Artists / Hassain Boukhari

Hassan Boukhari was born 1965 inRabat,Morocco. His studied and trained at École Supérieur des Arts Saint-Luc, Liège, Belgium and attended further training courses led by the American Professor of Art, Howard Wexler and Art Teacher Carol Allison from the Siegfried Hahn and Howard Wexler School, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He lives in Rabat and works as a painter since 1987.

Boukhari has become well-know inMoroccothrough his distinct canvases focusing on ethnic tradition. At first glance and from a distance his compositions appear like photographs. However, his world echoes through paint depicting local craft, portraits, interiors and picturesque villages with mainly embroidered textiles in the foreground. Meticulously executed compositions demonstrate his technical accomplishment in combination with his well-trained eye for visual perfection

In his more recent paintings Boukhari is seeking to expand his visual language. He introduces pale coloured and black squares together with rectangles and offers the viewer a fresh attitude towards his subject. Randomly selected areas of a scarf are accentuated through layering and recessing the four-side figure on his canvases. Owing to Boukhari’s new engagement this approach is evident in the works Scarf and Belt, Scarf and Mosaic and Transparency. Now there is an increasing emphasis on different sensations. The identically painted scarf appears estranged and alienated removed from familiar earlier settings adding tempo and signalling progression.

Collections:
Bank of Morocco
Ministery of Culture of Morocco
Association “Elite” France
Marasa Morocco
ONA Group
Royal Air Maroc (airline)
Office Nationale des Aéroports du Maroc

Artist Reppresented by: Moroccan Fine Art