أحمد الكرموني
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Ahmad Karmouni is a visual artist born in 1994 in Assilah, Morocco. His practice explores the relationship between raw materials and the intangible, seeking to uncover new artistic possibilities rooted in fleeting emotion. He approaches his work as a scientific process, examining the unpredictable nature of matter and its transformations over time. His experimentation spans various media, including installation, drawing, and printmaking techniques.
Karmouni has participated in many residencies and exhibitions, including at the Palais de Tokyo (FR), Fræme (FR), Triangle-Astérides (FR), Fondation FIMINCO (FR), Mahal Art Space (MA), Caravane Tighmert (MA), MAC.A (MA), Jeune Création (FR), Goethe-Institut (MA), Tanger Print Club (MA), LE 18 Marrakech (MA), and GVCC (MA).
In 2020, he co-founded Mouhawalat (Arabic for “Attempts”), an artistic collective dedicated to exploring alternative modes of creation and transmission through a process driven by ongoing experimentation and trial.
À PROPOS
Ahmad Karmouni est un artiste visuel né en 1994 à Assilah, Maroc. Son travail manifeste une volonté de créer une analogie entre la matière brute et le champ du sensible et de l’immatériel afin de découvrir de nouvelles possibilités plastiques liées à l’émotion éphémère. L’artiste se perçoit dans un processus scientifique où il explore le caractère improbable de la matière et ses différentes réactions et transformations dans le temps. Son champ d’expérimentation touche à plusieurs médiums dont l’installation, le dessin et les techniques d’impression.
Il a participé à diverses résidences et expositions telles que Palais de Tokyo (FR), Fræme (FR), Triangle-Astérides (FR), Fondation FIMINCO (FR), Mahal Art Space, (MA) Caravane Tighmert (MA), MAC.A (MA), Jeune Création (FR), Goethe Institute (MA), Tanger Print Club (MA), LE 18 Marrakech (MA), GVCC (MA).
En 2020, Ahmad a co-fondé «Mouhawalat» (“Tentatives” en Arabe classique), un collectif d’artistes qui vise à imaginer des moyens alternatifs de création et de transmission, à travers un processus basé sur les essais et les tentatives constantes.
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Born 1994, Assilah, MoroccoLives and works between Morocco and France
EDUCATION
2019
· Fine Arts Diploma, National Institute of Fine Arts, Tetouan, (MA)
RESIDENCIES
2024/2025
· Artagon Residency Marseille «Mouhawalat Collective» Artagon Marseille, (FR)
2024
· La Friche Residency - Palais de Tokyo «Mouhawalat Collective» Palais de Tokyo - Paris, (FR)
2023
· Triangle-Astérides Residency «Mouhawalat Collective» Marseille, (FR)
2022
· Méditerranée Friche la belle de mai Residency Marseille, (FR)
2021/2022
· Fiminco Foundation Residency, Fiminco Foundation, Paris-Romainville, (FR)
2021
· Artistic residency as part of the «Wach hadi tji f salon» project, Mouhawalat Collective, a project supported by Mophradat
Self-organization program, Rabat, Fes, Tanger, (MA)
2020
· Mahali Project 1st edition, Mahali Art Space, Tangier, (MA)
2019
· Tighmert Caravan 5th edition, Tighmert Caravan, Tighmert, (MA)
· MAC.A , Museum of Contemporary Art, Assilah-Briech, (MA)
BOURSES
2024
· DRAC - Creation Grant, (FR)
2023
· Wijhat - Mobility Grant, Culture Resource, as «Collectif Mouhawalat» Culture Resource, Beirut, (BL)
2022
· Grants for Artists Practice, Mophradat, as «Collectif Mouhawalat» Mophradat, (BE)
2020
· Self-Organizations, Mophradat, as «Collectif Mouhawalat», Mophradat, (BE)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026Ongoing · AU-DELÀ DE TOUTES LES MERS, La Condition Publique, Roubaix (FR)
Curated by Ninon Duhamel (La Condition Publique) et Elisabeth Piskernik (Le Cube) During the Mediterraneen Season.
2025· ECHO NEST, Exhibition, A4 Residency Art Center, Chengdu (CH)
Curated by Gabriel Moraes Aquin
2022· PLEINS FEUX #2 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE EXHIBITION, Fiminco Foundation, Paris-Romainville, (FR)Curated by Yomna Osman
2021
· Tomorrow, then tomorrow, then tomorrow… Jeune Création, Fiminco Foundation, Paris-Romainville, (FR)
· “Ma3red / 3rada - “Mouhawala 01:
“Wach Hadi Tji Mzyana f Salon?” Mahal Art Space & Mouhawalat Collective, Tangier, (MA)· Taiwan Annual Grand Exhibition - «What Dies Last» Taiwan Visual Arts Association & Mahal Art Space, Tangier, (MA)
· Taiwan Annual Grand Exhibition - «What Dies Last», Taiwan Visual Arts Association & Mahal Art Space - Virtual Exhibition
· Exhibition on the theme of migration - research - Geothe Institut Maroc, Rabat, (MA)
2020
· Out of the Blue Map, Mahal Art Space, Tangier, (MA)
2019
· Kissaria Print Club, Kissiaria Workshop, Tangier, (MA)
· Return of Tighmert,18, Marrakech, Morocco
2018
· Mastermind 7, Prestigia Luxury Homes, Casablanca, (MA)
2017
· Moroccan Drawing and Printmaking Fair, Chaabia Gallery, El Jadida, (MA)
2020
· Co-founder of «Mouhawalat Collective» (MA)
PRESS
2023
· Diptyk #64 «INCUBATOR» (MA)
2022
· THE MAGAZINE N: 02 - FIMINCO Foundation, (FR)
2020
· Out.of.the.blue.map. CALYPSO36°21 collective, (MA) - (FR)