Lydia Ourahmane (born 1992, Saïda, Algeria) is an artist based in Barcelona, London and Algiers. Ourahmane has had recent solo exhibitions at MACBA,[1] Barcelona, SculptureCentre,[2] New York; rhizome, Algiers; Kunsthalle Basel,[3] Switzerland; S.M.A.K [4]Ghent; Portikus,[5] Frankfurt; De Appel,[6] Amsterdam; Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco and Chisenhale Gallery,[7] London. [8][9]
Her work was included in the 60th Venice Biennale,[10] 15th Gwangju Biennale, 15th Istanbul Biennial (2017), 34th Bienal de São Paulo (2021), New Museum Triennial and Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018).
Career
editOurahmane work has been exhibited internationally since she graduated from Goldsmiths University London in 2014.
Ourahmane's research-driven practice spans spirituality,[11] contemporary geopolitics,[12] migration, and the complex histories of colonialism.[13] 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,[14][15][16] Kunsthalle Basel, Triangle – Astérides, Marseille, S.M.A.K. Ghent (2021-2022); صرخة شمسیة Solar Cry, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts,[17] San Francisco (2020); and The you in us,[18][19] Chisenhale Gallery, London (2018), among others.
Her work was included in the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, 15th Gwangju Biennale, 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[20] a 24-hour performance at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin in collaboration with artist Daniel Blumberg.
Other activities
editIn 2023, Ourahmane signed an open letter in support of the appointment of curator Mohamed Almusibli as director of Kunsthalle Basel.[21]
References
edit- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane: 108 Days | Exhibition | MACBA". MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane: Tassili". www.sculpture-center.org. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Barzakh • Kunsthalle Basel". Kunsthalle Basel (in German). 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane Barzakh". SMAK. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "#226A Lydia Ourahmane: Survival in the afterlife - Portikus Frankfurt". www.portikus.de. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Lydia Ourahmane Survival in the afterlife - Events - de Appel Amsterdam". www.deappel.nl. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "The you in us". Chisenhale Gallery. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Maps, Arsenale See on Google (11 March 2024). "Biennale Arte 2024 | Lydia Ourahmane". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ ""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.