Yassine Balbzioui

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 
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.Soh Ndikung (2014), Atlas Chameleon: Yassine Balbzioui’s Iconography. 2014, 78. Ein training across diverse cultural contexts profoundly influence ein artistic style den thematic explorations.Gbadamosi, R. (2022), A Night at the Opera. In: Fink, K.; Siegert, N. (eds.), Identity to Rent, 16.

 Artistic oeuvre 
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.Deparis-Yalif, A. (2011). Exhibition Catalogue: The Fish Inside Me, 11. 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.Rachidi, M. (2011). L’Obsession du Masque. Édité par la Galerie Shart, 11-13.

 Exhibitions dem select 

 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 
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 

Category:Moroccan artists
Category:Human
Category:1972 births
Category:Moroccan people
Category:Moroccan painters
Category:École des Beaux-Arts alumni
Category:University of California alumni

 External links 

 Official website