Lydia Ourahmane
Lydia Ourahmane (born 1992, Saïda, Algeria) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Algiers and Barcelona.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Ourahmane work has been exhibited internationally since she graduated from Goldsmiths University London in 2014.
Ourahmane's research-driven practice spans spirituality,[3] contemporary geopolitics,[4] migration, and the complex histories of colonialism.[5] She incorporates video, sound, performance, sculpture, and installation on an often large or monumental scale that has consequences beyond the walls of her exhibitions. Drawing on personal and collective narratives and experiences, Ourahmane challenges broader institutional structures such as surveillance, logistics and bureaucratic processes, and the ways these forces are registered.
Ourahmane's recent solo exhibitions include; Tassili, SculptureCenter, NY, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris and Mercer Union, Toronto (2022-2023), Survival in the afterlife, Portikus, Frankfurt and De Appel, Amsterdam (2021); Barzakh,[6][7][8] Kunsthalle Basel, Triangle – Astérides, Marseille, S.M.A.K. Ghent (2021-2022); صرخة شمسیة Solar Cry, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts,[9] San Francisco (2020); and The you in us,[10][11] Chisenhale Gallery, London (2018), among others.
Her work was included in the 15th Istanbul Biennial (2017), 34th Bienal de São Paulo (2021), New Museum Triennial and Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018).
In 2018 Ourahmane presented Music for Two Seas an underwater sound work in the coast of Stromboli with collaborator Nicolas Jaar. With collaborator Alex Ayed, she presented Laws of Confusion at Renaissance Society, Chicago (2021) and was included in Risquons-Tout, WIELS Contemporary Art Center, Brussels (2020). On 1st October 2022 she presented sync[12] a 24-hour performance at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin in collaboration with artist Daniel Blumberg.
Other activities[edit]
In 2023, Ourahmane signed an open letter in support of the appointment of curator Mohamed Almusibli as director of Kunsthalle Basel.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane on why she made a work about her grandfather pulling all his teeth". theartnewspaper.com. February 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane by Ben Blackmore". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ ""Spacemaking and Soul Delay" - Criticism - e-flux".
- ^ Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen (31 October 2018). "One Take: Lydia Ourahmane's Two Gold Teeth". Frieze (199).
- ^ "Negar Azimi on the art of Lydia Ourahmane".
- ^ Durand, Oriane (30 June 2021). "Lydia Ourahmane Invites Us into Her Apartment". Frieze (221).
- ^ "A Story of Displacement | NERO". 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane – Art Taaalkssss". 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane's "صرخة شمسية Solar Cry" - Criticism - e-flux".
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane on War, Trauma and Love". 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane on why she made a work about her grandfather pulling all his teeth". February 2018.
- ^ "Pause: Lydia Ourahmane". 3 August 2022.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (16 November 2023), Kunsthalle Basel Names New Director, Then Faces Pushback Because He Signed Gaza Ceasefire Letter ARTnews.
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