Ikram Kabbaj () is a

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artist from

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Life

She was born in Casablanca in 1960. She received her education from the ''

École des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century ...

'' in Paris, studying there from 1978 to 1987 and specializing in sculpture. She lives and works between Casablanca and

Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

Works and Exhibitions

Kabbaj's work is shown nationally in Morocco and abroad. Her work was featured in the Rabat Biennale at the Muhammad VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2019. With her 17m tall piece entitled "," Kabbaj won the 2016 Autoroutes du Maroc Prize for Plastic Arts.

Style

Kabbaj primarily sculpts stone and marble.

Resources

People from Casablanca 1960 births Living people École des Beaux-Arts alumni Moroccan women sculptors Moroccan sculptors {{Africa-sculptor-stub