Maya-Inès Touam France, b. 1988
Biography
Born in France to Algerian parents, Maya’s work sits between two shores of the Mediterranean, exploring an oriental aesthetic, not from a neo-orientalist point of view, but from her own point of view as the granddaughter of emigrants - how to account for an identity that is both intimate and foreign to her?
Resorting to different media - photography, drawing, and sculpture – and with symbolic or personal objects as her starting point, the artist has been constructing a body of work that is both anthropological and oneiric. She immerses herself in the roots of her origins, which she questions and investigates in order to draw images (often still lives) from these fragments of history. Her research also extends to the diasporas of the African continent in France, adding a postcolonial perspective on immigration to her work.
Works
Exhibitions
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INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND DIALOGUES
GROUP SHOW: Dagmar Van Weeghel, Maya-Inès Touam, Sidonie Hadoux, Remofiloe Mayisela, Nicole Rafiki, Kudzanai Chiurai, and René Tavares. 1 June - 7 July 2023We are pleased to present in Lisbon 'Intercultural Encounters and Dialogues' - an Africa-focused photography group exhibition. The show presents about 21 works by artists Dagmar Van Weeghel, Maya-Inès Touam,...Read more -
PARAGONE: What’s with mediums today?
INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOW 26 May - 20 August 2023In the context of the Lisbon Art Week, the international contemporary art exhibition 'PARAGONE: What's with mediums today?' will open on May 26, in three exhibition centres: Cape Verde Cultural...Read more
Press
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1-54 Marrakech - Galleries to watch - THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE
ARTAFRICA, 7 February 2023 -
1-54 MARRAKECH 2023
Selections, 9 February 2023 -
Angolan artists participate in international exhibition
Roque Silva, Jornal de Angola, 24 May 2023 -
Contemporary art gallery THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE participates in international fair
Jornal de Angola, 11 February 2023 -
The art fair in Marrakesh and the obligation to return
Guido Talarico, INSIDEART, 11 February 2023 -
The fair 1-54! Great return of African Art to Marrakech
Redazione, ARTribune, 11 February 2023 -
What To Collect During 1-54 Marrakech!!
DIPTYCK, 10 February 2023
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