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.
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
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.
2018 : Gabriel Caruana Foundation - Valletta, Malta
Comptoir des Mines Gallery - Marrakech, Morocco
2017 : Museum Kunst (Zeug) Haus Rapperswil - Jona, Switzerland
Daniel Agostini Gallery - Lugano, Switzerland
Comptoir des Mines Gallery - Marrakech, Morocco
2016 : Parcours Humain, "Embroiderers of Actuality", Bern, Switzerland
6th edition of the Biennale of Marrakech, "swap-laboratory of the globality" - Marrakech,
Morocco
2015 : Museum of Photography and Visual Arts - Marrakech, Morocco
Swiss Institute-Milan, group exhibition - Milan, Italy
2014 : Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art - Rabat, Morocco
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
2012 : "Spheres IV", Galleria Continua / Les Moulins - Boissy-le-Châtel, France
"WEYA", New Museum of Art Exchange - Nottingham, England
Gallery G 69 - Graz, Austria
2011 : 6th International Festival of Performance Art INFR'ACTION - Sète, France
"Transparency", group exhibition, La Fabrique Culturelle - Casablanca, Morocco
2010 : 2nd edition of the Marrakech Biennale, Morocco
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, Morocco
2008 : 3rd edition of the Documentary Film Festival - Casablanca, Morocco
"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: Choreography and language workshop, exploring audiovisual and interactive communication,
Attijari Wafabank - Casablanca, Morocco
Tactile performance, Mohammed VI Theater - Casablanca, Morocco
Video installation, F'lappart Dance Festival, Dar Chrifa/ Théâtre Royal/ Dar Bellarj -
Marrakech, Morocco
2nd Choreographic Meeting - Marrakech, Morocco
2004 : Collective exhibition, Youth Delegation - Rabat, Morocco
2003 : Kamal Zabdi Center - Casablanca, Morocco
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
