Mohamed Arejdal
Morocco
Bio
Born in 1984 in Guelmim
Graduated from INBA Tetouan in 2009
Lives and works in Marrakech.
Mohamed Arejdal’s artistic project is built on a dual commitment: an aesthetic commitment grounded in the exploration of multiple forms of expression, and a humanistic commitment that places issues of identity, transformation, and migration at the core of his practice. Drawing from his personal experience as an artist and as a migrant suspended between multiple places, Arejdal evokes individual and collective memory through diverse media, including performance, installation, photography, video, sculpture, documentation, and sometimes language itself as a sculptural element.
His works aim to interrogate boundaries: between the visible and the hidden, the private and the public, the individual body and the social body. For him, performance is not merely an artistic act but a rite of passage that reconnects the artist with his community and his geographical origins, while used objects—such as fabrics, old belongings, everyday tools, and even handicrafts—become material witnesses to the processes of exile and transformation.
In this way, Arejdal engages in an artistic practice with both critical and ethical dimensions, where the aesthetic experience is inseparable from political and social awareness, working to redefine the meaning of artistic commitment within the contemporary Moroccan and global context.
A selection of exhibitions:
2024 – “On the Backs of Camels” at the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria.
2021 – “Distance Ardente”, MRAC – Sérignan, France.
2019 – BIENALSUR, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2019 – “In Search of an Archive”, Espace Silent Green, Berlin, Germany.
2015 – “Consider Yourself Invited”, Fribourg, Switzerland.
2014 – “Contemporary Morocco”, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France.
2012 – WEYA (Word Event Young Artist), Nottingham, U.K.