Rachid Koraïchi
1947 born in Ain Beïda, Algeria
Lives and works in Paris, France
Art Education |
| 1967 - 1971 |
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Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Algiers, Algeria |
| 1971 - 1975 |
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Superior National School of the Decorative Arts, Paris, France |
| 1973 - 1975 |
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School of Urban Studies, Paris, France |
| 1975 - 1977 |
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Superior School of Arts (painting studio of Gustave Singier and print studio of Lagrange-Dorny), Paris, France |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions |
| 2011 |
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Path of Roses (Tariq al-Ward), Abu Dhabi Festival, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| 2010 |
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Rachid Koraïchi: Ecstatic Flow, October Gallery, London, UK |
| 2008 |
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Ancestors Linked to the Stars (Les Ancêstres Liés aux Etoiles), Chapelle Saint Martin, Le Méjan, Arles, France |
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Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses), Citadel of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria |
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Homage to Mahmoud Darwish, Islamic Cultural Institute, Paris, France |
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The Seven Sleepers, Seven Books in Homage to Seven Monks of Tibhirine (Les Sept Dormants), Church of Seillac, France |
| 2007 |
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20 Years: 12 Poets: Ceramics by Rachid Koraïchi, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA |
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A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), Gallery 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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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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Aleppo, Voyage en Soi(e) (Silken Voyage Inside Oneself) of Rachid Koraïchi, Gallery Esma, Riadh el Feth, Algiers, Algeria |
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Rachid Koraïchi: 7 Indigo Variations (7 Variations Indigo), Museum of Marseille, France |
| 2002 |
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Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses)/ Beirut’s Poem (Poème de Beirut)/ A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
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A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), United Nations, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2001 |
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Beirut’s Poem (Poème de Beirut) and Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses), National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan; Institut Français, Casablanca; Institut Français, Marrakesh, Morocco |
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Homage to Ibn ‘Arabi, Church of Mérignac, Mérignac, France; 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 |
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Anthology of Arab Poems, National Library, Limoges, France |
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Interfaces, The Bachelard Amphitheatre, Paris, France |
| 1999 |
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The Perfumed Path, Homage to Rûmî, Residency at the Institut Français, Anatolia in association with the Gallery Janos, Paris, France |
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Around the Travels of Delacroix and Matisse (Autour des Voyages de Delacroix et Matisse Résidence à Marrakesh), Residency in Marrakesh, Morocco |
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Garden Secrets III (Jardins Secrets III), Factory of Œillets, Ivry-sur-Seine, France |
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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 |
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Letters of Clay (Lettres d’argile): Homage to Ibn ’Arabi (1998-1999), Espace Gard, Nîmes, France, touring to Institut Français, Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan; Institut Français, Damascus, Syria; Al-Mustansirya Madrasah, Baghdad, Iraq; Institut Français, Ribat de Sousse, Tunis, Tunisia; National Francophone Multimedia Library of Limoges, Limoges, France; Gallery Isma, Algiers, Algeria; Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela; Embassy of France, Algiers, Algeria; Gallery Gorgi; Institut Français, Tunis, Tunisia |
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The Garden of Paradise (Les Jardin du Paradis), International Garden Festival, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France |
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Anthology of Arab Poems, Elsa Triolet and Jules Verne Library, Pantin, France |
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Silk and Clay, Darat al-Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan, in cooperation with AFAA and the Institut Français, Amman, Jordan |
| 1997 |
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Meditation, Madrasah Ibn Youssef, Marrakesh, Morocco |
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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; College des Hautes Vallées, Guillestre, France; Sakakini Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine; Passage Gallery, Marseille, France |
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Steel Sculpture, Homage to Okba, University of Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia |
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Secret Gardens II (Jardins Secrets II), Charles Foix Hospital, Ivry-su-Seine, France |
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Homage to René Char, Michel Butor, Mohamed Dib, Monumental Tapestry, National |
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Francophone Multimedia Library of Limoges, Limoges, France |
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A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), Darat al-Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan |
| 1996 |
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Ceramic Wall, with students of the Robert Desnos School, Tunis, Tunisia |
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Objects and Decor for Queen Dido (La Reine Didon), Antique Theatre of Carthage, Festival of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1995 |
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Installation (70 pieces), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany |
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Talisman (Fountain Mural), Palm Beach, Tozeur, Tunis, Tunisia |
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Engraved Hymns (Hymnes Gravés), Institut Français, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1994 |
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Exhibition at Gallery Schauer, Paris, France |
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Exhibition at Gallery Yahya, Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1993 |
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Nights of Incense (Nuits d’Encens), Homage to Algiers, Antique Theatre of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia |
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The Seven Gates of Heaven (Les Septs Portes du Ciel), Artibule, Institut Français, Casablanca, Morocco; Tour de Constance, Aigues-Mortes, France |
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Carpets and Tapestries, Gallery Gorgi, Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1992 |
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Exhibition at Cherif Fine Art, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia |
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Exhibition at Gallery Ipso, Bruxelles, Belgium |
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Salome, Tabacco Factory, Ajaccio, Corsica; Artibule, Institut Français, Casablanca, Morocco |
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Exhibition at Gallery Jaqueline Moussion, Paris, France |
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Exhibition at Modern Art Museum, Liège, Belgium |
| 1991 |
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Contemporary Art, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
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Havana Biennial, Wilfredo Lam Centre, Havana, Cuba |
| 1990 |
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Salome Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2011 |
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Miragens (2010-2011), Centro Cultural Banco de Brasil, Sao Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Brasilia, Brazil |
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Art Dubai (2008-2011), October Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
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Jo'burg Art Fair (2008-2011), October Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2010 |
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The Future of Tradition – The Tradition of the Future, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany |
| 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, NY University Gallery, New York, USA |
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Word into Art, a British Museum touring exhibition, The Atrium, DIFC, Dubai, UAE |
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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, in association with the Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia |
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Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art, Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C., USA |
| 2006 |
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Without Boundary: Seventeen Different Ways of Looking, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
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Text Messages, October Gallery, London, UK |
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Word into Art, British Museum, London, UK |
| 2005 |
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The Seven Gates of Heaven (Les Sept Portes du Ciel), Ground Force Africa Garden and Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses), Sainsbury African Galleries, British Museum, London, UK |
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TEXTures: Word and Symbol in Contemporary African Art, Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art, 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 (Artists’ Travel – Algeria 2003), Espace EDF – Electra, Paris, France, France |
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Africa Informs, October Gallery, London, UK |
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Textiles around the Comédie-Française, Paris, France |
| 2002 |
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At Nightfall (A la nuit tombée) (light installations, curated by Philippe Mouillon), Quai de L'Isere, Grenoble, France |
| 2001 |
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Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
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Authentic/Ex-centric, 49th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy |
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The Short Century - Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945 - 1994 (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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Belkahia – Koraïchi, Gallery El Manar, Casablanca, Morocco |
| 1999 |
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Contemporary Visions, Borj de Bab Marrakesh, Essaouira, Morocco |
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Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s -1980s. Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, USA |
| 1998 |
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Pacaembú (light installations, curated by Philippe Mouillon), Sao Paolo, Brazil |
| 1997 |
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Modernities and Memories, Rockefeller Foundation, 47th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy; Bilgi University, Istanbul |
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Rhythm and Form, Visual Reflection on Arabic Poetry (1996-1997), touring to: Willamette University; 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 |
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6th Biennial of Havana, Havana, Cuba |
| Public Collections |
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Musée National d'Art Africain et Océanien, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA
British Museum, London, UK
Museum of Mankind, London, UK
Vesti Corporation, Boston, USA
Chemical Bank, USA
Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
National Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Museum of Modern Art, Tunis, Tunisia
Musum of Contemporary Art, Baghdad, Iraq
Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, France
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
National Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Vatican Library, Rome, Italy
Abbey of Notre-Dame D'Aiguebelle, Montjoyer, France
Our Lady of Atlas Monastery of Tibhirine, Algeria
Archdiocese of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria
National Library, Algiers, Algeria
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Garden of the Orient (Jardin d'Orient), Château d’Amboise, France
National Francophone Multimedia Library of Limoges, Limoges, France
Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA
The National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C., USA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, USA |
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