Amina Benbouchta
Moroccan contemporary artist
Amina Benbouchta (born 1963), is a Moroccan painter, photographer, and installation artist. She was educated in Canada and Paris, is recognized internationally for her contemporary artworks that concentrate on social issues regarding gender politics. Early in her career she headed the fashion and culture magazine Les Aligés. She was also part of the Collectif 212 group of artists and curators who dedicated themselves to supporting emerging contemporary art in Morocco.
Education and work
Born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1963, Amina Benbouchta was raised during the Years of Lead, under the reign of King Hassan II of Morocco, which was noted for its state violence and political intolerance. It was during this period that Benbouchta's career as an artist officially began in 1986 after her graduation from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where she majored in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies. In 1988 and for the next two years, she audited art classes at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Her works have been shown in institutions around the world, from the Cairo Biennial (1993) to the National Museum of Women and the Arts in Washington DC, USA (1997), with her most recent group and solo shows taking place in Rabat, Morocco. She primarily presents either in Morocco, Spain, or France. She began attending art fairs in 2008 in Marrakech, Morocco.
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