Triangle-Astérides – Lydia Ourahmane

Lydia Ourahmane was born in 1992 in Saïda (DZ) and lives and works in Algiers (DZ).

Lydia Ourahmane’s artistic practice encompasses video, performance, and sculpture, which she combines with found objects, exploring transient forms of existence as well as surveillance and social and political structures. Her works address the ability of individuals to transcend the historical narratives in which they are grouped, particularly through the history of Algeria and its present.

Lydia Ourahmane graduated from Goldsmiths University of London in 2014. She has participated in numerous international exhibitions, including: Solar Cry, CCA Wattis Institute (San Francisco, 2020), Homeless Souls, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark, 2019), Crude, Jameel Art Center (Dubai, 2019), Manifesta 12 (Palermo, 2018), Jaou, cur. Myriam Ben Salah (Tunis, 2018), Droit du sang (blood right), Kunstverein München (Munich, 2018), New Museum Triennial: Songs for Sabotage, New Museum (New York, 2018), The You In Us, Chisenhale Gallery (London, 2018).

lydia_ourahmane_1_decade_of_hair_tresse_de_cheveux_37cm_elastiques_a_cheveux_vue_d_expo_low_relief_bodega_gallery_ny_2019_bodega — Lydia Ourahmane, 1 decade of hair, 2019, 37cm of braided hair, hair tie, exhibition view of Low relief at Bodega Gallery, New York © Bodega Gallery

lydia_ourahmane_ab_bb_son__x_2500_10__tape_1h10min_activation_realisee_par_nikola_printz_cca_wattis_institute_sf_2020_impart_pho — Lydia Ourahmane, Ab, Bb, 2020, sound recording, 1h10min, activation made by Nikola Printz, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco © Impart Photography

lydia_ourahmane_in_the_absence_of_our_mothers_2015_18_images_de_production_courtesy_de_l_artiste_et_chisenhale_gallery — Lydia Ourahmane, In the Absence of our Mothers, 2015-1018, work reference © courtesy of the artist and Chisenhale Gallery

lydia_ourahmane_haraga_the_burning_2014_retransmission_video_sans_fil_1min13sec_courtesy_de_l_artiste — Lydia Ourahmane, ‘Haraga’ - The Burning, 2014, wireless video transmission, 1’13” © courtesy of the artist

Lydia Ourahmane received support from the “Visas pour la Création” program of the Institut Français.