Améthystes Painting by Mohammed Rachid Iraqi

Born in 1954 in Rabat (Morocco). Since his early childhood, Mohamed Rachid Iraqui has been painting. At the age of 9, he won a drawing prize at the Orangers school in Rabat. A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, he has been involved in Moroccan artistic life since 1972.

The work of Mohammed Rachid Iraqi is a symbolic and syncretic metaphor of the world surrounding the painter, his history and his country.

In a mixture of synesthesias, we often find the dryness of saffron yellow fertilized by the blue of Fez and the gluttony of cinnabar red chasing the torpor of black Sudan.

Influenced by both the color of Matisse, marked by Symbolism, and the orientalism of Mantel of whom he was a disciple, he is in search of an intimate universe that he seeks to share.
Since 2000, he has moved towards lyrical then geometric abstraction or intertwine scenes that are sometimes figurative, sometimes surreal, often committed but always related to triangles and circles. The imagination is rarely limited by geometric shapes and the artist's commitment is always expressed there.

Mohamed Rachid Iraqui Lives and works in Fez. He has received numerous awards and distinctions. Let us mention in particular "Prix de Platine" organized by Artmajeur in 2014 "Prix Hassan II des manuscrits" in 2005, 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 another in 2012.
Mohamed Rachid Iraqui has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions including the London Biennale 2014, the Universal Expo in Milan, the Vatican, New York, Madrid, Barcelona, ​​the Vatican. In Sardinia, the Caroussel du Louvre, etc....

Iraqi mohammed rachid is a self-taught Moroccan painter, born in Rabat in 1954. From the age of 9 he started obtaining prizes for his drawings. He is the disciple of the great orientalist Jean Gaston Mantel.
From 1970 to 2000, he reworked figurative paintings about the history of Morocco and the scenes of life.
Since 2000, he has moved towards a more lyrical then a geometric abstract. Since 2011, he created his own style combining lyrical, symbolical and geometrical abstraction

• Nationality: MOROCCO
• Date of birth : 1954
• Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
• Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary Moroccan Artists