Mohamed Bourouissa
Algeria-born French photographer
Mohamed Bourouissa (born 1978) is an Algeria-born French photographer, based in Paris.[ 1] [ 2] In 2020 Bourouissa won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize . His work is held in the collection of the Maison européenne de la photographie , Paris.
Early life
Bourouissa was born in Blida , Algeria.[ 1] He moved with his family to France when he was five years old and grew up in the suburbs of Paris.[ 3]
Publications
Mohamed Bourouissa . Paris: Kamel Mennour, 2017. ISBN 978-2914171632 . With texts by Marc Donnadieu, Anna Dezeuze, Amanda Hunt, and Michael Nairn, and a transcript of a conversation between Bourouissa and Okwui Enwezor . In English and French. Exhibition catalogue.
Périphérique . London: Loose Joints, 2021. With essays in English and French by Taous R. Dahmani and Clément Chéroux. ISBN 978-1-912719-29-7 .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Exhibitions
Urban Riders , Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris , Paris, 2018[ 7]
Free Trade , in a Monoprix supermarket, Rencontres d'Arles , Arles, France, 2019. Included work from Périphérique , Shoplifters , and Nous Sommes Halles .[ 2] [ 8] [ 9]
The Photographers' Gallery , London, 2019/2020, as part of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize [ 10] [ 11]
Awards
2012: Shortlisted, Prix Pictet , for Périphérique [ 12] [ 13]
2018: Shortlisted, Marcel Duchamp Prize , France[ 14]
2020: Winner, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020, an award of £30,000, for his exhibition Free Trade at Rencontres d'Arles . The other nominations were Clare Strand , Anton Kusters, and Mark Neville .[ 15] [ 16]
Collections
Bourouissa's work is held in the following permanent collection:
References
^ a b "Mohamed Bourouissa | kamel mennour" . kamelmennour.com .
^ a b Harding, Michael-Oliver. "Interrogating the mechanics of power in France through art" . www.aljazeera.com .
^ "Photographer Mohamed Bourouissa's take on class and race: 'It's the most difficult work I have made' " . The National . 7 August 2020.
^ Abdessamad, Farah (5 December 2021). "Living On the Edge: Journeys Through the Outer Fringes of Paris" . Elephant . Retrieved 2021-12-15 .
^ Williams, Megan (26 October 2021). "Mohamed Bourouissa's carefully staged view of French suburbs" . Retrieved 2021-12-15 .
^ Chéroux, Clément (12 November 2021). "Mohamed Bourouissa's staged dramas in Paris' banlieues – in pictures" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2021-12-15 .
^ agence, GAYA-La nouvelle (26 January 2018). "Mohamed Bourouissa" . www.mam.paris.fr .
^ "Stolen phones, British homes and wine for breakfast – Arles photography festival" . The Guardian . July 5, 2019.
^ "What to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles" . British Journal of Photography . July 1, 2019.
^ O’Hagan, Sean (5 November 2019). "French dogs and death camp skies reach Deutsche Börse photography prize final" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-11-12 .
^ "Mohamed Bourouissa wins Deutsche Borse photography prize" . The National . 15 September 2020.
^ "Prix Pictet Announces 12 Photographers Shortlisted for $104K Prize" . July 5, 2012.
^ "Mohamed Bourouissa" . Prix Pictet . June 20, 2012.
^ "Prix Marcel Duchamp 2018 : Bourouissa, Cogitore, Tran, Voignier" . Paris Art . October 10, 2018.
^ "Mohamed Bourouissa wins the 2020 Deutsche Börse photography prize" . The Art Newspaper . 14 September 2020.
^ O'Hagan, Sean (14 September 2020). "Mohamed Bourouissa, photographer of the dispossessed, wins Deutsche Börse prize" . The Guardian . Retrieved 14 September 2020 .
^ "La collection de la MEP" . Maison Européenne de la Photographie . 24 June 2009.
External links
International National Artists