Picture by Ralph GibsonYounes 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 25 different countries and nearly 150 different spaces including Victoria and Albert Museum, Palais de Tokyo, National Museum of African Art and MACBA.
Solo exhibitions
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
2019
La Quinzaine de la Vidéo, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France
2018
Jameel Prize 5, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
2018
Dak’Art 18 – L’Heure Rouge, Old Courthouse, Dakar, Senegal
2018
Geographic Dimensions, Achayef, Boujdour, Morocco
2017
Parades for FIAC, Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France
2017
Sharjah Biennial 13 – Tamawuj, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
2017
VIII Jafre Biennial – Fear, Village of Jafre, Girona, Spain
2017
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
