAAL – Marrakech, Maroc
2018: “Brod’Art”, exposition collective et vente caritative en faveur de la Fondation Fadila El Gadi, Artorium – Casablanca, Maroc
2017: “Lettres Ouvertes, de la Calligraphie au Street Art”, commissaire Bérénice Saliou, ICI (Institut des Cultures d’Islam) – Paris, France
2015: “Now”, Galerie Shart – Casablanca, Maroc

RESIDENCIES

2024: Rif Residences, en collaboration avec l’Appartement 22 – Azyr, Maroc
2023: Résidence, Philomena+art & architecture platform – Vienne, Autriche
2022: “Nature Morte”, Cité Internationale des Arts de l’Institut Français – Paris, France
2014: “Memory, Place, Desire”, Haverford College, Pennsylvanie, États-Unis