Mohamed Bourouissa (born 1978) is an Algeria-born French photographer, based in Paris. In 2020 Bourouissa won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. His work is held in the collection of the Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris.

Early life

Bourouissa was born in

Blida Blida () is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'', is a diminutive of the Arabic word ''belda'', city. Ge ...

, Algeria. He moved with his family to France when he was five years old and grew up in the suburbs of Paris.

Publications

*''Mohamed Bourouissa''. Paris: Kamel Mennour, 2017. . With texts by Marc Donnadieu, Anna Dezeuze, Amanda Hunt, and Michael Nairn, and a transcript of a conversation between Bourouissa and

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. In English and French. Exhibition catalogue. *''Périphérique''. London: Loose Joints, 2021. With essays in English and French by Taous R. Dahmani and Clément Chéroux. .

Exhibitions

*''Urban Riders'', Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, 2018 *''Free Trade'', in a Monoprix supermarket,

Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d'Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historian ...

, Arles, France, 2019. Included work from ''Périphérique'', ''Shoplifters'', and ''Nous Sommes Halles''. *

The Photographers' Gallery The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London by Sue Davies opening on 14 January 1971, as the first public gallery in the United Kingdom devoted solely to photography. It is also home to the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, established ...

, London, 2019/2020, as part of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

Awards

*2012: Shortlisted,

Prix Pictet The Prix Pictet (Pictet prize) is an international award in photography. It was founded in 2008 by the Geneva-based Pictet Group with the mandate to use the power of photography to communicate messages about sustainability to a global audience. Its ...

, for ''Périphérique'' *2018: Shortlisted,

Marcel Duchamp Prize The Marcel Duchamp Prize (in French : ''Prix Marcel Duchamp'') is an annual award given to a young artist by the Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l'Art Français (ADIAF). The winner receives €35,000 personally and up to €30,000 ...

, France *2020: Winner, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020, an award of £30,000, for his exhibition ''Free Trade'' at

. The other nominations were Clare Strand, Anton Kusters, and Mark Neville.

Collections

Bourouissa's work is held in the following permanent collection: * Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris

References

External links

Bourouissa at Kamel Mennour gallery
21st-century French photographers French people of Algerian descent People from Blida 1978 births Living people French contemporary artists Algerian contemporary artists Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize winners {{Photographer-stub