Fayçal Baghriche was born in Algeria in 1972 and is currently based in Paris. He studied at Villa Arson, Nice, and co-founded La Villa du Lavoir artist residency in 2003 and Le Comissariat collective curatorial structure in 2006.

As an artist, he is concerned with tracing images that disrupt simple representational identification. Baghriche works primarily in photography, video, performance and sculpture. He has exhibited widely both in France and internationally.

Recent solo exhibitions include Le Shed, Centre d’Art de Normandie, France (2017); Human Resources, Los Angeles (2014); The Delfina Foundation, London (2012); Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefelder, Germany (2010); and Le Qartier, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Quimper (2010). Recent group exhibitions include Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); Villa Arson, Nice (2017); Centro Pecci, Prato (2017); Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden (2017); Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City (2016); Arab Image Foundation, Beirut (2016); and the 54th Venice Biennale. 

 

Mercer Union exhibition : Common Cause: before and beyond the global

More information : http://www.mercerunion.org/exhibitions/common-cause-before-and-beyond-the-global/