Younes Rahmoun يونس رحمون

Born in 1975 in Tetouan, a city in the north of Morocco where he still lives and works.

As of 2019, Younes’s work has been exhibited in more than 25 different countries and nearly 170 different spaces including Victoria and Albert Museum, Palais de Tokyo, National Museum of African Art and MACBA.

Solo exhibitions

2024

Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, United States
Darra-Zahra-Jabal, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France

2022

Madad, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France

2018

Little Worlds, Complex Structures, The Gallery at VCUarts, Doha, Qatar
Hijra, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France

2016

De la Mer à l’Océan, L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco

2015

Manzil, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France
Dahâb-Iyyâb, Dôme du Clocher, Lamarque (Bordeaux), France
Habba-Zahra, John Jones Project Space, London, UK
Habba-Zaytouna, Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia

2013

Darra, Tiwani Gallery, London, UK

2012

Darra, Imane Fares Gallery, Paris, France

2011

Jabal, Hajar, Turâb, L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco

2010

Zahra-Bayda, Rosa Santos Gallery, Valence, Spain

2009

Zahra, Sala Veronicas, Murcia, Spain
Nakhla/Zahra, Fatma Jellal Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

2008

Habba-Badhra, Doual’Art, Douala, Cameroon
Ghorfa, Al-âna/Hunâ 6, CO21, Brussels, Belgium
11, Las Murallas Reales Museum, Ceuta, Spain
Ghorfa, Al-âna/Hunâ #5, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ghorfa, Al-âna/Hunâ #4, Beni Boufrah, Morocco

2007

Badhra, Talmart Gallery, Paris, France
Ghorfa, Al-âna/Hunâ #3, Synesthesia, Saint-Denis, Paris, France

2006

Ghorfa, Al-âna/Hunâ #1, L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco

2005

Markib, Le Cube, Rabat, Morocco
Maqbara, the A. Lambert Space, Jávea, Spain

2004

99, the Beneixida’s hermit, Valence, Spain
Abyad, the French Institute Space, Fez, Morocco

2001

Tasbih, Passage of Art, Marseille, France

Group exhibitions

2024

Un Ciel intérieur, MACS MTO, Chatou, France
MACBA Collection: Prelude. Poetic Intention, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
There is a Light That Never Goes Out, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France
Into the Night, SAMOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Malhoun: H’dith o Mghezel, Malhoun Art Space, Marrakech, Morocco

2023

Noor Riyadh Festival 2023, Wadi Hanifah, Riyadh, KSA
The Promise of a Trace, Malhoun Art Space, Marrakech, Morocco

2022

JF_JH Individualités (Réédition), L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco
Dos Caminos Hacia La Luz, Lonja del Pescado, Alicante, Spain
Love, Marrakech Opened My Eyes to Color, Palácio Cadaval, Évora, Portugal

2021

Stories From the City, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France
Nouer le Reste, CEAAC (Centre Européen d’Action Artistique Contemporaine), Strasbourg, France
Que Reste-t-il de nos Amours?, Kulte, Rabat, Morocco
Moroccan Trilogy 1950-2020, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

2020

Around the Day in Eighty Worlds, CAPC Art Center, Bordeaux, France
Globale Résistance, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Our World is Burning, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Malhoun 2.0, Malhoun Art Space, Marrakech, Morocco
L’Eau n’a pas d’Ennemi, le Préau de Maxéville, Maxéville, France

2019

Lille 3000, Tripostal, Lille, France
Jameel Prize 5 Dubai, Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, UAE
La Quinzaine de la Vidéo, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France

2018

Jameel Prize 5, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

Dak’Art 18 – L’Heure Rouge, Old Courthouse, Dakar, Senegal

Geographic Dimensions, Achayef, Boujdour, Morocco

2017

Parades for FIAC, Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France

Sharjah Biennial 13 – Tamawuj, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon

VIII Jafre Biennial – Fear, Village of Jafre, Girona, Spain

Viva Arte Viva, 57th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, Italy

2016

Sacrée Graine, Institut of the Islam’s Cultures, Paris, France
Volumes Fugitifs, Mohammed VI Museum, Rabat, Morocco
Merchants of Dreams, Brandts 13, Odense and Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark

2015

Les Porpriétés du Sol, Khiasma, Paris, France
Nel Mezzo del Mezzo, La Cappella dell’Incoronazione (Museo Riso), Palermo, Italy
Desires and Necessities, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain

2014

La Forêt d’Art Contemporain, Vert village (les Landes), France
Public Space, Kulte Gallery, Rabat, Morocco
Memory, Place, Desire, Haverford College, Haverford, USA
Le Maroc Contemporain, Institute of the Arab Word, Paris, France
1914-2014, one hundred years of creation, Mohammed VI Museum, Rabat, Morocco
Identités, Institute of the Islam’s Cultures, Paris, France
Des Artistes dans la Cité, MuCEM, Marseille, France
8th Shen Zhen Biennale, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China
Where Are We Now?, 5th Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech, Morocco
Before Our Eyes – Other Cartographies of the Rif, MACBA, Barcelone, Espagne
Neighbours – Contemporary Narratives from Turkey and Beyond, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey

2013

Sous Nos Yeux (partie 2), La Cunsthale, Mulhouse, France
Le pont, MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
Earth, Museum of African Art, Washington, USA
La Sentinelle, CAPC Art Center, Bordeaux, France
Sous Nos Yeux (partie 1), La Cunsthale, Mulhouse, France

2012

Inventer le Monde: l’artiste citoyen, Benin Biennal, Cotonou, Benin
JF_JH Libertés, L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco
Vennestraat, Hidden Places and Identities, Manifesta 9 Parallel Events, Genk, Belgium
Intense Proximity, Paris Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
No Limite, One Work/ One Artiste, Imane Farès Gallery, Paris, France
Badiya-Madina, 5th Marrakech Biennale (off), Marrakech, Morocco

2011

Magreb: Dos Orillas, Cı́rculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Surveillé(e)s, La Halle, Pont-en-Royans, France
Working for Change, project for the Moroccan pavillon, Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy

2010

Told Untold Retold, Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
SUD 2010, Triennale de Douala, Cameroun
Sentences on the Banks and Other Activities, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
A Proposal for Articulating Works and Places, GAM Museum, Palermo, Italy
Alcantara, School of Arts and Trades, Tetouan, Morocco
Profondeurs de Champs, FJ Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

2009

Project Room, ParisPhoto, the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
A Proposal for Articulating Works and Places, 4th Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech, Morocco
Alcantara, Palau Ducal Gandia, Spain
C212; Connections, Presbytery, Bergerac, France
Traversées, Bab Rouah et Bab El-Kebir, Rabat, Morocco
Looking Inside Out, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
This Is Now 2, L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco
Multipistes, Meneer de Wit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frecuencias, Cervantes Institute, Fez, Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, Tetouan and Marrakech, Morocco

2008

Collectif 212, Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain
Iconoclastes: les Territoires de l’Esprit, Anne De Villepoix Gallery, Paris, France
Sin Fronteras, Biennale de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
JIEM XV, Contemporary Videos and Music, Reina Sofı́a Art Center, Madrid, Spain

2007

Zonder Titel, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Dessins, Projets … (3), L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco

2006

Art, Architecture and Landscape, 1st Biennial of the Canaries, Canary Islands, Spain
Belief, 1st Singapore Biennale, Tanglin Camp, Singapore
Ceramic Ideas, Majke Hüsstege Gallery, Den Bosch, Netherlands

2005

Fée Maison, The Brickyard, Ciry-le-Noble, France
L’inspiration en partage, le Collectif 212, Le Cube, Rabat, Morocco

2004

Dak’Art Biennale, the International Exhibition, Dakar, Senegal

2003

H+M=10, De Warande Cultural Center, Turnhout, Belgium

2002

JF_JH individualités, L’appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco

1999

Regards Nomades, FRAC Franche-Comté, Fine Arts Museum, Dole, France
L’Objet Désorienté, Decorative Arts Museum, Paris, France