Mahi Binebine (Arabic: ماحي بنيبين) is a Moroccan painter and novelist born in Marrakech in 1959. Binebine has written six novels which have been translated into various languages.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Born in 1959 in Marrakech, Mahi Binebine moved to Paris in 1980 to continue his studies in mathematics, which he taught for eight years. He then devoted himself to writing and painting. He wrote several novels, which have been translated into a dozen languages. He emigrated to New York from 1994 to 1999. His paintings are part of the permanent collection at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He returned to Marrakech in 2002 where he currently lives and works.
In "Mamaya’s Last Journey" the author is drawing on an episode from his family history. His brother Aziz was one of the young officers who had taken part in the failed military coup against King Hassan II in 1971. For 18 years, he was imprisoned in the desert camp of Tazmamart, under conditions of unimaginable and almost indescribable brutality. Of the 56 prisoners, only half survived; among them, Aziz Binebine. Mahi Binebine's fellow writer Tahar Ben Jelloun took this story as the basis for his novel This Blinding Absence of Light.
Welcome to Paradise, the English translation of Cannibales (by Lulu Norman) was short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2004. Horses of God, also translated by Lulu Norman (original: Les étoiles de Sidi Moumen), was shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award in 2014. It was made into a feature film in Morocco in 2011, called Horses of God, directed by Nabil Ayouch and selected for the official Moroccan entry for best foreign language film for the 2013 Oscars.[5]
In 2020, Mahi won the Mediterranean Prize for his novel "Rue du pardon".
2017 Galerie Abla Ababou, RabatArt Paris (Grand Palais)Galerie DXRétrospective - Galerie Claude Lemand
2016 Musée MACMA, Marrakech.
2015 InsoumissionForum international des droits de L'Homme,Marrakech, Musée de la Palmeraie
2014 Musée de la Palmeraie, Marrakech
2013 Galerie Document 15, Paris
2012 Galerie 38, CasablancaGalerie Benamou, Paris
2011 Galerie Caprice Horn, BerlinGalerie Loft (Expo à six mains avec Mourabiti et Yamou),Casablanca2010 Galerie Atelier 21 (Casablanca) AAART Foundation, Kitzbühel, Autriche
2009 53ème Biennale de Venise Venice BiennaleAAART Foundation - AutricheGalerie CMOOA, Rabat Galerie Delacroix, Tanger2008 Galerie Atelier 21 - CasablancaGalerie Violon Bleu - LondresGalerie Navarra - 75 Faubourg, ParisGalerie Loft, ParisGalerie Bailly, ParisFondation FAAP, Sao Paolo2007 Siège Société Générale, CasablancaGalerie Nationale Bab Rouah, RabatGalerie Noir sur blanc, MarrakechPalais des Congrès, Grasse (France)Le Lazaret Olandini, Ajaccio (Avec Yamou)
2006 Kasbah Agafay, MarrakechGalerie Venise Cadre, CasablancaGalerie les Atlassides, Marrakech
2005 Galerie Venise-Cadre, CasablancaGalerie Atlassides, MarrakechMusée Archéologique de Silves (Portugal)Eglise de la Miséricorde, Silves (Portugal)Gemap, Casablanca
2004 Arte Invest, RomeFestival Arte Mare Bastia (corse)Bellas Artes, MadridGalerie Atalante, MadridGalerie Brigitte Schenk, Köln
2003 Espace Actua, Casablanca (avec Yamou)Galerie Bab el kebir, Rabat (avec Selfati)Galerie AAM, RomeStudio Bocchi, RomeFundacione Maturen, Tarazona.Galerie Baskoa, Barcelonne.Kunst Köln, Galerie Brigitte Schenk
2002 Galerie Dahiez & Associés, ZurichGalerie Brigitte Schenk, KölnMusée de MarrakechSociété Générale Marocaine, CasablancaInstitut Cervantes, TangerGalerie Brigitte Schenk, Kunst KölnMinistère de la culture, Abu Dhabi
2001 Tinglado 4 Moll de Costa, TaragonePalais des congrès, Grasse.
2000 Espace Paul Ricard, ParisGalerie El Manar, Casablanca
1999 Galerie Stendhal, New YorkGalerie du Fleuve, ParisGalerie Brigitte Shenk, Köln1998 Galerie Ott, DüsseldorfMuseum of Contemporary Art, Washington D.C.
1997 Galerie Stendhal, New York.1989 Contemporary French Art Gallery, New York1988 Galerie la Découverte, Rabat1987 Galerie de L'ONMT, Paris
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