Leila Alaoui

♀ *1982-2016 / Morocco / France

Works

Solo exhibitions

RITE OF PASSAGE

Somerset House, London (GB)
11 Oct 2020 – 28 Feb 2021
Fotografie

ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
31 Jan 2020 – 5 Jul 2020
YA RAYAH

Galleria Continua, Beijing (CN)
23 Mar 2019 – 29 Sep 2019
The Moroccans

Casa Árabe, Madrid (ES)
6 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019
Je te pardonne

Collection Lambert, Avignon (FR)
6 Jul 2017 – 5 Nov 2017
No Pasara

Montreal Museum FA, Montréal (CA)
17 Feb 2017 – 7 May 2017
Je te pardonne

Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT)
18 Feb 2017 – 23 Apr 2017
Crossings

Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (SE)
25 Sep 2016 – 16 Oct 2016
Les Marocains

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2015 – 17 Jan 2016

Group

Tanger. Pourquoi Tanger ?

Fondation pour la photographie, Tanger (MA)
17 Jun 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

with Cecil Beaton, Mounir Fatmi, FLORE, Harry Gruyaert, Nicolas Muller, Andre Ostier, Gerard Rondeau
L’appel du large

Galerie Mohamed Drissi, Tanger (MA)
16 Jun 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

with Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (Yoriyas), Mohammed El Baz, Youssef Nabil
The Ability to Dream

Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT)
24 Sep 2022 – 9 Jan 2023

with Adel Abdessemed, Kader Attia, Yoan Capote, Loris Cecchini, Nikhil Chopra, Jonathas de Andrade, GU Dexin, Leandro Erlich, Carlos Garaicoa, Subodh Gupta, Shilpa Gupta, Jorge Macchi …
Stateless: Views of Global Migration

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
24 Jan 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with , Shimon Attie, Fidencio Fifield-Perez, Daniel Castro Garcia, Omar Imam, Hiwa K, Tomas Van Houtryve
In Rebellion. Female Narratives In The Arab World

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
14 Sep 2017 – 28 Jan 2018

with Tamara Abdul Hadi, Ghada Amer, Nadia Benchallal, Zohra Bensemra, Diana El Jeroudi, rana elnemr, Rula Halawani, Farida Hamak, Nermine Hammam, Mona Hatoum, Amal El Kenawy, Raeda Saadeh …
ON AIME L'ART...!!

La Collection agnès b. près de 400 œuvres de la collection d’agnès b.

Collection Lambert, Avignon (FR)
6 Jul 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Absalon, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Kenneth Anger, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Roger Ballen, Cecil Beaton, Ernest James Bellocq, Abdelkader Benchamma, Richard Billingham, Eric Bouttier …
Afriques Capitales

Le Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris 2017

Parc de la Villette, Paris (FR)
29 Mar 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Heba Y. Amin, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Sammy Baloji, Nabil Boutros, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Emo de Medeiros, Godfried Donkor, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Hassan Hajjaj …
Donations récentes

(galerie des donateurs)

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
8 Feb 2017 – 9 Apr 2017

with Gabriele Basilico, Paul den Hollander, Gilbert Garcin, Anna Gaskell
If I Leave, Where Will I Go?

A Group Exhibition featureing Leily Alaoui, Tanya Habjouqa and Omar Imam

East Wing, Dubai (AE)
10 Mar 2016 – 7 Apr 2016

with Tanya Habjouqa
Art Market - Bringing Back the Classics

The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai (AE)
12 Jun 2013 – 12 Aug 2013

with Laura El-Tantawy, Pamela Hanson, Josef Holehner, Eman Mohammed (Palästina,*1987), Sami Nabeel, Herbert G. Ponting, Marc Riboud, Denis Rito, Martin Roemers

Events

Photo Tanger Festival 2026

Photo Tanger Festival, Tanger (MA)
17 Jun 2026 – 31 Aug 2026

with Fadia Ahmad, Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (Yoriyas), Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Cecil Beaton, Hicham Benohoud, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Meriem Bouderbala, Denis Darzacq, Mohammed El Baz, Mounir Fatmi, FLORE, Jellel Gasteli …
36th Bienal de São Paulo

Not All Travellers Walk Roads—Of Humanity as Practice

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
6 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Noor Abed, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kader Attia, Myriam Omar Awadi, Meriem Bennani, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Ernest Cole, Christopher Cozier, SONG Dong, Cevdet Erek, Theo Eshetu …
MENART FAIR 2024

women’s art scene in MENA (Middle East, North Africa)

MENART FAIR, Paris (FR)
19 Sep 2024 – 22 Sep 2024

with Mohamad Abdouni , Tasneem Alsultan, Meriem Bouderbala, Fatimah Hossaini, Morvarid K, Rania Matar, Carmen Yahchouchi, Lara Zankoul
Art Paris 2022

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
7 Apr 2022 – 10 Apr 2022

with Annelies Strba, Laurence Aegerter, Marina Abramovic, Albarran Cabrera, Alia Ali, Alia Ali, Dove Allouche, Eric Baudart, Valerie Belin, Lucile Boiron, Anais Boudot, Guillaume Bresson …
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, Paris (FR)
20 Jan 2021 – 23 Jan 2021

with Carolle Benitah, Joana Choumali, Nonzuzo Gxekwa, Sara Imloul, Mous Lamrabat, Fatima MAZMOUZ, Mouna Saboni, Andrew Tshabangu
PHotoEspaña 2019

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
5 Jun 2019 – 1 Sep 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Paula Anta, Luis Arenas, Paula Artés, Erea Azurmendi, Elina Brotherus, Alicia Caldera, Carmen Calvo, Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Sharon Core …
GALLERY WEEKEND BEIJING 2019 画廊周北京

Gallery Weekend Beijing, Beijing (CN)
22 Mar 2019 – 29 Mar 2019

with Doug Aitken, WANG Guofeng, Shi Guowei, LIU Heung Shing, Wang Qingsong, Marc Quinn, Liu Shiyuan, QIU Zhijie
Photolux Festival 2017 - Mediterraneo

Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia

Photolux Festival, Lucca (IT)
18 Nov 2017 – 10 Dec 2017

with Terje Abusdal, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Francesco Fossa, Stuart Franklin, Maurizio Galimberti, Nick Hannes, Marie Hudelot, Marie Hudelot, Josef Koudelka, Shai Kremer, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Sergey Melnitchenko …
No'Photo Biennial 2017

No Photo, Genève (CH)
14 Oct 2017 – 1 Nov 2017

with Niels Ackermann, Emmanuelle Bayart, Norman Behrendt, Edward Burtynsky, Julien Gregorio, Harry Gruyaert, Armin Linke, Steeve Luncker, Yan Morvan, Gianni Motti
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, Brooklyn (US)
5 May 2017 – 7 May 2017

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Jodi Bieber, Omar Victor Diop, Lebohang Kganye, Mack Magagane, Sikhumbuzo Makandula, Mohau Modisakeng, Aida Muluneh, Émilie Régnier, Antoine Tempe, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Art Monte-Carlo

artmonte-carlo, Monaco (MC)
29 Apr 2017 – 30 Apr 2017

with Darren Almond, Tom Fecht, YANG Fudong, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Ange Leccia, Peter Lindbergh, Vik Muniz, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Art Paris Art Fair 2017

Africa guest of honour

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
30 Mar 2017 – 2 Apr 2017

with Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny, Juliette Agnel, Albarran Cabrera, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Nadim Asfar, Mustapha Azeroual, Eric Baudelaire, Hicham Benohoud, Werner Bischof, Jose Pedro Cortes, Cristina De Middel, Alinka Echeverria …
Art Paris Art Fair 2017

Africa guest of honour

Wild Project Gallery, Paris (FR)
30 Mar 2016 – 2 Apr 2016

with Izumi Miyazaki, Sabine Pigalle, Jeanne Susplugas
Première Biennale Des Photographes Du Monde Arabe Contemporain

Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2015 – 17 Jan 2016

with Myriam Abdelaziz, Tamara Abdul Hadi, Mohamed Abusal, Farah Al Qasimi, Jananne Al-Ani, ANDREA & MAGDA, Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Zineb Andress Arraki, Maher Attar, George Awde, Mustapha Azeroual, Faycal Baghriche …