Biography
Born in 1986 in Oujda (Ma), Younes Baba-Ali lives and works in Casablanca (Ma) and Brussels (Be). Graduating from l’Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg in 2008, and from l’Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence in 2011, he was rewarded by the Léopold Sédar Senghor prize, during the African Contemporary Art Biennial of Dakar (Sn) in 2012 and the Boghossian prize, during the Belgian Art Prize Art’Contest in Brussels (Be) in 2014. He has participated in several international exhibitions and biennials, including recent and upcoming projects such as Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (Be), the Biennale de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi (RDC), Brussels Background, Brussels (Be), Brussels in Song Eun : Imagining Cities Beyond Technology 2.0, Seoul (Kr), For a Brave New Brussels, Lisbon (Pt), Digital Imaginaries — Africas in Production, ZKM, Karlsruhe (De), One Place After Another, Moscow (Ru), The Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech (Ma), Documenta 14, Berlin (De), Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, (Sn), Commissions, KANAL — Centre Pompidou, Brussels (Be), and Gemischte Gefühle, Tempelhof, Berlin (De). His work is part of different collections, both private and public, such as Kanal – Centre Pompidou, Brussels (Be).