Karim Rafi

born 1975, lives and works in Casablanca (MA)
Guest artist at Villa Romana in 2012


Biography

Karim Rafi has graduated in graphic art, and is a self-taught philosopher and poet. His work questions man and his environment, his relationship with himself as well as with his outcomes, constituted by his institutions, ideas, and surroundings. Karim Rafi is also the co-founder of Protagoniste (art_lab), a laboratory of independent artistic research and Slam&klam Festival, a festival for the poetic exploration.

The show is over (2011/2012)

Echo-Nomadic transmutation-Akerkour (2011/2012), photos, video, publication

Group Exhibitions

2011
Working for a change, project for a Maroccan Pavilion at the 54th Biennale in Venice 2011, curated by Abdellah Karoum, Venice and Marocco

2010
Fleurs, animaux, urbains, machines, L’appartement 22, Rabat, MA

2009
Casabarata Project, a work in a public space, Tangier