M'barek Bouhchichi was born in 1975 in Akka, Morocco.
M’barek holds a baccalaureate in fine arts and has been teaching art since the mid-1990s, first in Tiznit and currently in Tahannaout.
His artistic work explores the representation and perception of the Black body within Moroccan society. The body becomes a central motif with multiple ramifications: molded, sculpted, drawn, painted, it unfolds in a kaleidoscope of signs, quasi-votive fragments, and images. Hands, faces, imprints, heads: these elements act as metaphors, doubles, or even stand-ins for invisible bodies in search of unity. This fragmentation points to a broader fracture, that of gaze and perception, inviting the viewer either to reconstruct or to lose themselves in the symbolic and imaginary dimensions of the shattered body.
This artistic exploration of the body thus opens up a social and political reflection, where notions of identity, corporeality, difference, and otherness are examined. Among the questions that have guided Bouhchichi’s recent artistic research: how has the representation of the Black body in the visual arts, literature, poetry, and music been shaped by approaches based on race, sexuality, and the politics of the gaze?
M'barek Bouhchichi's works are part of major public and private collections, including, among others, the National Museum of Modern Art at Centre Georges Pompidou (France), the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Morocco), the Helga de Alvear Contemporary Art Museum (Spain), the CALOSA Foundation (Mexico), the American Friends of the Arts in North Africa Foundation (USA), the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL, Morocco), the Fondation H (Madagascar) and the CDG Foundation (Morocco).
M'barek Bouhchichi lives and works in Tahannaout, Morocco.