M’Barek Bouhchichi
Through installation, painting, drawing or video, M’barek Bouhchichi formulates modes of expression that go from the individual discourse to broader social, poetic and historical systems.
The red thread of his works refers to an individual’s speech that allows for a rewriting of the self. It is a thought in action that the artist signifies through poetic back-and-forth between the idea and the experience of the work.
His recent work on the poet and musician Amazigh M’barek Ben Zida can be considered as a work in continuity. Music, poetry and art act as catalysts for dodging or overcoming social and racial determinisms. The artist is working on poetic tools to rewrite a forgotten Berber identity.
M’barek Bouhchichi has participated in exhibitions, biennials and conferences in Morocco and abroad. Among his recent exhibitions, Dak’art, 13th edition of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar (2018), Bilingual Documents, Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MUCEM), Marseille (2017).
His works have been included in prestigious collections, such as those of the Musée National d’Art Moderne du Centre Georges Pompidou (France) and the Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden (MACAAL).
M’barek Bouhchichi lives and works in Tahannout.
expositions & événements
Archive(s) Sensible(s)

Métal oxydé et cuivre
91,5 x 118,5 cm
Edition de 2 + 1 Ap, 2018
© Artiste et Voice Gallery

Clous martelés et métal
152x152 cm
Edition 1 + 1 Ap, 2018
© Artiste et Voice Gallery

Terracotta et engobe
35x265x3 cm
Unique, 2019
© Artiste et Selma Feriani Gallery

(Composite sculpture: Wooden pillar and Copper replica)
Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 200 cm (for each)
Materials: Burnt wood and yellow copper, Unique, 2020
Courtesy the artist
Production Fenduq