Yassine Balbzioui
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Country wey e be citizen | Morocco |
| Name wey dem give am | Yassine |
| Ein date of birth | 5 July 1972 |
| Place dem born am | El Kelaa des Sraghna |
| Native language | Berber |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | Arabic, Berber |
| Ein occupation | artist |
| Copyright representative | reproduction right represented by CISAC-member |
| Copyright status as creator | works protected by copyrights |
Yassine Balbzioui (dem born am 1972, Morocco) be a contemporary artist dem know for ein multidisciplinary approach, wey dey include painting, performance, den installation art. He dey describe einself primarily as a painter, yet ein oeuvre dey span chaw media, wey dey integrate elements of fiction den reality.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Yassine Balbzioui study for de School of Fine Arts of Casablanca. He later continue ein education for de École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux insyd France den de University of California insyd de United States.[1] Ein training across diverse cultural contexts profoundly influence ein artistic style den thematic explorations.[2]
Artistic oeuvre
[edit | edit source]Balbzioui ein work be characterize by ein thematic den stylistic versatility. While he dey identify predominantly as a painter, ein art often dey incorporate masks, human-animal hybrids, den an interplay between fiction den fact.[3] Ein exhibitions dey include painting, photography, video installations, den performance art, wey dey create a multilayered interpretative space.
Notable themes insyd ein work dey include de use of masks as tools for transformation den de exploration of identity, both personal den collective. Thru human-animal hybrids, Balbzioui dey blur de lines between humanity den nature, wey dey encourage viewers to question societal dey construct den dema relationship plus de natural world.[4]
Exhibitions dem select
[edit | edit source]- 2023: Into the Light, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
- 2022: Karachi Biennial, Karachi, Pakistan.
- 2021: Kubatana, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway.
- 2019: Ultrasanity, Chapter 2: Invocations, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.
- 2018: 13th Dakar Biennale, Dak'Art, Dakar, Senegal.
- 2018: The Black Sphinx II, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy, and Primae Noctic, Lugano, Switzerland.
- 2017: E-moi, MACAAL (Al Maaden Museum of African Contemporary Art), Marrakech, Morocco.
- 2016: Public Pool 2, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
- 2014: Le Maroc Contemporain, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France.
- 2014: 100 Years of Creation, Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco.
- 2012: Inexactly This, ZET Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 2012: 7th Berlin Biennale, Pornography of Everyday Life, Berlin, Germany.
Collections
[edit | edit source]Na dem hold Balbzioui ein work insyd private den public collections, wey dey include:
- Le Cube – Independent Art Room, Rabat, Morocco
- Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco
- Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
- Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, Morocco
- Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Soh Ndikung (2014), Atlas Chameleon: Yassine Balbzioui’s Iconography. 2014, 78.
- ↑ Gbadamosi, R. (2022), A Night at the Opera. In: Fink, K.; Siegert, N. (eds.), Identity to Rent, 16.
- ↑ Deparis-Yalif, A. (2011). Exhibition Catalogue: The Fish Inside Me, 11.
- ↑ Rachidi, M. (2011). L’Obsession du Masque. Édité par la Galerie Shart, 11-13.