MOROCCO
DÉBORAH BENZAQUEN
PRESENTATION
Having fun with the codes of documentaries, fashion reporting and even melancholic tales, the artist delivers work at the crossroads of genres, brilliantly mixing reality and fiction.
It was in New York, her first playground, that she starts on a self-taught, in frantic "Street Photography".
Quickly, her work is noticed and her first silver film series in black and white, exposed. Five years later, Déborah returned to Morocco. Her work is more thoughtful and like on a set, she now carefully works on her stagings. But she also appreciates improvisation and gives free rein to her models. Once the decor is set, she lets them express themselves and captures the moment and its magic with an amazed look.
As her art goes by, the artist gives us a message of tolerance and strong values highlighted by an unexpected gentleness and a certain poetry. Déborah Benzaquen is now considered as one of the best Moroccan photographers.
ARTWORKS
SOLO & GROUP SHOW
SELECTION
2018
Berberliner, off 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Marrakech
Collective exhibition, En un instante, Marruecos. Transatlántica, 10 años, Casa Àrabe, PHotoESPAÑA
2017
Portrait series, 100 Femmes, Collective exhibition, galerie Bab Rouah, Rabat
Jeunesse Éternelle, collective exhibition, galerie Delacroix de l’institut français, Tanger
Collective exhibition, Fashion Imagery, Dasthe Art Space & Agency, Casablanca
Intimes-Errances, collective exhibition, galerie The Art Company, Casablanca
2016
Tolerance Art, Collective exhibition, galerie Bab Rouah, Rabat
2015
Collective exhibition ‘’Parcours conjugués’’, Espace Claire Garnier, Lycée Lyautey, Casablanca
Billboards Festival, Casablanca
2014
The 5th Marrakech Biennale, Entre-je. Récits féminins du corps, galerie 127, Marrakech
2013
SNIFF OUT Festival, Wada Garou gallery, Osaka
Four Seasons, Solo exhibition, Marrakech
2012
“ La Désenchantée” solo exhibition, Wada Garou gallery, Tokyo
Fotofever, galerie 127, Bruxelles
2011
Marrakech Art Fair Exhibition, galerie 127, Marrakech
Fotofever, galerie 127, Paris
2009
Collective exhibition, with Lamia Naji and Florence Chevalier, Villa des Arts, Casablanca
2008
Collective exhibition, "Contemporary moroccan roots", Amine Bendriouich
2002
"Casablanca stories" solo exhibition, Bombora gallery, New York
PRESS
Dasthe Art Space & Agency : Meet our featured artist Deborah Benzaquen