Rachid Koraïchi

Rachid Koraïchi (born 1947) is an Algerian artist.

Koraïchi was born into an ancient Sufi family, which has informed much of his work. He studied first at the École des Beaux-Arts in Algeria before attending the École des Arts Décoratifs and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He works in many media, including ceramics, textiles, installation art, metallurgy, painting, and printmaking, and often collaborates with local artisans in his work.

His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2001) [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_9_89/ai_78334699/pg_10 Marcia E. Vetrocq, "Biennale Babylon - Venice Biennale 2001" in Art in America, Sept 2001] ] and MOMA (2006), [ [http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2006/without_boundary.html "Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking" (2006 exhibition), MOMA] ] and is also in the collection of the National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C.

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* [http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/textures/artist-koraichi.html Bio from the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution]
* [http://www.arab-art.org/arts.php?artisteID=1260 Longer bio, arab-art.org] - in French