Mouhcine Rahaoui
Born in Jerada in 1990, Mouhcine Rahaoui is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan in 2017. Through his collective and personal exhibitions Mouhcine tries to formulate the experiences and stories of the miners of Jerrada where he was born and raised. Son of a miner, he is inhabited by the gestures and materials he saw as coal, wax and candles. He ventures into the aesthetics of underground galleries to invent a visual lexicon that could be compared to the Arte Povera movement. A way for him to question the absurdity of the fate of workers. Since 2018, Mouhcine Rahaoui has participated in several exhibitions and artistic residencies nationwide and has presented three solo exhibitions: Summer's lab at the Cube Independent Art Room in Rabat in 2020, "Labor isn't destiny" at the space 18 Derb El ferran in Marrakech in 2019 and a double solo exhibition with the artist Sebastiao Catelo Lopes at the Dasthe Gallery in Casablanca in 2018.
2017 : Graduate diploma at the National Institut of Fine Arts, Tetouan, Morocco.
2015 : Second year university in arab Law, Université Mohammed I, Oujda, Morocco.
2013 : High school degree in applied arts, Oujda, Morocco.
2012: Specialized technician diploma in Electro-mechanical automated systems, L’ISTA Sidi Mâafa, Oujda, Morocco.
2011 : High school degree in Science, Lycée Zerktouni, Jerada, Morocco.
2024 : « À l’horizon, une obscure clarté », Afrikaris Gallery – Paris, France
2022: “Enfant des mines”, Comptoir des Mines Galerie – Marrakech, Maroc
2018 : Exposition individuelle à la Galerie Dasthe, Casablanca, Maroc.
2008 : Exposition individuelle, Centre Culturel de Jerada, Maroc.
2024 :
« Inhabiting the World », Afikaris – Paris, France
2022 :
Marrakech – Casablanca, Le Comptoir des Mines hors les murs – Casablanca, Maroc
“Labor isn’t destiny”, Le 18 – Marrakech, Maroc
2021-2020 :
“Une nouvelle génération”, carte blanche à Fouad Bellamine, Galerie Abla Ababou – Rabat, Maroc
2020 :
Summer’s lab, OPEN STUDIO, Le Cube – independent art room – Rabat, Maroc
2018 :
“The tools”,Dasthe Art Space & Agency – Casablanca, Maroc
2024 :
Art Genève avec Afikaris, Exposition collective Stand D29 – Genève, Suisse
2023 :
Art Paris, Exposition collective avec le Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Grand Palais Éphémère, Champ-de-Mars – Paris, France
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London, Exposition collective avec Afikaris – Londres, Angleterre
2022 :
Art Dubai, Exposition collective avec le Comptoir des Mines Galerie, BOOTH D-2 & M-2 – Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis
2020 : Summer’s Lab, Le Cube | Independant Art Room, Rabat, Maroc.
2019 : Résidence artistique le 18 Derb El Faran exposition Solo Labor isn’t Destiny marrakech
2019 : Résidence artistique SAKHRA, village Moulay Bouchta el Khamar, région Rif, Maroc.
2017 : Résidence artistique au festival FLATTA de Land Art, Tanger, Maroc.
2016 : Exposition collective, Galerie Moulay Elhassan, Oujda, Maroc.
2016 : Résidence artistique à la Biennale de Marrakech.
2024 :
https://afikaris.com/exhibitions/41-a-l-horizon-une-obscure-clarte-mouhcine-rahaoui/overview/
https://www.artrabbit.com/events/inhabiting-the-world-afikaris-gallery-paris
https://www.artrabbit.com/events/%C3%A0-lhorizon-une-obscure-clart%C3%A9
https://afrokidekor.com/evenements/exposition-paris-art-mouhcine-rahaoui/
https://www.art-africain.info/article-art-africain/afikaris-exposition-mouhcine-rahaoui
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-inside-12th-edition-artgeneve-variety-reigns-supreme
https://www.cnap.fr/inhabiting-world
https://www.ketabibourdet.com/usr/documents/press/download_url/121/2401_bam.pdf
2023 :
https://www.1-54.com/london/artist-list/mouhcine-rahaoui-2/
https://www.diptykmag.com/a-marrakech-mouhcine-rahaoui-parle-le-langage-des-mineurs/
https://afikaris.com/fr/artists/120-mouhcine-rahaoui/
https://aujourdhui.ma/culture/mouhcine-rahaoui-expose-ses-enfants-des-mines-a-marrakech
https://aemagazine.ma/tag/mouhcine-rahaoui/
https://www.le18marrakech.com/contenus/mouhcine-rahaoui-6
https://fnh.ma/article/actualite-culturelle/exposition-collective-mine-rejouissante
https://lematin.ma/express/2022/comptoir-mines-galerie-rencontre-public-casablancais/380937.html
2021 :
2020 :
https://lecube-art.com/residence/mouhcine-rahaoui/
https://lecube-art.com/exposition/open-studio-mouhcine-rahaoui/
2019 :
https://latribunedemarrakech.com/du-travail-a-la-mine-jusquaux-oeuvres-de-mouhcine-rahaoui/
2018 :
https://medium.com/@info_89644/mouhcine-rahaoui-sebastiao-castelo-lopes-98f2609fed84
