Bouchta El Hayani (born 1952 in

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) is a Moroccan artist who started his professional career in the 1970s. Since this period he has followed a successful path to become one of the leading and most famous Moroccan artists. First and foremost he is one of the rare Moroccan painters that perfectly master drawing techniques. El Hayani graduated from the "Ecole des Arts Appliques" in

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then the "

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" in

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. His work has been featured in several exhibitions all over the world. Bouchta El Hayani currently lives and work in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

, Morocco. The artist is also a member of the board of The Moroccan Artists Association (AMAP).

Individual exhibitions

*1970: Centre Culturel Espagnol -

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(Morocco) *1989 : Faculté -

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(Morocco) *1991 : Galerie National Bab Rouah -

(Morocco) *1991 : Galerie l’Atelier - Rabat *1992 : Galerie Flandria -

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(Morocco) *1993 : Faculté des Lettres - Fés (Morocco) *1994 : Galerie Rab El Kébir - Rabat *1995 : Jnane Palace - Fés *1997 : Galerie AI Manar -

(Morocco) *1998 : Galerie Bernanos - Paris (France) *1998 : Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah - Rabat *2000 : Inauguration de la galerie C.D.G. Rabat *2001 : Galerie AI Manar - Casablanca *2002 : Institut Français - Rabat

Group exhibitions

*1970 : Salon des artistes Indépendants - Casablanca *1976 : Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah - Rabat *1976 : Passage Souterrain - Casablanca *1977 : Salle des Fêtes - Rabat *1977 : Cinq Peintres à

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(Italy) *1977 : Bruxelles (Belgium) *1977 : Galerie Structure BS - Rabat *1980 : Galerie Structure BS - Rabat *1981 : Première Biennale de la ville de Tunis - Galerie Yahia -

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(Tunisia) *1981 : Festival d’Asilah (Morocco) *1981 : Art marocain,

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(France) *1982 : Architecture Peinture, Musée des Oudayas - Rabat *1983 : Festival marocain (Disney World),

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(USA) *1983 : Arts Plastiques méditerranéens, Casablanca *1984 : Semaine Culturelle du Maroc,

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(Sénégal) *1985 : Exposition à Laayoune (Morocco) *1985 : Galerie l’Atelier, Rabat *1985 : Faculté des lettres Ben Msik, Casablanca *1985 : Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah, Rabat *1985 : Concours International de Sculpture sur Neige,

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(Canada) *1986 : 11 Peintres, 11 Poêtes et Hommes de Lettres, Galerie Marsam, Rabat *1987 : Faculté des Lettres, Kênitra (Morocco) *1987 : Musée des Oudayas, Rabat *1987 : 10ème Anniversaire de la Revue AI Assas, Les Oudayas, Rabat *1987 : Rencontre Plasticiens — Artisans et Architectes, Marrakech (Morocco) *1988 : Semaine culturelle marocaine au Caire,

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(Egypt) *1990 : Salon d’Automne Musée des Oudayas, Rabat *1990 : Bab El Kébir, Rabat *1990 : Exposition à El Hoceima (Morocco) *1990 : Alliance Franco-Marocaine, Rabat) *1991 : OMDH Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah, Rabat *1992 : Exposition de l’AMAP Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah, Rabat *1993 : Exposition de OMDH (Switzerland) *1994 : Galerie Hamzat Wasl (AI Wassiti), Casablanca (Morocco) *1994 : Des peintres à l’Hôpital d’enfants, Rabat *1994 : Librairie Omar ai khayam - Casablanca *1995 : Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah - Rabat *1996 : Empreintes sur Tapis, Bordeaux (France) *1996 : Empreintes sur Tapis BMCE, Paris (France) *1997 : Semaine marocaine (

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) *1997 : Trente années de peinture abstraite au Maroc, Galerie AI Manar, Casablanca *1997 : Empreintes sur Tapis (United

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) *1997 : Professeurs - Peintres BCM, Casablanca *1997 : Professeurs - Peintres Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah, Rabat *1998 : Regard sur l’Art n° XII, Paris *1998 :

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, Paris *1998 : Galerie Michel Ray, Paris *1999 : Rencontre à Maskite de l’art plastique arabe (Oman) *1999 : Peintres en partage (Espace des Blancs Manteaux), Paris *1999 : Villas des arts, Musée d’art contemporain, Casablanca *1999 : Itinéraires 99 - Mouvement artistique de Levallois, art contemporain (France) *2000 : 1/2000 exposition

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(France) *2000 : Peinture contemporaine marocaine : Exposition itinérante (

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) *2000 : Exposition, Galerie Bab Rouah, Rabat *2000 : Exposition à

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(Morocco) *2000 : Exposition à la faculté d’Aïn-chok, Casablanca *2000 : Artistes peintres à Durban,

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(South Africa) *2001 : Parcours d’Artistes, Rabat *2001 : Exposition de peintres marocains (

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) *2002 : Biénale de peintures sur papier (

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) *2002 : Peinture marocaine ( Koweit) *2002 : Mawâzine ateliers portes ouvertes, Rabat *2002 : Arkadi 6éme biénale (

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) *2002 : Centre Culturel de l’Agdal, Rabat *2003 : Hommage à Kacimi : Bab Rouah, Rabat *2004 : Exposition “Vision actuelle” à l’Université Al-Akhawaïn, Ifrane (Morocco) *2004 : Hommage à Chaïbia - Al-Jadida (Morocco) *2004 : Exposition G.E.N.A.P à la Cathédrale, Casablanca *2004 : 1ere journée mondiale contre la corruption organisée par Transparency (Morocco) *2004 : Maroc - Galerie Hay Ryad, CDG, Rabat

References

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External links

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*http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/intartdata/artists/africa/mar/el_hayani_bouchta *http://www.abc-artgallery.com/el-hayani-Bouchta/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20131102102715/http://www.aujourdhui.ma/maroc-actualite/magazine/bouchta-el-hayani-ou-la-mue-des-signes-6432.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20130928001008/http://world.gmw.cn/2013-08/08/content_8549385.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayani, Bouchta 1952 births Living people Moroccan male artists People from Taounate Moroccan male painters 20th-century Moroccan painters 21st-century Moroccan painters