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FATIMA HASSAN EL FAROUJ, Morocco (1945 - 2011)

Bio

Born in 1945 in the city of Tetouan, Morocco, Fatima El-Farouj was a self-taught artist introduced to painting by her husband, Hassan El-Farouj, also an artist himself.  In the 1960s, she...

Born in 1945 in the city of Tetouan, Morocco, Fatima El-Farouj was a self-taught artist introduced to painting by her husband, Hassan El-Farouj, also an artist himself.  In the 1960s, she started developing her exclusive style after being charmed while discovering the works of other artists. Living and working in Rabat, she was initially a professional seamstress; she used on her canvas her skills in embroidery, sewing, and henna tattoo with the dexterity of her technical gestures. El-Farouj constructed her compositions by superposing the elements, partitioning the colors, and stratification, she payed particular attention to details. Her free expression and naïve style evoked traditional embroidery: her works were almost ornamental. They reveal an imaginary universe full of vivid colors and symbols depicting genre scenes, landscapes, local customs, and celebrations. Her saturated canvases invite the viewer to a journey or even a dream where the Morocco and African aspects are omnipresent. Fatima Hassan El-Farouj illustrated the joy of life that comes from her land. She passed away in 2011.

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CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003

Tamuziga-Art Gallery, Rabat, Morocco

1995

Bab Rouah Gallery, Rabat, Morocco

1990

Bab Rouah Gallery, Rabat, Morocco

1983

Bab Rouah Gallery, Rabat, Morocco

1982

Nadar Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

1981

Atelier Gallery, Rabat, Morocco
Le Savouroux Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

1980

Rade Museum, Hamburg, Germany

1976

Venice Cadre Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

1974

Alliance Française Center, Rabat, Morocco
Music Conservatory, Meknes, Morocco

1972

French Cultural Center, Rabat, Morocco

1970

Goethe Institute, Casablanca, Morocco

1969

Festival Hall, Oujda, Morocco

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

Art, a serious game, MACAAL, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco

2018

رحلة إلى ينابيع الفن, The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco

2004

Lands, Memories, Nostalgia, Palais des Arts, Lisbon, Portugal

2002

Open House Workshops, Rabat, Morocco

1995

Paintings in the Plural Feminine, Riad Salam, Casablanca, Morocco

1994

The Arab Woman, Orlando, USA

1987

Cultural Moussem, Asilah, Morocco
19 Moroccan Painters, Florence Arts Gallery, Dallas, USA

1985

19 Painters of Morocco, Grenoble and Paris, France
Moroccan Naive Painters, Batha Museum, Fez, Morocco

1981

Sacred Art, Paris, France
8 Painters of the Arab World, Asilah, Morocco

1980

African Museum, Hamburg, Germany

1979

Venice Frame Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

1975

Traveling exhibition, Bonn, Passau, Düsseldorf and Berlin, Germany

1969

Salon du Printemps, Marrakech, Morocco
Pan-African Festival, Algiers, Algeria

1967

International Exhibition, Montreal, Canada

1966

Goethe Institute, Casablanca, Morocco
International Exhibition, Montreal, Canada

1965

Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Casablanca, Morocco

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L’œil de Fatima Hassan El Farrouj - ALBAYANE.pdf
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FATIMA HASSAN EL FAROUJ Artwork

The Warriors

FATIMA HASSAN EL FAROUJ, Morocco, 1982
45 x 90.5 cm

Cérémonies Traditionnelles

FATIMA HASSAN EL FAROUJ, Morocco, 1978
275 x 401 x 2.75 cm

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