Driss Ouadahi
Driss Ouadahi is a contemporary Algerian painter and architect who trained, works, and lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. Ouadahi's work features abstracted architectural forms found in real Algerian housing structures. Themes in Ouadahi's works surround politics of class, religion, and ethnicity relating to ideas of boundaries and otherness. Systeme der Abgrenzung , opened at the Heydt Museum in Germany on February 25, 2018
Education
- Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
- École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Algiers
- Architectural Study, Algiers
Public Collections
Ouadahi's works are included in the publication collections of Barjeel Art Foundation, FRAC Centre, Herbert-Weisenburger-Stiftung, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Nadour Collection, Stadtsparkasses Baden-BadenAwards
- Grand Prix Léopold Sédar SENGHOR, Dakar, Senegal
- Cité International de Arts Paris,
- Artist Residency, Etaneno Museum im Busch, Namibia
- Centre d'Art Contemporain, Istres, Marseille
Publications
- "Driss Ouadahi, Systeme Der Abgrenzung." Von Der Heydt Kunsthalle Wuppertal-Barmen. 2018.
- "Driss Ouadahi Takes on Fences in Latest Exhibit." ..
- "Driss Ouadahi, 'Breach in the Silence' at Hosfelt Gallery.' ..
- "Driss Ouadahi: Meeting with an International Style Painter." ..
- Viladas, Pilar. "Now Showing: Driss Ouadahi". .
- Levin, Kim. "Gridded Tyrannies," Catalog Essay from Driss Ouadahi: Densité.. 2010.