Rachid Koraïchi
Racxid Koraïchi (* 1947 in Ain Beida in eastern Algeria ) is an Algerian painter and illustrator.
Life
Koraïchi comes from a Sufifamilie. He was familiar from his youth with the old, graphical texts of the Arab- Muslim tradition and learned the rock paintings in the Algerian Tassili n'Ajjer know. His studies he began in Algiers at the École des Beaux-Arts d' Alger, before he went to Paris to study at the École nationale supérieure des arts Décoratifs de Paris continues.
Since 1970 Koraïchis works were seen in all parts of the world. His drawings in which very often the Arabic Calligraphy is used to illustrate more than a dozen publications of French and international poets.
Koraïchi lives in Paris and in the old city of Tunis in Tunisia.
Exhibitions
- 2001: Beirut 's Poem and The Path of Roses. National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan
- Une nation en exil. Palais des Nations Unies, Beirut, Lebanon.
- Authentic / Ex - centric.Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy.
- 2006: Word Into Art, The British Museum, London, England.
- 2011: Installataion: The Path of Roses. Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.