Youssra Raouchi
YOUSSRA RAOUCHI (b. 1999, Morocco)
Youssra Raouchi is a multi-disciplinary artist, whose mastery of merging figurative and expressionist art in painting and the use of mixed media inspires extensive dialogues. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan, Morocco, where she studied Fine Art. Her interest in historical, political, social, & ecological issues and painting as a concept, galvanizes her work with light markings of the influence of artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Robert Rauschenberg and Hilma af Klint. With a hybrid practice, her works transcend categorization, questioning mediums, and the limitations they place on the artists.
Youssra has participated in various projects in institutions and spaces in Morocco such as Le 18, Festival d’Art Indigene (2021), FLATTA Residency (2020) and a collective exhibition at Villa Des Arts Casablanca.
EDUCATION
- 2020
Bachelor of Fine Art, Institut National des Beaux-Arts, Tétouan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
Painting with my eyes closed, ADA Contemporary Gallery, Accra, Ghana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2025
The Third Space, curated by 2nd World, presented by Galeria Catinca Tabacaru; Collateral Exhibition to the 6th Art Encounters Biennial; French Institute, Timișoara, Romania
- 2024
Light of Winter, Perrotin, New York
Surface Tension, Addis Fine Art, London
Memories we have forgotten, The Address Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Finalist Exhibition, Norval Soverign African Art Prize, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa- 2023
The sound of our souls, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles
Toute les Premières Fois, Le 18 Art Multidisciplinary Cultural Space, Marrakesh- 2022
Emergence, Villa des Arts, Casablanca, Morocco
- 2021
Tamawqo3 Collective, Tétouan, Morocco
Festival d’Art Indigene, Souk El Had Sabbah, Rabat- 2020
FLATTA Résidence Barrage, Asmir, Morocco
Open Talk, Le Cube Independent Art Room, Rabat
GRANTS/PRIZES
- 2024
Norval Soverign African Art Prize (Finalist)
RESIDENCES
- 2024
La Friche de La Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
Art Omi, New York City, USA- 2023
Noldor Residency, Accra, Ghana