Younes Baba-Ali
www.younesbabaali.com
Born in 1986 in Oujda (Ma), Younes Baba-Ali lives and works in Casablanca (Ma) and Brussels (Be). He makes art that is unconventional, mostly in public space or places uncommon to art practice, measuring and mixing technology, objects, sound, video and photography with political, social and ecological issues.
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 awarded the Léopold Sédar Senghor prize (Sn) in 2012 and the Boghossian prize (Be) in 2014. He has participated in several international exhibitions and biennials, including Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Be), the Biennale de Lubumbashi (RDC), Brussels Background (Be), Brussels in Song Eun : Imagining Cities Beyond Technology 2.0 (Kr), Digital Imaginaries - Africas in Production, ZKM (De), One Place After Another (Ru), The Marrakech Biennale (Ma), Documenta 14 (De), Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Sn), Commissions, KANAL - Centre Pompidou (Be), and Gemischte Gefühle (De).
