HASSAN HAJJAJ BORN 1961 Larache, Morocco Lives and works in London and and Marrakech SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 La Salle de Gym des Femmes Arabes, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE 2015 Hassan Hajjaj, My Rock Stars Experimental, Vol.1, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, USA Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars, Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA 2014 Kesh Angels, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, USA My Rock Stars Experimental: Volume 1, (video), LACMA, Los Angeles, USA My Rock Stars: Volume 2, Gusford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2013 My Rock Stars Experimental: Volume 1, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, USA Vogue: The Arab Issue, Middle East Film Festival, Aria Art Gallery, Florence, Italy Marrakesh Biennale, Marrakesh, Morocco 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, 1:54 Forum, Somerset House, London, My Rock Stars: Volume 1, Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar 2012 My Rock Stars: Volume 1, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE Mi Casa es tu Casa, Marrakech Biennale 4, Riad Yima, Derb Aarjane, Rahba Lkdima, Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco 2010 Marque Deposée, Matisse Gallery, Marrakesh, Morocco Kesh Angels, ROSE ISSA PROJECTS, London, 2009 Dakka Marrakesh, for the 8 th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennial, Bamako, Mali 1430 in Casa, Matisse Art Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco Le Salon, The Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales 2008 Noss Noss, The Third Line, Doha, Qatar Dakka Marrakesh, Leighton House Museum, London, 2007 Noss Noss: Photographic Works and Other Moroccan Stories, The Third Line, Dubai,UAE 2006 Riad Yima, Marrakech, Morocco 2005 Arabic Film Posters, Dar Sharfia, Marrakesh, Morocco Fashion in Motion, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Salon Enrique, Royal Festival Hall, London, Africa Remix, Hayward Gallery, London, 2004 Graffix From The Souk, Dar Sharfia, Marrakesh, Morocco 2003 Graffix From The Souk, Andy Wahloo Bar, Paris, France 2002 Graffix From The Souk, Taros, Essaouira, Morocco 2001 Graffix From The Souk, Apart Gallery, London,
2000 Pop Art In The Kasbah, Ministero Del Gusto Gallery, Marrakech. Morocco SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Reality of my surroundings: The contemporary collection, Nasher museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, SC, USA 2015 A Curious Blindness, Wallach Art Gallery, New York, USA Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, LACMA, Los Angeles, ICA,USA 2014 The Future of Fashion is Now, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands True to Life? New Photography from the Middle East, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, Fotofest Biennial, Contemporary Arab Photographic Art, Houston, TX, USA 2013 Chaos Into Clarity: Re-possessing a Funktioning Utopia, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE Au Bazar du Genre, MuCEM, Marseille, France Ten Contemporary Moroccan Photographers, El Badi Palace, Marrakesh, Morocco Light from the Middle East: New Photography, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2012 Reorientations, Rose Issa, London, #ComeTogether, Edge of Arabia, East London, Between Walls, Matisse Gallery, Marrakesh, Morocco London Twelve, City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic The Bravery of Being Out of Range II, Athr Gallery, Jeddah Saudi Arabia Mi Casa Tu Casa, Marrakesh Art Biennale, Morocco ReUse 5.0, Envearth, Kuwait Aurs Al Arab, OltreDimore Gallery, Bologna, Italy 2011 How I Learned to Stop Fearing and Love Exotic Art, JAMM Art, Kuwait Africa: See You, See Me, Fondazine Studio Maragoni, Florence, Italy Play Ground, New Walk Museum, Leicester, Photoquai, Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France 2010 ARABICITY, Beirut Exhibition Centre, Beirut, Lebanon My Beautiful Rubbish, part of Twice is Too Much, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany Le Salon for the Jameel Prize, National Museum, Beiteddine Palace, Beiteddine Lebanon Les Veillees du Ramadan, Institut des Cultures d Islam, Le Salon installation part of the Festival, Paris, France Always Moving Forward, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada We Are Not Witches, The Saatchi Gallery, London, Collective Design Exhibition, Albareh Art Café, Bahrain Le Salon for the Jameel Prize, National Museum, Damascus, Syria Le Salon for the Jameel Prize, National Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2009 Le Salon, for the Jameel Prize, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Icons Reloaded, Elysee Arts Gallery, Liege, Belgium 2008 Reuse 2.0, El boutique at Lothan Exhibition Space, Kuwait ReOrientation, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium The Liverpool Arabic Art Festival, Liverpool, Mediterraneo: A Sea that Unites, Italian Institute, London, 2005 Sounds Africa, Part of African Year Installation, Starbucks in Camden,London, Contemporary African Visual Arts, Painting & furniture. British Museum, London, 2004 Black British Style, clothing from 1950s till now, Victoria &Albert Museum, London, Graffix From The Souk, Artisania, Rabat, Saler, Morocco 2003 Graffix From The Souk, Part of Moroccan Cultural Week in Covent Garden, London, Graffix From The Souk, 5th Festival of Cultural Diversity, Institute Francaise, London, PUBLICATIONS 2013 By Hassan Hajjaj, photography, fashion, film, design, Rose Issa Projects and Taymour Grahne Gallery 2008 Hassan Hajjaj: Dakka Marrakesh, Beyond Art Publication BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 Hansen, Erin, This Film Documents a Day in the Life of a Moroccan Biker Girl, The Fader, May 21 2015 Lorch, Danna, The Secret Playlist, Selections, The Playtime Issue, #31, pg.66 Bekhrad, Joobin, Karima Or A Day in the Life of A Henna Girl, Reorient, May 12 2015 Cotter, Holland, Review: A Curious Blindness at Wallach Gallery, The New York Times, May 7 2015 Petty, Felix, Looking Deeper into the World of Islamic Fashion, I-D. Okeke-Agulu, Chika, George Osodi and Hassan Hajjaj at the Newark Museum, Huffington Post, March 2015. Canvas, Year in Review 2014, Monography, p.161 and 169. 2014 Smith, Alex, Photo:These Moroccan Suits Aren t Just Cool, They re Political, RYOT, September 2014. Dyone, Jean-Gilles, Libres Expressions, L Officiel Maroc, June 2014, pg 188-9. Smith, Amelia, MEMO: Fotofest international: view from inside 49 Arab photographers, 21 st March, 2014. Smith, Roberta, Hassan Hajjaj: Kesh Angels, CNN Style, 27 th February 2014. M Ford Tom, The Look: Mr Hassan Hajjaj, Mr Porter Journal, January 21, 2014. 2013 Highlights from Canvas Guide, Canvas, DubaiNovember- December 2013. Three-cannel video installation by Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj opens at LACMA,
Artdaily,, 23 rd December 2014. 2012 Careless, Eleanor, Meet the Moroccan Artist Challenging Stereotypes Of Islamic Culture, TopMan Magazine, Issue 04, March 2012. Das, Jareh, The rise of photomontage in contemporary Middle Eastern art, Contemporary Practices Essay, pg. 66 73. 2011 Hassan Hajjaj, sacré meilleur photographe africain, diptyk, Dec 2011 Jan 2012. Roy, Hugues, Le Pape De L Arabo-Pop, L officiel, September 2011 pg. 66 69. Ractliffe, Joe, Kesh Angels, ZAM, September 2011. Betti, Hassan Hajjaj, Zoom, September 2011, pg. 76 81. Brownbook x Hypebeast, Video, February 2011. 2010 Belton, Padraig, The Jameel Prize, Oasis, Winter 2010, pg. 46 52. Zakharia, Sulaf, Shifting Boundaries, Nukta Art, October 2010, pg. 50 54. Carmichael, Kelly, Hassan Hajjaj Coca Cola Riad, Contemporary Practices, October 2010,Volume VII, pg. 158 165. Lord, Christopher, North Africa Rising, brownbook, July 2010, pg. 40 41. Majzoub, Maha, Abayas, kohl boxes, dreadlocks + Andy Warhol: The hard hitting humour of Moroccan-British artist Hassan Hajjaj, RAGMAG, January 2010, pg. 32 34. 2009 Louis, Jury, Evening Standard, V&A Donor s 25,000 Prize for Islamic Art, January 26, 2009, pg. 17. Buckle, Carrie, Harper s Bazaar, Meet the Moroccan Warhol, May 2009, pg. 147. 2008 Ich & Kar s Dairy, Momo s, Paris, France Hynam Kendall, Inside Out, Candid Camera, March 2008. Who s the Noss?, Modern Painters, December 2007-January 2008. Lord, Christopher, Spotlight on Hassan Hajjaj, Time Out, July 2008. Westley, Hannah, Art Paris Abu Dhabi, The National, November 17, 2008, pg. 5. Kendall, Hynam, Candid Camera, Inside Out, March 2008, pg. 106 109. ArtCo, Art Dubai, pg. 140 147. Tei, Psei, Art Investment (Hong Kong), Art Dubai, pg. 83 89. brownbook, Making Pop Art for the Middle East, November December 2008, pg. 32 33. Alef, Winter 2007 / 2008, Technicolour Dreams, pg. 58 69. Leschgar, Lisa Ball, Street Chic, Canvas, July 2008, pg. 148 155. Modern Painters, Who s the Noss, December 2007 January 2008. 2007 Mohamed, Arsalan, Half Life, Time Out, November 22, 2007, pg. 63. Al-Turki, Abdullah, Al Sharq Al Wasat, (Arabic). Obeid, Maha, Emirates Today, Hassan Links East and West with Art, December 5, 2007. Battista, Kathy, Moroccan Role: The Wonderful World of Hassan Hajjaj, Culture, June 2007, pg. 130 135. Jabara, Husam, Noss Noss, L Officiale Hommes, November 2007. Kalsi, Jyoti, Gulf News, Weekend Review, Moroccan Mosaics, November 30, 2007,
pg.17 19. Plunkett, Jane, Proving Faux can be Fun, 7 DAYS, November 27, 2007, pg. 22. Alef, Maroc Moderne, Autumn 2007, pg. 172 82. 2004 Chill Out Space, an art book published by Loft Publications in Spain, featuring Andy Wahloo Tent. Camouflage, Photographs and paintings featuring in the clothing label Mararishi s new book, Oct. 2003 Frame 34, Andy Wahloo Bar, Sep/Oct 2003. INTERIOR/ INSTALLATION/ EVENTS 2015 Interior design, Andy Wahloo and Almaz, Meet D3, Dubai, UAE 2014 Le Salon, Fotofest Biennal, Houston, Texas, USA Le Salon, Virgina Commonwealth University, Qatar Le Salon, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, USA 2013 Le Salon, Sharjah Art Fundation, UAE Le Salon, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, UAE 2012 Le Salon, DABA Maroc, Brussels, Belgium 2011 Clara Sanabras: "Perilous Divide", Leighton House Museum, London, 2010 Le Salon, Les Veillées du Ramadan at the Institut des Cultures d Islam, Paris, France 2009 Le Salon, The Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, Bluecoat, Le Salon, The Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, 2008 Le Salon, The Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, Bluecoat, Italian coiffure institute Medeterior part of group exhibition, London, 2007 Road from Marrakech to Penzance, part of social systems, The Exchange, Cornwall, Arabise Me, Madrid, Spain Tut s Tearoom, 02 Centre, London, London Liming, Rich mix two days among other events, East London, 2006 Arabise Me, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2005 Le Salon for Meltdown - Patti Smith at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Sounds Africa, Part of African year Installation, Starbucks in Camden, London, Fashion in Motion, V&A, London, Salon Afrique, Royal Festival Hall, London, Le Salon, Africa Remix, Hayward Gallery, London, 2003 Interior design, Andy Wahloo Bar, one of Mourad Mazouz s establishments in Paris, France Graffix From The Souk, furniture installation for UNICEF/The Day of the African Child, part of Moroccan Cultural Week in Covent Garden, London, ADVERTISING AND TELEVISION WORK 2014 The Look: Mr Hassan Hajjaj, Mr Porter website, The Journal, Issue 149,
http://www.mrporter.com/journal/journal_issue149/2#1 2006 Bike helmet, Japan Show, Apart Gallery, London, 2004 Skate Board exhibition featuring artist designs, London, and Tokyo, Japan 2001 Paintings used in Ungaro Perfume Advertising Campaign and featuring in Corresponding Documentary on Paris Mode TV fashion channel ALBUM COVERS 2009 Jose James Black Magic, Brownswood Recordings, Hindi Zahra, handmade, Oursoul records, EMI, France Hindi Zahra, Beautiful Tango, single cover, Oursoul Records, EMI, France 2004 Momo s Album Cover 2003 Painting used on Blur s website to coincide with Think Tank album release, recorded in Morocco, EMI, 2000 Design concept/painting featuring on Pino Daniele Medina album cover, BMG, Italy PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 2016 The city of Marrakech, Morocco 2014 LACMA, Los Angeles 2010 Le Salon, Institut Des Cultures d Islam, Paris, France Nido Bouchra, Wedge collection, Wedge curatorial projects, Toronto, Canada 2009 Jama Fna Angels and Saida Green, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Ilham, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunisia AWARDS 2014 Certificate of Recognition by The City of Los Angeles, State of California Winner of the Pulse Art Fair Prize 2011 Winner of The Sovereign African Art Prize for his work Rubbish Odalisque Johannesburg, South Africa 2003 Frame Magazine (frame 34) Arabian nights recycling, Paris, France French award Fooding 2003 for the best restaurant design granted to Andy Wahloo Bar, Paris, France ACQUISITIONS Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA Los Angeles Contemporary Art Museum, CA, USA Victoria and Albert Museum, London, British Museum, London, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia, USA Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE Barjeel Collection, Sharjah, UAE