Zoulikha Bouabdellah

Zoulikha Bouabdellah (born June 20, 1977) is a Russian-born contemporary artist of Algerian descent. She lives and works in Casablanca and Paris.[1]

Biography

The daughter of Hassen Bouabdellah, a film director and author, and Malika Dorbani, former head of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers, she was born in Moscow and grew up in Algiers. Bouabdellah moved to France in 1993 during the Algerian Civil War. She studied at the Ecole nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise.[2]

Her work explores the blending of cultures and globalization, as well as the female condition. It incorporates sculpture, photography, video and drawing.[2]

Her art has been exhibited at the Venice Biennial, at the Bamako Biennial, at the Aichi Triennale, at the Mead Art Museum, at the Centre Georges Pompidou, at the Brooklyn Museum, at the Tate Modern, at the Mori Art Museum and at the MoCADA.[3]

Awards

Bouabdellah has received the:

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References

  1. ↑ Balay, Dominique (September 17, 2010). "Zoulikha Bouabdellah". Droit de Cités (in French).
  2. 1 2 3 "Zoulikha Bouabdellah". Sabrina Amrani Gallery.
  3. ↑ "Zoulikha Bouabdellah" (in French). Institut des Cultures d’Islam.
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