Yto Barrada Terrain Vague Nº 4, Tangier [Vacant Plot Nº 4, Tangier], 2009 Chromogenic print Work: 100 x 100 cm
Yto Barrada (b.1971, Paris) is a French-Moroccan artist whose work — including photography, film, sculpture, prints and installations — began by exploring her hometown, Tangier. Barrada is recognised for her multidisciplinary investigations of cultural phenomena and historical narratives. Engaging with the performativity of archival practices and public interventions, her work reinterprets social relationships, uncovers subaltern histories, and reveals the prevalence of fiction in institutionalised narratives.
Barrada’s work has been exhibited at Tate Modern (London), MoMA (New York), The Renaissance Society (Chicago), Witte de With (Rotterdam), Haus der Kunst (Munich), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Whitechapel Gallery (London), and the 2007 and 2011 Venice Biennale.
She was the Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year for 2011, after which her exhibit RIFFS toured widely. Barrada is also the founding director of Cinémathèque de Tanger. A comprehensive monograph was published by JRP Ringier in 2013. She is a recipient of the 2013-2014 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography (Peabody Museum at Harvard University) and was awarded the 2015 Abraaj Prize.
