| Rachid Koraïchi | |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Ain Beida, Algeria |
| Nationality: | Algerian |
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| Known For: | Painter, sculptor, print-maker, installation artist, photographer, ceramicist |
Rachid Koraïchi ([1]) is an Algerian artist, sculptor, print-maker and ceramicist, noted for his contemporary artwork which integrates calligraphy as a graphic element.
Rachid Koraïchi was born on 20 January 1947 in Ain Beida, Algeria into a Sufi family of Qu'ranic scholars and copyists.[2] He received his early art education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Algeria, where he studied calligraphy. Later, he attended the École des Arts Décoratifs and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
His Sufi upbringing has influenced much of his work by giving him an abiding fascination with scripts and symbols. For Koraïchi, writing is sacred and charged with meaning. His work makes extensive use of Arabic calligraphy as well as glyphs drawn from other languages.[3]
He has produced work in varied media, including ceramics, textiles, installation art, metallurgy, painting, and printmaking, and often collaborates with local artisans in his work.
His work has been exhibited very widely, including at the Venice Biennale (2001)[4] and MOMA (2006),[5] and is also in the collection of the National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C.
Selected exhibitions