Abdelaziz Zerrou

Abdelaziz Zerrou was born in Casablanca in 1982. He lives and works between Switzerland and Morocco.
A graduate of the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan, Abdelaziz Zerrou is a multidisciplinary artist. He juggles between video, installation and drawing, while using innovative techniques. He is committed to an artistic approach whose orientation is contemporary: in his creative protocol, he most often mobilizes a variety of materials, but what the artist loves above all, is the graphic register.
The interest for this visual element shows a strong propensity that the artist has for the universal symbolic figures, characterized by a better legibility and visibility, because they are generally treated in a schematic and graphic way. In his works, the artist aims at a certain visual efficiency whose enunciation must be evident, clear and immediately perceptible.
Indeed, his plastic proposal combines all the qualities of a work that seeks at all costs to operate effectively at the risk of being perceived as simplistic. The artist instrumentalizes symbolic icons of superstition strongly anchored in the Moroccan popular culture to represent and propose another look.
His work and artistic interventions at the national and international level are proof of this: he exhibited at "Spazio 1929" (Lugano, Switzerland); Museum of Photography and Visual Arts (Marrakech, Morocco); "Fabbrica del Vapore" (Milan, Italy); Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Rabat, Morocco); "Galleria Continua" (Le Moulin, France); "New Art Exchange" Museum (Nottingham, England), etc.

TRAINING

2007: Diploma of 2nd cycle of Studies in Visual Arts, National Institute of Fine Arts, Tetouan
2005 : 1st cycle diploma in Graphic Design, National Institute of Fine Arts, Tetouan
2003 : Bachelor's degree, Major in Visual Arts, Jaber ben Hayyane, Casablanca

SOLO SHOWS

2017 : “Abdelaziz Zerrou”, Comptoir des Mines Galerie – Marrakech, Maroc

GROUP SHOWS

2019 :
“Miroir Collectif”, Bank Al Maghrib en partenariat avec Comptoir des Mines Galerie – Rabat, Maroc
“Traversées / Crossings”, Comptoir des Mines – Marrakech, Maroc

2018 :
“Exiled Homes: Embroiderers of Actuality” exposition collective par Aglaia Haritz and Abdelaziz Zerrou, en coopération avec les anthropologues Gisella Orsini, Elise Billiard, Sarah Mallia avec le support de la fondation Gabriel Caruana, Italie
Comptoir des Mines Gallery - Marrakech, Morocco

2017 :
Musée Kunst (Zeug) Haus Rapperswil – Jona, Suisse
Daniel Agostini Gallery - Lugano, Switzerland
Comptoir des Mines Gallery - Marrakech, Morocco

2016 :
Parcours Humain, “Embroiderers of Actuality”, Berne, Suisse
6e édition de la Biennale de Marrakech, « swap-laboratoire de la mondialité » – Marrakech, Maroc

2015 :
“Traces of the Future”, Musée de la photographie & des arts visuels – Marrakech, Maroc
Swiss Institute-Milan, group exhibition - Milan, Italy

2014 :
Musée Mohammed VI d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Rabat, Maroc
Center of Modern Art - Tetouan, Morocco
Fabbrica del Vapore, "Subversion of the sensible", curated by Marco Trulli - Milan, Italy
Lokal-Int, "Embroiderers of Actuality # Cairo" - Bienne/Biel, Switzerland
The Cube, "Embroiderers of Actuality # Rabat" - Rabat, Morocco
Artellewa Independent Art Space, "Embroiderers of Actuality # Cairo" - Cairo, Egypt
“Embroiderers of Actuality”, Le Cube – independent art room – Rabat, Maroc
“Peut-on parler d’une touche propre aux artistes de l’école de Tétouan ?”, Galerie Fan Dok – Rabat, Maroc

2012 :
“Sphères IV”, Galleria Continua / Les Moulins – Boissy-le-Châtel, France
"WEYA", New Museum of Art Exchange - Nottingham, England
Gallery G 69 - Graz, Austria

2011 :
6ème Festival International de l’Art de la Performance INFR’ACTION – Sète, France
"Transparency", group exhibition, La Fabrique Culturelle - Casablanca, Morocco

2010 :
2ème édition de la Biennale de Marrakech, Maroc
2nd edition of the Luanda Triennial, Angola
Festival Tendencias - Madrid, Spain
"Dignity", French Institute of Rabat, Morocco
Mohamed El Fassi Gallery - Rabat, Morocco

2009 :
“Body”, Société Générale Banque – Casablanca, Maroc

2008 :
3ème édition du Festival du Film Documentaire – Casablanca, Maroc
"Boulevard" Workshop of the International Music Festival - Casablanca, Morocco
13th Biennial of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean - Bari, Italy
15th edition of the International Video Art Festival - Casablanca, Morocco

2007 :
Atelier de chorégraphie et de langues, explorer la communication audiovisuelle et interactive, Attijari Wafabank – Casablanca, Maroc
Tactile performance, Mohammed VI Theater - Casablanca, Morocco
Installation Vidéo, Festival de Danse F’lappart, Dar Chrifa / Théâtre Royal / Dar Bellarj – Marrakech, Maroc
2ème Rencontres Chorégraphiques – Marrakech, Maroc

2004 :
Exposition collective, Délégation de la jeunesse – Rabat, Maroc

2003 :
Centre Kamal Zabdi – Casablanca, Maroc

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Le Palais Royal - Rabat, Morocco Fundação Sindika Dokolo - Luanda, Angola Société Générale Banque - Casablanca, Morocco Ministère Marocain de la Culture - Rabat, Morocco Collection dœuvres d'art du Crédit Suisse - Zurich, Switzerland Collection d'art du Canton du Tessin, Switzerland

RESIDENCIES

2017 : European Capital of Culture 2018 - Valletta, Malta.
2015 : Art residency - Aley, Lebanon.
2014: Dar Al-Ma'mûn - Marrakech, Morocco.
French Institute of Tetouan, Morocco.
French Institute of Casablanca, Morocco.
The Cube - Rabat, Morocco.
2013: Artellewa - Cairo, Egypt.
DordtYart - Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
2012: Dar Al-Ma'mûn - Marrakech, Morocco.
Rondo-Studio - Graz, Austria.
2011 : Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris, France.
2009: Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy - Damascus, Syria.