Yto Barrada
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Yto Barrada is a visual artist living and working in Tangier, Morocco.
in Paris and photography at the International Centre of Photography, New York.
Her Strait Project, begun in 1998, describes the static and transitory life of her hometown, the border city facing Europe across the Strait of Gibraltar
. Her current work, Iris Tingitana, follows a different border, examining the interstices where the botanical landscape meets the urban, and Flowers, a testament to the strategies of resistance at work, retaliating against the taming of public space.
With producer Cyriac Auriol, she is artistic director and co-founder of the Cinematheque de Tanger.
"The world belongs to you at the Pallazio Grassi]. In 2006, Barrada was awarded the first Ellen Auerbach Award in Berlin. Her book, "A Life Full of Holes - The Strait Project," was published by Autograph ABP in 2006. In 2011 she was awarded Artist of the year 2011 by the Deutsche Bank and in April 2011, she had a solo exhibition untitled Riffs at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2011), that will open in September in Wiels, Bruxelles, and next June in Ikon, Birmingham.
A monograph on her work will be published by JRP Ringier in 2012, with texts from Marie Muracciole, Juan Goytisolo, and a photographic essay by Jean-François Chevrier.
Life and work
Yto Barrada is the daughter of French journalist Hamid Barrada. She studied history and political science at the SorbonneSorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
in Paris and photography at the International Centre of Photography, New York.
Her Strait Project, begun in 1998, describes the static and transitory life of her hometown, the border city facing Europe across the Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq , albeit the Arab name for the Strait is Bab el-Zakat or...
. Her current work, Iris Tingitana, follows a different border, examining the interstices where the botanical landscape meets the urban, and Flowers, a testament to the strategies of resistance at work, retaliating against the taming of public space.
With producer Cyriac Auriol, she is artistic director and co-founder of the Cinematheque de Tanger.
Recent activities
Recent exhibitions of photography and video include Witte de With (Rotterdam), Fundaciò Tàpies (Barcelona), Jeu de Paume (Paris), Haus der Kunst (Munich), the Kitchen (New York), the MoMA (San Francisco and New York), Bonner Kunstverein, Modern Art Oxford, and Centre Pompidou, the 2007 and 2011Venice BiennaleVenice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
"The world belongs to you at the Pallazio Grassi]. In 2006, Barrada was awarded the first Ellen Auerbach Award in Berlin. Her book, "A Life Full of Holes - The Strait Project," was published by Autograph ABP in 2006. In 2011 she was awarded Artist of the year 2011 by the Deutsche Bank and in April 2011, she had a solo exhibition untitled Riffs at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2011), that will open in September in Wiels, Bruxelles, and next June in Ikon, Birmingham.
- The title of her book is "borrowed" from "A Life Full of Holes" as told by Larbi Layachi (aka Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi) and translated in English by Paul Bowles.ISBN 0-394-17946-3. Copyright 1982 by Larbi Layachi.
- She has recently published " RIFFS " and the limited edition " A guide to trees for governors " and gardeners with Hatze Kantz.
A monograph on her work will be published by JRP Ringier in 2012, with texts from Marie Muracciole, Juan Goytisolo, and a photographic essay by Jean-François Chevrier.
Selected exhibitions
- Riffs - Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin - 2011
- Play - Galerie Sfeir Semler, Beyrouth - 2010
- Uneven Geographies - Nottingham Contemporary - 2010
- Women Artists in the Collections of the National Modern Art Museum: elles@centrepompidou - 2011