Formed at the Haute École des Arts du Rhin (HEAR, 2015), Ouissem Moalla (born in 1990 in Stockholm) explores themes of space and memory in his work, drawing inspiration from the research of historian Frances A. Yates. He draws from popular and literary culture, myths, and major texts, with language as a recurring thread. This takes shape through performances, installations, and paintings in which he questions space, our relationship to places, cosmogony, and beliefs.

Whether in Mulhouse, where his studio is located, or during residencies (Motoco&co Tokyo 2018; CEEAC - Basis E.v. Frankfurt 2023; Villa Salammbô Institut français Tunisia 2024), he works with the remnants of industrial ruins (G.O.L.D, 2017), explores myths and representations of urban gateways (Impressions d’Espaces, 2024), wanders around a Shinto shrine carrying chairs strapped to his back to form the character 目 (mù / eye) (Monkey, 2018), or reinterprets mystical texts by intertwining language and the body (Clavis Tabula, 2023). His work, enriched by multicultural influences, flirts with the human and social sciences, questioning archives and communities.

Ouissem Moalla classifies his works into «series», each forming a universe that he continuously expands with new projects exploring the same themes.

ARTICLES AVEC LE TAG : "conceptart"


G.O.L.D : Philosophers' Stone - 2022
12. décembre 2022
G.O.L.D series : Philosophers' Stone - Painting on building Bricks, 21x11x24 cm, 2022

Doors : Tile - 2022
09. décembre 2022
Doors : Tile - Acrylic and Screen Printing on Canvas, 150x70x2 cm, 2022

Doors : Stone - 2022
22. novembre 2022
Doors : Stone - Acrylic and Screen Printing on Canvas structure, 120x100x100 cm, 2022

Doors : Multi Torii - 2022
29. septembre 2022
Doors : Multi Torii Building brick, Polystyrene insulation board 60x250x120 cm 2022

Doors : Fetish - 2022
06. septembre 2022
Doors : FETISH - Plaster, PVC plastic and stainless steel 35x35x30 2022

"MONKEY" - Tokyo, 2018 - video documentary archive
24. juin 2022
In 2018, I was selected for an artistic research residency in the Tokyo area in Japan. My research project consisted of an anthropological observation of contemporary Japanese culture and its relationship to ritual in order to compose a performative artwork. "Monkey" is a wandering performance around the Meiji-jingū temple whose route ends on its southern axis.