Rachid Khimoune
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Rachid Khimoune is a French
sculptor
of Algerian descent born on April 7, 1953 in Decazeville
, Aveyron
.
in Kabylie
, Algeria. Between 1970 and 1974, Rachid Khimoune studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
in Paris. Painter at first, he became sculptor in the late 70s and early 80s. Since 1991, he lives with the journalist Ève Ruggiéri.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sculptor
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
of Algerian descent born on April 7, 1953 in Decazeville
Decazeville
Decazeville is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.The commune was created in the 19th century because of the Industrial Revolution and was named after the Duke of Decazes , the founder of the factory that created the town.-History:The town is built...
, Aveyron
Aveyron
Aveyron is a département in southern France named after the Aveyron River.- History :Aveyron is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790....
.
Biography
His father came in France in 1946 from El KsarEl Ksar
El Ksar is a town and commune in the Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 29,617....
in Kabylie
Kabylie
Kabylie or Kabylia , is a region in the north of Algeria.It is part of the Tell Atlas and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Kabylia covers several provinces of Algeria: the whole of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia , most of Bouira and parts of the wilayas of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Jijel,...
, Algeria. Between 1970 and 1974, Rachid Khimoune studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...
in Paris. Painter at first, he became sculptor in the late 70s and early 80s. Since 1991, he lives with the journalist Ève Ruggiéri.
Exhibitions
- 1975 : Galerie Sanguine, Collioure
- 1977 : Georgetown University, Washington
- 1980 : Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris
- 1985 : Centre Culturel, Le Blanc Mesnil ; Centre Culturel, Tulle ; Centre d’action culturelle, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- 1986 : Les hommes-valises, Centre culturel algérien, Paris ; Centre Jean Gagnant, Limoges ; École des Beaux-Arts, Nancy.
- 1988 : Centre culturel, Neuchâtel (Suisse)
- 1989 : Galerie du Théâtre de l’Agora, Évry ; Centre Jacques Prévert, Évry ; Poissons-marelles, Galerie Art’O, Aubervilliers (poem of Tahar DjaoutTahar DjaoutTahar Djaout was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group because of his support of secularism and opposition to what he considered fanaticism. He was attacked on May 26, 1993, as he was leaving his home in Bainem, Algeria. He died on June 2,...
) ; Galerie Antoine de Galbert, Grenoble - 1990 : Galerie Claudine Planque, Lausanne
- 1991 : Galerie Claude Monet, Bezons (poem of Bernard Rousseaux) ; Futur-composé, Collégiale Saint-André, Chartres et Galerie Daphné Behm Williamme, Chartres ; Galerie Régine Deschênes, Paris ; Château de Servière, Marseille
- 1992 : Ajuntament de Sabadell, Barcelone
- 1993 : Musée Picasso, Antibes ; Galerie Anpire, Paris
- 1996 : Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
- 1998 : Galerie de l’Europe, Paris.
- 2002 : Casa de Francia, Mexico
- 2003 : Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo (Monaco)
- 2006 : Galerie Samagra, Paris ; Pavillon des Arts, Foire de Genève
- 2007 : Ancien Hôtel de Ville de Saint-Denis-de-La-Réunion
- 2007 : Bastide de Capelongue, Bonnieux
- 2007 : Galerie Meyer Le Bihan, Paris.
- 2008 : Maison Elsa Triolet - Aragon, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
- 2009 : Art Sawa Galerie, Dubai. United Arab Emirates
- 2010 : Maison de l'Afrique, Paris
Main sculptures
- 1985 : ReliefReliefRelief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...
, Espace Bonnefoix, ToulouseToulouseToulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
. Relief, Centre Culturel, TulleTulleTulle is a commune and capital of the Corrèze department in the Limousin region in central France. It is also the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulle...
. Les Enfants du Monde (The Children of the world), sculptures, Le Blanc-MesnilLe Blanc-MesnilLe Blanc-Mesnil is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle International Airport and le Bourget Airport.-Name:...
. - 1986 : Relief, BesançonBesançonBesançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
. Relief, Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, New York. Don QuichotteDon QuichotteDon Quichotte is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn.Massenet's comédie-héroïque, like so many other dramatized versions of the story of Don Quixote, relates only indirectly to the great novel by Miguel de Cervantes...
and Sancho PançaSancho PanzaSancho Panza is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote, and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs,...
, sculpture, StainsStainsStains is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Heraldry:-Transport:Stains is served by Pierrefitte – Stains station on Paris RER line D...
. Relief, Bureau de Poste, LimogesLimogesLimoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
-Beaubreuil. - 1987 : Relief, Pau. La Famille, relief, HangzhouHangzhouHangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
(ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
). - 1988 : Les Guerriers, sculpture, Olympic Park, SeoulOlympic Park, SeoulThe Seoul Olympic Park, shortened to Olpark, is an Olympic Park built to host the 1988 Summer Olympics. Olympic Park is located in Songpa-gu, Bangi-dong.- Competition facilities :*Olympic Velodrome, Seoul*Olympic Fencing Gymnasium...
(KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
). - 1989 : Les Quatre Mousquetaires, relief, Centre Jacques PrévertJacques PrévertJacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.-Life and...
, Évry. Relief, GrenobleGrenobleGrenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
. Relief, Centre Culturel de La Madeleine, ÉvreuxÉvreuxÉvreux is a commune in the Eure department, of which it is the capital, in Haute Normandie in northern France.-History:In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area...
. Cheikh-speare, sculpture, Mantes-la-JolieMantes-la-JolieMantes-la-Jolie is a commune based in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center. Mantes-la-Jolie is a sub-prefecture department.-History:...
. - 1993 : Les Enfants du Monde, Sculptures, Neuchâtel. Les Croisés, ChartresChartresChartres is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is located southwest of Paris.-Geography:Chartres is built on the left bank of the Eure River, on a hill crowned by its famous cathedral, the spires of which are a landmark in the surrounding country...
. - 2001 : Les Enfants du Monde, 21 bronze sculptures installed on the terraces of the Parc de BercyParc de BercyParc de Bercy is a group of three connected gardens in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. With a combined area of some 14 hectares, it is one of the most important parks in the city...
in Paris. - 2003 : Sculpture Felipe le Mexicain, Musée d’histoire, CuernavacaCuernavacaCuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. It was established at the archeological site of Gualupita I by the Olmec, "the mother culture" of Mesoamerica, approximately 3200 years ago...
(MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
). - 2004 : Sculpture Jean-Baptiste le Monégasque, Monte-Carlo (Monaco).
- 2007 : Sculpture Naomi l'Africaine, OuagadougouOuagadougouOuagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 1,475,223 . The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais...
(Burkina FasoBurkina FasoBurkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
). - 2007 : Relief Les Quatre Saisons, VilletaneuseVilletaneuseVilletaneuse is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.- Heraldry :-University:Villetaneuse is well known for its university named "Université Paris XIII or Paris Nord", in particular: the Polytechnique Science Institut "Institut Galilée" where...
. - 2009 : El Mamoun le Marocain, Sculpture and drawing, Hôtel La Mamounia, Marrakech (Maroc).
- 2009 : Les Enfants du Monde, 21 bronze sculptures, American University, Abu Dhabi (UAE).
- 2010 : Les Enfants du Monde, 21 bronze sculptures, Expo 2010Expo 2010Expo 2010, officially Expo 2010 Shanghai China was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in the city of Shanghai, China, from May 1 to October 31, 2010. It was a major World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 1992...
à Shanghai (Chine). - 2011 : 1000 Tortues-Casques, Parvis du Trocadéro, Paris (France).
- 2011 : 1000 Tortues-Casques, Normandy’s Omaha Beach for the 67th anniversary of D-Day landings.