Mohamed Arejdal
Mohamed Arejdal was born in 1984 in Guelmim, in southern Morocco. Passionate about drawing and sculpture, he exhibited as an amateur at the age of 17. After droping out of school, he attempted a clandestine crossing to the Canary Islands which ended in failure. Right after his deportation to Morocco, he resumed his studies and then joined the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan, from which he graduated in 2009. A few years later, in 2012, he declared his artistic birth during a mesmerizing performance on the Jamaa El Fna square in Marrakech. Mohamed Arejdal was able to lay the foundations of a multidisciplinary practice thanks to which he explores the links between social groups that he questions during his meetings or travels. His artistic performances occupy a very important place in his work where he does not hesitate to challenge the public on his condition as an artist, or on the meaning of powerful symbols. Since 2008, Mohamed Arejdal has participated in several exhibitions and major artistic events on a national and international scale, in particular, the biennial of contemporary art BIENALSUR 2019 in Buenos Aires in Argentina, the exhibitions "African Poetry" and "Crossings" , at the Comptoir des Mines Galerie on the occasion of the two editions of the contemporary African art fair 1:54 in Marrakech, the exhibition "En quête d’archives" at the Silent Green space in Berlin, the exhibition "Le Maroc contemporain" at l’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris in 2014 as well as the exhibition "Cette fois, le sujet est personnel" at the Makan space in Amman, Jordan in 2012.
2009 : Diplôme du 2ème cycle, option Art à l’Institut National des Beaux-arts, Tétouan, Maroc.
2007 : Diplôme du 1er cycle, option Art à l’Institut National des Beaux-arts, Tétouan, Maroc.
2005 : Baccalauréat, option sciences expérimentales, lycée Imam Malik, Tighmert, Guelmim, Maroc.
2022 : « Pacte », Comptoir des Mines Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco.
2020 : "Ressala", Comptoir des Mines Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco.
2012 : « Du Local au global » SUMMER’S LAB, Le Cube -Independent art room - Rabat, Morocco.
2010 : « OUI, J’AI BESOIN DE TOI », Riad GACELA, Tetouan, Morocco.
2024:
“H’dith o :Mghezel”, Malhoun en partenariat avec Fenduq – Atelier Eric van Hove et La Trattoria, Malhoun – Marrakech, Maroc
2022:
“Grain de sable”, Villa des Arts – Rabat et Casablanca, Maroc
“L’Art, un jeu sérieux”, commissariée par Meryem Sebti, Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden (MACAAL) – Marrakech, Maroc
2021:
“Zone Franche”, exposition dans le cadre de la Saison Africa2020, commissariée par Princesse Marilyn DOUALA MANGA BELL (Doual’art – Cameroun), Bérénice SALIOU (Institut des Cultures d’Islam – France), Hicham BOUZID et Amina MOURID (Think Tanger – Maroc), Institut des Cultures d’Islam (ICI) – Paris, France
“Distance Ardente”, dans le cadre de Africa2020, commissariée par Hicham Daoudi, MRAC (Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain) – Sérignan, France
Participation in the Abu Dhabi Art Fair with Tabari Artspace.
Participation in the Art Dubai fair with the Comptoir des Mines Gallery.
"Distante Ardente" Saison Afrique 2020, MRAC Occitanie, Sérignan, France.
2020:
“Malhoun 2.0”, exposition initiée et produite par Fenduq et Atelier Eric Van Hove, Fenduq – Marrakech, Maroc
“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
BIENALSUR biennial of contemporary art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"African Poetry", Comptoir des Mines Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco.
"In Search of an Archive," Silent Green Space,
2018 :
« Traversées, Crossings, عبور », Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Marrakech, Maroc.
2016 :
'Fugitive Volumes', Faouzi Laatiris and the National Institute of Fine Arts of Tetouan, by curator Morad Montazami, Mohamed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco.
"KawKaw", Espace le 18, derb El Ferrane, Marrakech, Morocco.
2015 :
« MUCH SILENCE », Espace le 18, derb El Ferrane, Marrakech, Maroc.
" Consider Yourself Invited " By Random Institute in collaboration with Juliette Chrétien, Valentine Umansky, Sophie Lapalu. Production Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland.
2014 :
« Où sommes-nous … », La 5ᵉ Biennale de Marrakech, commissariat de Hicham Khalidi & la direction artistique d’Alya Sebti (curatrice indépendante), Marrakech, Maroc.
"Contemporary Morocco", Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France.
« 1914-2014 : 100 ans de création » à l’inauguration du Musée Mohammed VI d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Rabat, Maroc.
"NEW AFRICA", organized by Kulte Gallery & Editions at SAHAM Insurance, Casablanca, Morocco.
2013 :
« Traduction-Tradition-Trahison », Curator’s zone, dirigés par Maria Iñigo Clavo et Anna Raimondo, Le Cube -Independent art room- Rabat, Maroc.
2012 :
WEYA (Word Event Young Artist), Nottingham, U.K.
"TRAVAIL, MODE D'EMPLOI" curated by Charles Gohy, CENTRAL for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium.
"Proposal for a laboratory of artistic and curatorial practices", curated by Younès Baba-Ali & Simohammed Fettaka, at the French Institute in collaboration with the cube -Independent art room, Rabat, Morocco.
"BETWEEN WALLS", organized by Yasmina Naji, Rabat, Morocco.
"THIS TIME, THE SUBJECT IS PERSONAL", Makan, Amman, Jordan.
2011 :
"De NORD en SUD : ALLER-RETOUR", La Halle - Pont-en-Royans, France.
2010 :
"MAHATA", Cinémathèque de Tanger, Morocco.
2008 :
The XIII Biennial of Young Creators of Europe and the Mediterranean, Puglia, Bari, Italy.
2024:
Art Dubaï, Exposition collective autour de la pensée cyclique attribuée à Ibn El Khaldoun, avec le Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Hall Arena | Booth B4. – Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis
2023:
Art Paris, Exposition collective avec le Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Grand Palais Éphémère, Champ-de-Mars – Paris, France
2022:
Art Dubaï, Exposition collective avec le Comptoir des Mines Galerie, BOOTH D-2 & M-2 – Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis
2021:
Art Dubaï, Exposition collective avec le Comptoir des Mines Galerie, BOOTH B24 – Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis
Abu Dhabi Art, Tabari Artspace, collective exposition – Abu Dhabi, Émirats Arabes Unis
2019 : "SAKHRA", Moulay Bouchta Al Khamar, Taounate, Morocco.
2017 : "Mabahit" Ar-Razi Hospital, Salé, Morocco.
2015 – 2016 : "Caravan of Tighmert", Oasis Tighmert, Guelmim, Morocco.
2012 : « Du Local au global » SUMMER’S LAB, Le Cube -Independent art room - Rabat, Morocco.
2012 : "PLPAC / Proposal for a laboratory of artistic and curatorial practices", curated by Younès Baba-Ali & Simohammed Fettaka, le Cube -Independent art room- and the French Institute, Rabat, Morocco.
2012 : " BAÎT MAKAN ", independent art space, Amman, Jordan.
2011 : Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris, France.
2020:
“Engaging Art: Essays and Interviews from Around the Globe”, Roslyn Bernstein, Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 2nd edition (January 15, 2021) – Newcastle upon Tyne, Royaume-Uni
2018:
“ⵉⵎⵓⴷⴰⵔ ⵙ ⵉⴹⵕⵉⵚⵏ: ⵉⴹⵕⵉⵚⵏ ⵉⵙⴰⵡⴰⵍⵏ ⴼ ⵡⴰⵏⴰⵡ ⵏ ⵢⵉⵎⵓⴷⴰⵔ ⵉ ⵡⴰⵣⵣⴰⵏ ⵉⵜⵜⵍⵎⴰⴷⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ”, Fiction de Mohamed Arejdal – Maroc
2016:
“Mujeres árabes en las artes visuales – los países mediterráneos”, Julia Barroso Villar, Presses de l’Université de Saragosse – Saragosse, Espagne
2012:
“ⴰⵡⵜⵉⵍ ⵉⵍⵍⵓⵥⵏ ⴷ ⵜⵉⵢⵢⴰⴹ …: ⵜⵓⵍⵍⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉ ⵉⵎⵥⵢⴰⵏⵏ”, Mohamed Arejdal – Maroc
2018 :
« Lumières africaines, l’élan contemporain » is the title of the book co-authored by André Magnin and Mehdi Qotbi and which brings together artists from all over Africa, published by Langages du sud, Casablanca, Morocco.
2018 :
« La photographie au Maghreb », collective work under the direction of Abdelghani Fennane, Aimance SUD editions.
2016 :
'Volumes Fugitifs', Faouzi Laatiris and the National Institute of Fine Arts of Tetouan, by curator Morad Montazami, Mohamed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco.
2014 :
"Amazigh - Itinerary of Free Men", a graphic novel that tells the true story of Mohamed Arejdal, Cédric Liano & Mohamed Arejdal, Steinkis edition, Paris, France.
2014 :
"NEW AFRICA", exhibition catalog, Kulte Gallery & Editions, Rabat, Morocco.
Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF) – Beyrouth, Liban
Maliha Tabari – Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis
Fondation Alliances – Casablanca, Maroc
MACAAL – Marrakech, Maroc
Collection Elisabeth Bauchet-Bouhlal, Maroc
Mathaf – Doha, Qatar
2024 :
https://malhoun.ma/ground-floor-exhibition
2023 :
https://www.diptykmag.com/dun-sud-a-lautre-bienalsur/
https://www.orange.com/fr/yafrica-saison-2-au-maroc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJq1J7zRgk
https://www.diptykmag.com/kamal-essoussi-donne-vie-aux-reves-des-artistes/
2022 :
https://aemagazine.ma/un-rebond-de-la-scene-artistique-a-marrakech-comptoir-des-mines-galerie/
https://www.diptykmag.com/art-dubai-from-modern-to-crypto/
https://www.mashindia.com/top-10-highlights-from-art-dubai-by-shalini-passi/
https://www.diptykmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Diptyk-Magazine-Special-Edition-Dubai_2022.pdf
https://latribunedemarrakech.com/elisabeth-bauchet-boulhal-tout-un-art/
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-best-booths-middle-eastern-galleries-art-dubai-2022
https://ledesk.ma/culture/marrakech-la-galerie-comptoir-des-mines-reprend-ses-expositions/
https://www.villadesarts.ma/expositions/grain-de-sable.html
https://aemagazine.ma/exposition-grain-de-sable-villa-des-arts-de-rabat-et-de-casablanca/
https://www.lopinion.ma/Exposition-Des-grains-de-sable-venus-du-sud_a26807.html
https://macaal.org/portfolio-item/lart-un-jeu-serieux/
https://www.diptykmag.com/macaal-x-diptyk-lart-est-un-jeu-de-role-permanent/
https://lematin.ma/express/2022/comptoir-mines-galerie-rencontre-public-casablancais/380937.html
2021 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPPnrN_v4VI
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/art-dubai-what-it-s-like-to-attend-one-of-the-world-s-first-in-person-art-fairs-in-2021-1.1194164 (A visitor studies ‘Spiritualites Vierges’ by Mohamed Arejdal, at Art Dubai 2021 – diapositive en début d’article)
https://www.institut-cultures-islam.org/expositions/zone-franche/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHYtavGchgU
https://mrac.laregion.fr/Distance-Ardente-dans-le-cadre-de-la-Saison-Africa-2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mMzsJo3AKM
https://aujourdhui.ma/culture/france-des-artistes-marocains-participent-a-une-exposition-collective
https://editions-in-extenso.com/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2021/09/PDA-67-light.pdf
2020 :
https://lematin.ma/journal/2020/etat-durgence-artistes-sinquietent-lavenir-terre-lhomme/332295.html
https://fenduq.com/malhoun-2-0/
https://malhoun.ma/exhibition-archive
https://telquel.ma/2020/01/10/mohamed-arejdal-lhomme-a-tout-defaire_1664543
https://latribunedemarrakech.com/vernissage-exposition-ressala-par-mohamed-arejdal/
https://fr.hespress.com/117818-marrakech-mohamed-arejdal-sexpose-a-la-ville-ocre-du-royaume.html
https://www.madein.city/marrakech/fr/e/vernissage-de-l-exposition-ressala-au-comptoir-des-mines-383/
https://www.diptykmag.com/mohamed-arejdal-tout-est-performance/
2019 :
https://www.diptykmag.com/mohamed-arejdal-dix-ans-de-creation-nomade/
https://www.diptykmag.com/les-artistes-auront-toujours-30-ans/
https://ledesk.ma/culture/lexposition-miroir-collectif-fait-dialoguer-les-artistes-au-dela-des-ages/
https://www.leconomiste.com/node/1046629
2018 :
https://latribunedemarrakech.com/comptoir-des-mines-galerie-detecteur-de-talents/
2016 :
https://caravanetighmert.weebly.com/mohamed-arejdal1.html
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/news/2019/4/25/retour-de-tighmert
2014 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5idbCLRyNk
2012 :
https://lecube-art.com/residence/mohamed-arejdal/
Divers/Collections :
https://dafbeirut.org/en/mohamed-arejdal
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maliha-tabari-dubai-home-art-collection-2133908
https://fr.le360.ma/culture/argentine-arejdal-et-bourkia-a-la-bienalsur-188914/, https://www.bkam.ma/musee/Decouvrir-le-musee/Agenda-culturel
https://www.diptykmag.com/le-pole-magnetique-de-lart-nest-plus-au-nord-2/
