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.

Visual artist born in Stockholm (SW) in 1990.

Lives and works in Mulhouse (FR).

Part of PROCESSUS with Jérémie Descamps.

Residencies :

• Villa El Djazaïr, Institut Français d’Algérie, Annaba (DZ) (upcoming)

• NY20 Plus, Chengdu Nongyuan Culture and Art Promotion Co. Ltd., Chengdu (CN) (upcoming)

• Territoire #7, Open Space, Nancy (FR), 2025

• Villa Salammbô, Institut Français, Tunis - Sousse (TN), 2024

• Ceaac & Basis e.V., Frankfurt am Main (DE), 2023

     ↳ Talk, «air_frankfurt: artist talk», Basis e.V, Frankfurt am Main (DE)

• Fábrica Bhering, Rio de Janeiro (BR), 2022

• Collectif des Possibles, Wesserling (FR), 2020

• La Kunsthall de Mulhouse & Motoco&co, Takasaki / Tokyo (JP), 2018

     ↳ «MONKEY» (performance), La Kunsthall de Mulhouse & Motoco&co, Tokyo (JP)

 

Exhibitions :

• Solo : «Tempérance» (performance), Territoire #7, Open Space, Nancy (FR), 2025 

• Group : «HAUNTED», Haute École des Arts du Rhin, La Galerie, Mulhouse (FR), 2025

• Solo : «CLAVIS TABULA», CEAAC, Strasbourg (FR), 2025

• Duo "PROCESSUS" : «Intramuros», Institut Français de Tunisie, Sousse (TN), 2024

• Group : «GRENZEN», Städtische Galerie Stapflehus, Weil am Rhein (DE), 2024

• Solo : «CLAVIS TABULA», Basis Project Space, Frankfurt am Main (DE), 2023

• Solo : «HERMES : Superposition», Schlass Edition, Motoco&co, Mulhouse (Fr), 2021

• Solo : «G.O.L.D : étalon», Salon ART3F, Mulhouse (FR),2021

• Group : «L’eau qui porte», FEW, Wattwiller (FR), 2020

     ↳ Exhibition catalogue : «L’eau qui porte» , FEW

• Group : «L’épaisseur de la transparence», INACT, Strasbourg (FR), 2019

• Group : «Konnexiones», ATELIER MONDIAL, Basel (CH), 2017

• Solo : «DEMO.», Atelier Bourgois, Mulhouse (FR), 2017

• Group : «Bla Bla Bla», Atelier Bourgois, Mulhouse (FR), 2016

• Group : «Jeux d’enfants», Motoco&co, Mulhouse (FR),2016

• Group : «Territoire(s)», Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse (FR), 2014

     ↳ Exhibition Catalogue : «Territoire(s)» , HEAR

 

Publications :

• «Hermes : Superposition», Schlass Edition, 2025 (upcoming)

 

Workshops :

• Workshop, Performance «Dança macabra», Fábrica Bhering, Rio de Janeiro (BR), 2022

• Workshop: «Magnetic Tree», Motoco&co & Asso. L’art et la Matiére, Mulhouse - France, 2022

• Workshop: «Art installation», CSC Agora de Cernay, Cernay - France, 2021

• Workshop, Mix media - «The Plastic age», Collége Robert Schuman, St Amarin (FR), 2020

• Workshop: «Data Crystalisation», Collége Robert Schuman & FEW, St Amarin (FR), 2019

     ↳ Catalogue : «Sur le pont de l’hydrogène» , FEW, Wattwiller (FR), 2019

• Workshop: «Ephémérité», Collége du Nonnenbruch, Lutterbach (FR), 2019

• Workshop: «Memory string», Collége du Nonnenbruch, Lutterbach (FR), 2018

• Workshop: «Platonic Solids», Collége du Nonnenbruch, Lutterbach (FR), 2018

 

Art-related activities :

 • Artwork installer, Silverlens Gallery NY & Art Basel Unlimited, Basel (SW), 2025

• Scenograper & curator : «HopHopHop Ukraine #2», L’Abri-Mémoire, Uffholtz (FR) 2023

• Scenographer & curator : «HopHopHop Ukraine», Motoco&co, Mulhouse (FR) 2022

• Scenographer : «INDUS DRUM : Mutation», Indusdrum, Mulhouse (FR), 2019

• Scenographer : «Hôtel Mamour», Cie Kalisto & Motoco&co, Mulhouse (FR), 2019

• Performer & artistic director : Video clip «INDUS DRUM», Indusdrum, Mulhouse (FR), 2018

  

• Private commission : Installation «Alvéole», Innov’event, Colmar (FR), 2023

• Private commission : «G.O.L.D» Trophy, Association GERME, Mulhouse (FR), 2022

• Private commission : Installation «Castel», Innov’event, Mulhouse (FR), 2022

• Private commission : «G.O.L.D» Trophy, Société industrielle de Mulhouse, Mulhous (FR), 2019

• Private commission : «G.O.L.D» Trophy, Groupe Cofimé, Mulhouse (FR), 2019

• Public art commission : «G.O.L.D», City hall of Mulhouse, Mulhouse (FR), 2018

 

• Artist assistant : atelier de Frank Morzuch, Faucongey-et-la-Mer (FR), 2012

 

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