Born in 1959 in Rabat (Morocco)

The first works date back to his early childhood; he made sculptures with every material at his disposal: candles, clay, earth, fabric … His first drawings date back to the age of 15, when he began his vocation for architecture. At the age of 18 he moved to France, where he studied at the School of Architecture in Paris (École Spéciale d’Architecture). These few years passed in the city of lights allows her to mature under an artistic profile. In 1986, he opened his architectural practice in Rabat and carried out several projects in several Moroccan cities, at the same time creating works of furnishing art, which he exhibited at the Mohamed V Theater in Rabat and Casablanca. In 2002, Fathiya Tahiri was invited to exhibit her SCULPTURE FOR THE BODY at the Correr Museum in Venice, in the “Napoleonic Wing”. The display of great splendor is placed under the patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. Afterwards, he collected several exhibitions of sculptures, first at the Open Art & Cinema “Film Festival” of Venice in 2003 and in 2004 at the Venice Film Festival. In 2005, Fathiya Tahiri represented Morocco at the Venice Biennale. It chooses as a place to display the symbolic Church of Santa Maria della Pietà. At the request of the organizers, he returns with his new works to represent Morocco in 2009 at the Venice Biennale. In April 2011, she was invited to the prestigious Shanghai Art Museum. In China, his creations have been warmly appreciated by art critics and gallery owners. Fathiya Tahiri’s work is powerful. It constantly pushes the limits of original universes, in a combination of expressions of a new transcendent, unique and captivating world.

SOLO SHOWS

2017

Eclair de vie, La Galerie 38, Casablanca, Morocco

2013

Fathiya Tahiri, Introspection, National Art Museum of China, Bejing, China

2012

Decade, Rétrospective, La Galerie 38, Casablanca, Morocco

2011

Inner Characters, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2007

Un acte de Foi, Monte Carlo Art Gallery, Milan, Italiy

2004

Fathiya Tahiri : sculptures, bijoux et peintures, Artcurial, Paris, France

2002

Fathiya Tahiri, Sculpture pet il corpo, Musée Correr, Salon Napoléonien, Venice, Italy

1999

Fathiya Tahiri, collections de bijoux d’art « Tya », Expositions privées, Milan, Paris, Los Angeles, Casablanca.

1989

Fathiya Tahiri, collection de meubles d’art, Théâtre Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco

GROUP SHOWS

2018

Stills of peace and Everyday life, Atri, Italy

2014

Le Maroc Contemporain, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France

2010

Fathiya Tahiri, Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech, Morocco

2009

Faire le monde, exposition internationale d’art, 53e Venice Biennia, Venice, Italy

2007

L’homme pourtour de la Méditerranée, Musée du Vittoriano, Rome, Italy

Fenêtre sur 50 ans d’histoire des arts plastiques au Maroc, Société Générale Marocaine de Banques, Casablanca, Morocco

2005

Espace C.D.G., Rabat, Morocco

The Experience of Art; Always a little further, 51e Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

2004

Fathiya Tahiri, exposition d’une sculpture monumentale, Open Asia, (mostra) Lido, Venice, Italy

2003

Fathiya Tahiri, exposition de sculptures en argent massif, Open 2003, Arte et cinéma (Mostra), Lido, Venice, Italy

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