Safaa erruas biography definition

Safaa Erruas

Moroccan 21st-century visual artist

Safaa Erruas

Born

Tétouan, Morocco

NationalityMoroccan
EducationInstitut National des Beaux-Arts de Tétouan, Morocco
OccupationArtist

Safaa (or Safâa) Erruas, born in in Tétouan, is a Moroccan creator.

Born in in Tetouan, Safaa Erruas graduated from l’Institut National des Beaux-Arts de Tétouan in By developing an original approach, she entered the art society in a powerful way.

Biography

Safaa Erruas was born in in Tétouan, Morocco. After a year of higher education at the Faculty of Sciences of Tétouan, she changed her course of studies and opted for creative training. She graduated from the Institut National des Beaux-Arts de Tétouan&#;[fr] in [1][2] Her operate, abstract and minimalist, is most often dominated by a unattached color, white, which symbolizes for her, immateriality, silence, fragility in drawings that also include sutures, cuts and seams, like unhealed wounds.

She also includes pointed or sharp elements, such as needles, razor blades, knives, and thread.[3][4][5][6][7]

Career

Erruas lives and works in Tétouan,[8] and exhibits in Morocco, and since , internationally.[8][2][3] When she had finished her esthetic studies and obtained her diploma, she participated in "Morocco time," an exhibition organized by Jean-Louis Froment, founder of the CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux.

Safaa Erruas is a globally recognized artist; known for her awe-inspiring installations and drawings that have earned her countless awards and praise. Erruas' inspiration stems from the personal as successfully as issues that concern all humanity; resulting in creations that are relevant and evoke profound reflection and emotion. She recalls loving making crafts as a child and at the premature age of seven, already entity very methodical and having a sensitivity to materials. At the age of fourteen, she began going to the Fine Arts Institute during her free age to learn about art history and drawing.

She then lived as an artist in residence for six months at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris.[1] In , she participated in the fifth Dakar Biennale, and again in the seventh Dakar Biennale (), when she was one of the artists to win an award.[9] In , she was also selected as one of five significant female artists of the unused generation of female artists in the Muslim world for a New York exhibition organized by MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts).[6][10] In , her work was exhibited in Paris as part of the Contemporary Art and Design Fair focused on Africa, Also Known As Africa (AKAA), at the Carreau du Temple,[11] then again in at the same fair.[12] She also exhibited in in London in an annual fair dedicated to contemporary art from the African continent.[4] Erruas's works are held in collections such as the Moroccan Royal Palace, the Société Générale (Morocco), the Caisse de dépôt et de gestion (Morocco), the ONA Foundation in Morocco, the Jean Paul Blachère Foundation in Apt, and the Center for contemporary art in Lagos, Nigeria.

From February 24 to May 1, , she participated in the exhibition, "African Voices," with Mounir Fatmi, Maimouna Gerresi, and Kyle Weeks, in Milan.[13]

References

  1. ^ abNejjari, Amel (11 April ).

    "Tétouan au féminin&#;: au fil du temps avec Safaa Erruas…". Libération (in French).

  2. ^ abMesfioui, Khalid (29 November ). "Safaa Erruas égrène son "temps parcouru" à l'Atelier 21".

    Lema (in French).

  3. ^ abTazi, Ghizlaine (24 April ).

    By developing an unique approach, she entered the art world in a powerful way. Her work is characterized by the presence of the ivory colour that, according to her, symbolized absence, immateriality, transparency, fragility, and even the space from which possibility can emerge. Delicate and powerful at the identical time, her work is distinguished by the conjunction of nice and sharp materials: fabrics, cotton, paper, gauze, beads, but also needles, glass and razor blades. As a formal composition as well as a conceptual tactic, the intrinsic neutrality of one single colour is the outset to combine and transform objects such as pins, needles, razor blades, cotton gauzes, and other everyday objects, in works that suggest some fragility, uncertainty, and sometimes hope.

    "Safaa Erruas reveal des œuvres immaculées à l'Atelier 21". Lema (in French).

  4. ^ abAzimi, Roxana (6 October ). "A la foire de Londres, l'art africain sur son 31".

    Le Monde (in French).

  5. ^Boushaba, Amine (12 December ). "Arts plastiques: La force fragile de Safae Erruas". L'Économiste (in French) ().
  6. ^ abCotter, Holland (20 August ).

    "Perspectives: Art, Women and Islam".

    Safaa Erruas. Biography Works. View works. Safaa Erruas, born in in Morocco, is a distinctive Moroccan artist renowned for her employ of domestic materials, predominantly white.

    The New York Times.

  7. ^Geo, Daniella (1 July ). "Safaa Erruas: A Step Ahead". Nafas Art Magazine.
  8. ^ abOuiddar, Nadia (1 January ).

    "Le temps parcouru, de Safaa Erruas à Casablanca". Le Matin (in French).

  9. ^"Biennale de Dakar (). Les artistes primés". Biennale de Dakar.

    Safaa Erruas - Swedish Arts Grants Committee: Safaa Erruas was born in in Tétouan, Morocco. After a year of higher education at the Faculty of Sciences of Tétouan, she changed her course of studies and opted for creative training. She graduated from the Institut National des Beaux-Arts de Tétouan in

    Retrieved 9 March

  10. ^In , she participated in the Alexandria Biennial, and in , in the Havana Biennial. "Safaa Erruas". Officine dell'Imagine. Retrieved 3 March
  11. ^"AKAA, la première édition de la foire d'art contemporain centrée sur l'Afrique à Paris".

    Le Monde Afrique (in French). 7 November

  12. ^Azimi, Roxana (9 November ).

    By developing an original approach, she entered the art world in a powerful way. Her operate is characterized by the presence of the color white, which, according to her, symbolizes the absence, immateriality, transparency, fragility, and even the space from which possibility can emerge. Delicate and powerful at the same age, her work is distinguished by the conjunction of fine and sharp materials: fabrics, cotton, folio, gauze, beads, but also needles, glass, and razor blades. As a formal composition as good as a conceptual strategy, the intrinsic neutrality of one solo color is the outset to combine and transform objects such as pins, needles, razor blades, cotton gauzes, and other everyday objects, in works that imply fragility, uncertainty, and sometimes hope.

    "À Paris, la foire AKAA met à l'honneur les jeunes talents africains". Le Monde Afrique (in French).

  13. ^"African Voices". Artfacts. Retrieved 3 March

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