Selected Solo Exhibitions |
2024 |
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Celestial Blue, October Gallery, London, UK |
2022 |
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Le Chant de l'Ardent Désir, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA |
2021 |
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Tears that Taste of the Sea, October Gallery, London, UK |
2019 |
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This Long Journey into Your Gaze (Este largo viaje hasta tu mirada), Casa Árabe, Madrid;
Casa Árabe, Córdoba, Spain (in collaboration with Factum Arte, Madrid)
Frieze New York, USA exhibiting with Aicon Gallery, New York, USA |
2018 |
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Les Maîtres du Temps (Masters of Time), October Gallery, London, UK
Les Sept Stations Célestes | The Seven Heavenly Stations,
Aicon Gallery, New York, USA |
2017 |
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Les Ancêtres liés aux Étoiles, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France |
2016 |
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Love Side by Side with the Soul, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
ArtBahrain, Manama, Bahrain (with A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France) |
2015 |
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Il n’est d’autres souverains que ceux qui me regardent, Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
2011 |
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Une Nation en Exil (A Nation in Exile), Montauban, France
Path of Roses (Tariq al-Ward), Abu Dhabi Festival, Emirates Palace, in association with ADMAF (Abu Dhabi Music and Art Foundation), Abu Dhabi, UAE |
2010 |
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Rachid Koraïchi: Ecstatic Flow, October Gallery, London, UK |
2008 |
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Les Ancêtres liés aux Étoiles (Ancestors Linked to the Stars), Chapelle Saint Martin, Le Méjan, Arles, France
Chemin des Roses (Path of Roses), Citadel of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria
Hommage à Mahmoud Darwich, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
2007 |
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20 Years: 12 Poets: Ceramics by Rachid Koraïchi, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
A Nation in Exile (Une Nation en Exil), Galerie 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Homage to Love and Memory, The George W. South Memorial, Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia, USA |
2005 |
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Ancestral Memories, October Gallery, London, UK |
2004 |
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Alep, Voyage en Soi(e) of Rachid Koraïchi, Galerie Isma, Riadh el Feth, Algiers, Algeria
Rachid Koraïchi: 7 Variations Indigo, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France |
2002 |
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Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses)/ Beirut’s Poem (Poème de Beyrouth)/ A Nation in Exile (Une Nation en Exil), The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Une Nation en Exil, United Nations, Beirut, Lebanon |
2001 |
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Beirut’s Poem (Poème de Beyrouth) and Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses), Jordan National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan; Institut Français, Casablanca; Institut Français, Marrakech, Morocco
Hommage à Ibn ’Arabi, Church of Mérignac, Mérignac, France; The Khalid Shoman Foundation - Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan |
2000 |
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Rencontre à Casablanca (Meeting in Casablanca), joint exhibition with Farid Belkahia, Gallery Al Manar, Casablanca, Morocco
Anthologie de poésie arabe (Anthology of Arab Poems), National Library, Limoges, France
Interfaces, The Bachelard Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne, Paris, France |
1999 |
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Chemin des Roses I, hommage à Rûmî (Path of Roses I, Homage to Rûmî), Residency at the Institut Français, Anatolia, Turkey
Autour des voyages de Delacroix et Matisse (Around the Travels of Delacroix and Matisse), Residency in Marrakesh, Morocco
Ô Fleurs! Hommage à Attar (Oh Flowers! Homage to Attar), International Garden Festival, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France |
1998 |
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Rachid Koraïchi: Clay, Silk, Paper & Steel, Leighton House Museum, London, UK
Lettres d’Argile : Hommage à Ibn ’Arabi (Letters of Clay: Homage to Ibn ’Arabi) (1998-1999), Espace Gard, Nîmes, France, touring to Institut Français and Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan; Institut Français, Damascus, Syria; Al-Mustansiriya Madrasah, Baghdad, Iraq; Institut Français, Ribat de Sousse, Tunisia; National Francophone Multimedia Library of Limoges, France; Gallery Isma, Algiers, Algeria; Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela; Embassy of France, Algiers, Algeria; Gallery A. Gorgi, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia; Institut Français, Tunis, Tunisia
Le Jardin du Paradis (The Garden of Paradise), International Garden Festival, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
Anthologie de poésie arabe (Anthology of Arab Poems), Elsa Triolet and Jules Verne Library, Pantin, France
Soie et Argile (Silk and Clay), The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan, in cooperation with AFAA and the Institut Français, Amman, Jordan |
1997 |
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L’Enfant-Jazz (1997-2000), Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France; Studio Franck Bordas, Paris, France; County Centre for Educational Documentation, Avignon, France; Collège des Hautes Vallées, Guillestre, France; Sakakini Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine; Passage de l’art, Marseille, France
Hommage à Okba (Homage to Okba), Steel Sculpture, University of Kairouan, Tunisia
Hommage à René Char, Michel Butor, Mohammed Dib (Homage to René Char, Michel Butor, Mohammed Dib), Monumental Tapestry, National Francophone Multimedia Library of Limoges, France
A Nation in Exile (Une Nation en Exil), The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan |
1996 |
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Ceramic Wall, with students of the Robert Desnos School, Tunis, Tunisia |
1995 |
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Objects and Decor for La Reine Didon (Queen Dido), Antique Theatre of Carthage, Festival of Carthage, Tunisia
Installation, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Talisman (Fountain Mural), Palm Beach, Tozeur, Tunisia
Hymnes Gravés (Engraved Hymns), Institut Français, Barcelona, Spain |
1994 |
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Exhibition at Gallery Schauer, Paris, France
Exhibition at Gallery Yahya, Tunis, Tunisia |
1993 |
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Nuits d’Encens (Nights of Incense), Homage to Algiers, Antique Theatre of Carthage, Tunisia
Les Sept Portes du Ciel (The Seven Gates of Heaven), Artibule, Institut Français, Casablanca, Morocco; Tour de Constance, Aigues-Mortes, France
Carpets and Tapestries, Gallery A. Gorgi, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia |
1992 |
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Exhibition at Galerie Cherif Fine Art, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia
Exhibition at Gallery Ipso, Brussels, Belgium
Salomé, Tobacco Factory, Ajaccio, Corsica; Artibule, Institut Français, Casablanca, Morocco
Exhibition at Galerie Jaqueline Moussion, Paris, France
Exhibition at Modern Art Museum, Liège, Belgium |
1991 |
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L’Art contemporain (Contemporary Art), Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Exhibition at Gallery Editart, Geneva, Switzerland
Havana Biennial, Wilfredo Lam Centre, Havana, Cuba
Exhibition at Gallery Ipso, Brussels, Belgium |
1990 |
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Salomé (joint exhibition with Michel Butor), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
1989 |
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Exhibition at Gallery of the National Council for Culture, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Exhibition at Gallery Editart, Geneva, Switzerland
Exhibition at The Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Exhibition at Gallery Isma, Algiers, Algeria |
1986 |
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Exhibition at The Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Exhibition at Gallery D. Blanco, Geneva, Switzerland |
1983 |
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S…à l'aplomb du mur, Ceramic wall installation, Siège GAT, Tunis, Tunisia |
1978 |
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Exhibition at Gallery Irtissem, Tunis, Tunisia |
1974 |
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Exhibition, Chateâu de la Hercerie, La Croix-en-Touraine, France |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
2023 |
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India Art Fair, exhibiting with Aicon Gallery, New York, USA |
2022 |
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Nomadic Resonance, October Gallery, London, UK |
2021-22 |
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Writing is drawing, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France |
2021 |
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Contemporary Ceramic Art from the Middle East, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK |
2020 |
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Atmospheres: Artists of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK
Between the Sun and the Moon, Lahore Biennale 02, Lahore Museum, Lahore, Pakistan
Words without Form: Language as Medium, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
Nuances of black and white, Elmarsa, Dubai, UAE
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s, Grey Art Gallery, New York, USA |
2019 |
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Dream No Small Dream: Celebrating 40 Years of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Abu Dhabi, UAE (with October Gallery, London, UK)
Dix ans déjà !, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France |
2018 |
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Al Musiqa, Cité de la musique-Philarmonie de Paris, Paris, France
Sahara: What is Written Will Remain, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
Calligraphy as Process from East Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the Americas, Garage Cosmos, Brussels, Belgium
Installation of sculptures from the series Les Prieurs and of acid etched steel plates Hommage a Tierno Bokar, African Talisman at Masterpiece Art Fair, London, UK (with Factum Arte, Madrid)
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2017 |
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Interwoven Dialogues: Contemporary Art from Africa and South Asia, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
Tour du monde en tondo, Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, France (in collaboration with Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris, France)
As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin, Ireland
100 chefs-d'œuvre de l'art moderne et contemporain arabe, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Trésor de l’Islam en Afrique, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
2016 |
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Not New Now, Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech, Morocco
Installation of 49 banners of The Invisible Masters at Carreau du Temple, AKAA, Paris, France (with October Gallery, London, UK)
Jardins d’Orient de l’Alhambra au Taj Mahal, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time & Place, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Rencontre, émotions partagées, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France |
2015 |
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Positif Exil, 19 Paul Fort, Paris, France
Nel Mezzo del Mezzo, Museo RISO, Regional Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Palermo, Italy
International Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition, Wafi Mall, Dubai, UAE
Expanding Africa at the Newark Museum: New Visions, New Galleries, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, USA |
2014 |
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Seeing Through Light: Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Global Africa Project: Political Patterns, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Biennale Internationale de Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
ArteVida, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
35 Years of the Transvangarde: Contemporary art from around the Planet, October Gallery, London, UK |
2013 |
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Qalam, the Art of Beautiful Writing, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
Symbiosis of Two Worlds, Palais Namaskar, Marrakech, Morocco (in collaboration with Written Art Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany)
Masters of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK
Trade Routes, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK |
2012 |
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Dieu(x): Modes d’Emploi, Petit Palais (Musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris), Paris, France
Reflections from Heaven, Meditations on Earth: Modern Calligraphic Art from the Arab World(touring 2012-2013) Museum of the Imperial Forums, Rome, Italy and Museo Valencia de la Illustración y la Modernidad Valencia, Spain (organised by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts & The Museum of the Imperial Forums, Rome, Italy) |
2011 |
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Jameel Prize 2011 (touring 2011- 2013) Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France; Casa Árabe, Madrid, Spain; Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, San Francisco, USA; and San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Written Images: Contemporary Calligraphy from the Middle East (touring 2011-2012) Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, USA; and Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong |
2010 |
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The Future of Tradition – The Tradition of Future, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (first complete installation of The Invisible Masters/ Les Maîtres Invisibles)
The Global Africa Project, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Miragens ( touring 2010-2011), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), São Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Brasilia, Brazil |
2009 |
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The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA |
2008 |
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The Poetics of Cloth, Grey Art Gallery NYU, New York, USA
Les Ancêtres liés aux Étoiles (Ancestors Linked to the Stars), Chapelle Saint Martin, Le Méjan, Arles, France
Word into Art (a British Museum touring exhibition), The Atrium, DIFC, Dubai, UAE
Angaza Afrika: African Art Now, October Gallery, London, UK |
2007 |
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The Dance of Quill and Ink, Contemporary Art of the Middle East, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (in association with the Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia)
Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA |
2006 |
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Without Boundary: Seventeen Different Ways of Looking, MoMA, New York, USA
Text Messages, October Gallery, London, UK
Word into Art, British Museum, London, UK |
2005 |
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The Seven Gates of Heaven (Les Sept Portes du Ciel)and an aliquot sample from Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses) British Museum, London, UK
TEXTures: Word and Symbol in Contemporary African Art, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA |
2004 |
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Intelligence Now!, October Gallery, London, UK |
2003 |
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Voyages d'Artistes, Algérie 2003, Espace EDF – Electra, Paris, France
Africa Informs, October Gallery, London, UK
Répliques,(light installations curated by Philippe Mouillon), Tunnel des Facultés, Algiers, Algeria
Fragments of Script, Comédie Française, Paris, France |
2002 |
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A la nuit tombée (At Nightfall), (light installations curated by Philippe Mouillon), Quais de l'Isère, Grenoble, France |
2001 |
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Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Authentic/Ex-centric, 49th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
The Short Century - Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994 (touring 2001-2002), Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA; PS1 Contemporary Art Centre and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
2000 |
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Fifth Season, Foundation Actua, Casablanca, Morocco
Belkahia – Koraïchi, Gallery El Manar, Casablanca, Morocco
Fashion Show, Algiers, Algeria |
1999 |
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Contemporary Visions, Borj de Bab Marrakesh, Essaouira, Morocco
Kaftan 2000, Fashion Show, Casablanca, Morocco
Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s. Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, USA
Jardins Secrets III (Secret Gardens III), Factory of Œillets, Ivry-sur-Seine, France |
1998 |
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Les peintres du signe (The Painters of the Sign), Festival of Humanity, La Courneuve, Paris, France; Chateâu de Draveil, Paris, France; Chateâu de Belval, Miramas, France; Fine Art Museum, Algiers, Algeria
Mediterranea, Art from around the world, Botanical Gardens, Brussels, Belgium
80 Artists from around the World, Galley Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Méditation (Meditations), Madrassa Ibn Youssef, Marrakesh, Morocco
Pacaembú (light installations curated by Philippe Mouillon), São Paolo, Brazil |
1997 |
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Modernities and Memories, Rockefeller Foundation, 47th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy; Bilgi University, Istanbul
Artists for Peace: R. Koraïchi, F. Belkahia. Exhibition Space Louis Feuillade, Lunel, France
Rhythm and Form, Visual Reflection on Arabic Poetry (1996-1997), touring to: Willamette University, Salem, Oregon; University of Arkansas; Fine Arts Centre Gallery; University of California; University of Berkley; Worth Ryder Gallery; Hallie Brown Ford Gallery; University of Oregon; Rice University, USA
6th Biennial of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Jardins Secrets II (Secret Gardens II), Charles Foix Hospital, Ivry-sur-Seine, France |
1996 |
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Light Passage (Arcos da Lapa) (light installations curated by Philippe Mouillon), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arabic Signs, Museum voor Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Images of Africa Festival, Barbican Centre, London, UK and Odense, Denmark
L’Art contemporain (Contemporary Art), Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
5th International Biennial of Visual Poetry, Palace Legislativo, Mexico
Invitation à voyager (Invitation to Travel), R. Koraïchi with F. Belkahia, Festival of the South (Fiesta des Suds), Marseille, France
African Encounters (Rencontres Africaines) (1994-1996),Institut Français, Lisbon, Portugal, touring to France, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Morocco and South Africa |
1995 |
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Signs, Traces & Calligraphy: Five Contemporary Artists from North Africa, Concourse Gallery, Barbican, London, UK; Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Six Flags of Tolerance, 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, New York, USA; UNESCO, Paris, France
11th International Print Triennial, Fredrikstad, Norway
Graphic Arts Biennial, Laureates exhibition, Warsaw, Poland
Exhibition at Gallery Frédéric Roulette, Paris, France |
1994 |
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Painters from the Maghreb (1993-1994), CKC, Ghent, Belgium |
1990 |
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6th INTERBEP '90, Tuzla, Yugoslavia
International Graphic Triennial, Frechen, Germany
Inter Graphic-90, Berlin, Germany
2nd Biennial Graphic Arts from the Mediterranean, Athens, Greece
Faire du chemin avec… Hommage à René Char (Going along with… Homage to René Char), Palais des Papes, Avignon, France |
1989 |
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3rd International Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
9th Engraving Triennial, Fredrikstad, Norway
Exhibition at Gallery Szutski, Lodz, Poland
Exhibition at International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
1988 |
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2nd International Biennial de Palbia Alternativa, Mexico
Exhibition at Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
Exhibition at Art Gallery Senac, Ribeiraô Preto, São Paolo, Brazil
Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Croatia |
1987 |
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Exhibition at Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland |
1986 |
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Sign and Calligraphy, together with Jamil Hamoudi, Mohamed Bouthelidja and Hassan Massoudy, Musée National d'Art Africain et Océanien, Paris, France
Art for Humanity, Baghdad, Iraq (1st International Prize)
Exhibition for the 40th Anniversary of UNESCO, UNESCO, Paris, France
Exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Comparaisons - L'Art Actuel (Comparisons – Art Today), Grand Palais, Paris, France |
1985 |
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Exhibition at Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Exhibition at Yokosuka City Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan |
1984 |
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Contemporary Arab Graphic Art, Arab Heritage Gallery, al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Inter Graphic-84, Berlin, Germany
Exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum, Washington D.C., USA
Exhibition at Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, USA
International Calligraphy, Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, Maine, USA
Homage to William Morris, Modern Art Museum, San Francisco, USA |
1983 |
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King Khalid International Airport – several artworks in the Royal Pavilion, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Exhibition at Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Japan
Contemporary Arab Artists, Part III, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London, UK |
1982 |
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6th Norwegian International Print Biennial, Fredrikstad, Norway
Exhibition at Gallery Bab Rouah, Rabat, Morocco
9th International Triennial of Original Coloured Graphic Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland |
1981 |
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Exhibition at the Royal Pavilion, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Exhibition at Gallery Sultan, Sabhan, Kuwait
Exhibition at Gallery Irtissem, Tunis, Tunisia
Exhibition at Art Gallery Yahia, Tunis, Tunisia
Peintres du monde arabe, L'Atelier Gallery, Festival d'Assilah, Morocco |
1980 |
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Exhibition at National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan
Exhibition at International Trade Centre, New York, USA
Contemporary Arab Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tunis, Tunisia
Exhibition at Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA
Tiles, Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, USA |
1979 |
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De l'écriture arabe à la gravure (From Arab Writing to Etching), Atelier Musée d'Art Graphique d'Arcueil, France |
1978 |
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Arab Painters, Exhibition Space Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
Exhibition at Bibliothèque Nationale Cabinet d’Estampes, Paris, France
Exhibition at Galerie Municipale de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia |
1977 |
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Video - Post the Lebanese War, touring to Caracas, Venezuela; São Paolo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina
International Print Biennial, National Centre de la Gravure, Épinal, France
Exhibition at ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Peinture murale, brigade d’intervention culturelle (a collective of painters from Arab countries), Université de Jussieu, Paris, France
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1976 |
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37th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
L’Algérie des Enfants (Children’s Algeria), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo, Brazil |
1975 |
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Exhibition at Studio Xavier de Lassale, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Exhibition at Galerie d'Art d'Orly Sud, Paris, France |
1974 |
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Exhibition at Abbey of Saint Germain des Prés, Paris, France |