Mahi Binebine was born in 1959 in Marrakech.
A painter and writer, he moved to Paris in 1980 to pursue studies in mathematics, a discipline he taught for several years before dedicating himself to writing and painting. After living in New York between 1994 and 1999, he returned to Morocco in 2002 and settled in Marrakech.
His pictorial work is marked by stylised human figures, often captured in postures of tension, waiting or confinement. Working with beeswax, natural pigments and textile materials, Mahi Binebine develops paintings with translucent surfaces and muted tones, addressing themes related to exile, memory and the human condition.
His works are held in several public and private collections, including the Guggenheim Museum (United States), the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (United States), the Pérez Art Museum Miami (United States), the Institut du monde arabe (France), the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art (Switzerland), the Deutsche Bank Collection (Germany), the Kamel Lazaar Foundation (Tunisia) and the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Morocco).
Mahi Binebine lives and works in Marrakech.