French-Moroccan photographer and video artist (1982, Paris - 2016, Ouagadougou).

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Leila Alaoui is a French-Moroccan photographer and video artist whose experiences across different cultural and geographic environments inform her critical and creative practice. Born in Paris in 1982, she studied photography at the City University of New York before spending time in Morocco and Lebanon. Her work explores the construction of identity and cultural diversity, often through the prism of the migration stories that intersect the contemporary Mediterranean. Her images express social realities using a visual language that combines the narrative depth of documentary storytelling and the aesthetic sensibilities of fine art.

Her work has been exhibited internationally since 2009, including at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Art Dubai and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, and has been published in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times and Vogue. Today she lives and works between Marrakech and Beirut.


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2015
* MAISON EUROPEENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (MEP), Paris, France
* BRANDTS MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, Odense, Denmark
* GHAYA GALLERY, Tunisia
* LUXEMBOURG ART WEEK, Wild Project Gallery, Luxembourg
* MUNTREF CENTRO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* GALLERY IFA, Stuttgart / Berlin, Germany
* ANKARIA FOUNDATION, Reales Alcazares, Seville, Spain
* EXPO MILANO 2015, Italy
* PHOTOMED FESTIVAL 2015, Hôtel des Arts de Toulon, France
* 1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR, Voice Gallery, New York, USA
* THE MARRAKECH MUSEUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND VISUAL ARTS, Morocco
* PHOTOMED LIBAN 2015, Beirut, Lebanon

2014
* INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE, Le Maroc Contemporain, Paris, France
* NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL, New York, USA
* PHOTOMED FESTIVAL 2014, Sanary-sur-Mer, France
* SALON DE TANGER DES LIVRES ET DES ARTS, Tangier, Morocco
* MARRAKECH BIENNIAL, Morocco

2013
* STATION, The Danish Refugee Council & European Commission, Beirut
* ART FACTUM GALLERY, Beirut
* RIAD EL FENN, Marrakech

2012
* AMSTERDAM PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNIAL (GRID), The Netherlands
* ESPACE D'ART CDG RABAT, Carte blanche à Mahi Bine Bine, Morocco
* THE EMPTY QUARTER GALLERY, Women on the Verge, Dubai
* MARRAKECH BIENNIAL, Morocco

2011
* MARRAKECH ART FAIR, Images Affranchies, Morocco
* COLLECTIVO LA LATINA, Madrid, Spain
* RENCONTRES D'ARLES, Cinémathèque de Tanger Benefit Auction, France
* ROYAL MANSOUR MARRAKECH, L'Atelier 21, Morocco
* CASABLANCA FRENCH INSTITUTE, Villa Zevaco, Casablanca, Morocco

2008-2010
* MARRAKECH ART FAIR, Gallery127, Morocco
* ONA FONDATION, La Villa des Arts de Rabat, Morocco
* SHART GALLERY, Casablanca, Morocco
* PHOTOAFRICA, Tarifa, Spain
* MEET MOROCCO, Davos, Switzerland

FILM & VIDEO ART FESTIVALS

2015
* CAIRO VIDEO FESTIVAL, Egypte
* VIDEO FOREVER, Paris, France
* LES NUITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES, Paris, France

2014
* LES INSTANTS VIDEO, Marseille, France
* VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, Tribeca, New York
* AIVA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, Sweden
* "NOW & AFTER" Video Art Festival / Honorary Jury Mention, Moscow, Russia


COLLECTIONS
Qatar Museum - Ayyam Gallery- Société Generale - CGEM - Agnes B - Sultan Gallery

Source:
www.leilaalaoui.com/#!bio/c240r