Yassine Balbzioui
Yassine Balbzioui (born in 1972 in El Kelaa des Sraghna, Morocco) is a Moroccan contemporary painter, sculptor and performance artist.
Education, early work[edit]
Yassine Balbzioui was trained at the School of Fine Arts of Casablanca (1996) and the School of Fine Arts of Bordeaux. In 2001 he also followed a training at the University of California, Berkeley as part of the University of California Education Abroad Program. In 2010 he founded the Africa Light collective. In the same year he exhibited at the Château de la Louvrière in Montluçon and in space 29 in Bordeaux. In 2011 he participated in several workshops in Italy and realised a permanent installation at the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Bergamo. In 2012 he participated in an exhibition on the theme of neocolonialism at the Casa de America in Madrid. and in 2013 one of his works entered the catalog of the auction house Christies. In 2014, Yassine Balbzioui participated in the central exhibition of the Marrakech Biennale.[1]
Work[edit]
Yassine Balbzioui has developed a unique figurative visual language that borrows from traditional iconographic motifs, reinterprets them and creates an innovative context. Masks and masquerades are central motifs in his compositions. Animalistic or animistic motifs appear alongside descriptions of present phenomena. As painter, Balbzoui works on canvas, in watercolors and creates murals. As a sculptor Balboui enjoys the material experiment. Wood, steal, porcellan – Balbzouis exploration of the substance is always part of his creative process.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Recent presentations[edit]
- 2021
- Moroccan Trilogy 1950-2020, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain
- Meeting point (solo show), Kulte Gallery, Rabat, Morocco
- 2020
- Traits d’unions.s, Manifesta 13, European Nomadic Biennale, Marseille, France
- Carte blanche Yamou, Fondation CDG, Rabat, Morocco
- 2019
- Ultrasanity, chapter 4 On madness…, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
- Hier est la mémoire d’aujourd’hui, Espace Commines, Paris, France
- Rabat Biennale – Carte blanche Street Art, Parc Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
- Wild Garden, Solo show, Kristin Hjellegjerde galerie, London
- KB 19, Karachi Biennale, Karachi, Pakistan
- Mad, Solo show, Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth, Germany
- Kubatana, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway
- Ultrasanity, chapter 2 Invocations, Savvy contemporary, Festival Gnaoua, Essaouira, Morocco
- Blue note, Espace Artorium, Casablanca, Morocco
- In Search of Archives, Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany
- Prête-moi ton rêve, Carte blanche « Vertiges de l’amour« , Rue de Tanger, Casablanca, Morocco
- 2018
- Half flying, solo show, Kristin Hjellegjerde galerie, Berlin, Germany (incoming)
- AKAA, Artfair – Kristin Hjellegjerde galerie, Paris, France
- Résidence Méditerranée, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
- The Black Sphinx II, From Morocco to Madagascar, Primae Noctis, Lugano, Switzerland.
- The Black Sphinx II, From Morocco to Madagascar, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy.
- One sentence exhibition, curated by Lotte Arndt, Kadist Foundation online.
- Performance-Oper, Ghost flowers and other stories, Theatrum Mundi, Wagner Museum, Bayreuth, Germany.
- Dak’Art Biennale, 13ème Biennale de l’art contemporain africain, Dakar, Senegal.
- The Matter, Dak’Art OFF, Dakar, Senegal.
- Traversées, carte blanche à la Galerie Shart – Yassine Balbzioui, Comptoir des Mines Galerie, Marrakesh, Morocco.
- 2017
- Offre spéciale – avec Badr El Hammami, L’Appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco.
- Emoi-Autobiographie d’une collection, MACAAL Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden, Marrakesh, Morocco.
- Casadrawing 2, Musée de la Fondation A. Slaoui, Casablanca, Morocco.
- Masnaâ festival, Casablanca, Morocco.
- FIAV Festival international d’art vidéo de Casablanca, Morocco.
- Le retour du dessin, Galerie Villa Delaporte, Casablanca, Morocco
- Génération Flash, proposition de Younès Baba-Ali, Fondation Alliances, Casablanca, Morocco.
- 2016
- Porcellanographie : Future traces (solo show), Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth, Germany.
- Splash… (solo show), Galerie Shart, Casablanca, Morocco
- Public Pool 2 (performance), CE-A, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France
- Splash, performance, l’Uzine – fondation Touria et Abdelaziz Tazi, Aïn Sbaa, Casablanca, Morocco
- 10 ans de la Galerie, Galerie Shart, Casablanca, Morocco
- Dak’Art, 12ème Biennale de l’art contemporain africain, Dakar, Senegal
- Wings of African Art, COP 22, Marrakech, Morocco
- Casa Drawing, Musée de la Fondation A. Slaoui, Casablanca, Morocco
- Jidar 2016, Performance Hors d’œuvres, Musée MMVI, Rabat, Morocco
- Jidar 2016, Fresque murale dans l’espace public, école Abdelmoumen, Rabat, Morocco
- Les murmures de la galerie 121, Institut français de Casablanca, Morocco
- 2015
- Utopia (solo show), Trident space and Kalakriti Gallery, Hyderabad, India
- Carrefour/Treffpunkt – Die Marrakech Biennale…, IFA Stuttgart, Berlin, Germany
- Passages, parages ; visages, paysages, Musée de Bank al Maghrib, Rabat, Morocco
- MOM: Maskers in de Kunst Van nu, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 11ème Biennale internationale de l’aquarelle, Musée national Alfredo Gauti Rojo, Mexico, Mexico
- Les Revenants, Migrations Culturelles Aquitaine Afriques, Bordeaux, France
- Côte à côte, EXMA – Exhibiting and Moving Arts – Centro sperimentale per le arti e le culture contemporanee, Cagliari, Italy[6]
External links[edit]
- [1] Homepage of Yassine Balbzioui
- [2] Yassine Balbzioui at the Manifesta 13 Marseille
- [3] www.artskop.com
- [4] www.artfacts.net-ausstellungen
References[edit]
- ↑ https://yassinebalbzioui.com/cv/
- ↑ Deparis-Yalif, Marie. 2011. „The Fish Inside Me“. In: Balbzioui, Y. ed. Yassine Balbzioui, 11–13. Montluçon: Shakers.
- ↑ Fink, Katharina. 2014. „The Art/ist Is Present. While Flying.” In: Balbzioui, Y. ed. Yassine Balbzioui, 59–63. Galerie Shart.
- ↑ Rachidi, Mohamed. 2014. “L’Obsession Du Masque”. In: Balbzioui, Y. ed. Yassine Balbzioui, 11–13. Galerie Shart.
- ↑ Soh Ndikung, Bonaventure. 2014. “The Tale of The Atlas Chameleon”. In: Balbzioui, Y. ed. Yassine Balbzioui, 75–79. Galerie Shart.
- ↑ https://yassinebalbzioui.com/cv/
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