Mo Baala was born in 1986 in Casablanca.
A self-taught artist, he grew up in Taroudant, in southern Morocco, surrounded by the city’s souks and bazaars. His visual universe draws from traditional Moroccan and African arts and crafts, as well as literature, cinema and music.
His multidisciplinary practice encompasses drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, graffiti, musical and poetic performance, installation and photography. Shaped by a free and instinctive approach to creation, his work combines recycled materials, textiles, painterly gestures and vernacular references in compositions where popular culture intersects with formal experimentation.
In 2016, his participation in the Marrakech Biennale brought wider visibility to his work. Since then, his work has been presented in several international exhibitions and art fairs, notably in Marseille, Turin, Paris, London and Marrakech.
His works are held in several public and private collections, including the Fondation Alliances (Morocco), the Elisabeth Bauchet-Bouhlal Collection (Morocco) and the Nubuke Foundation (Ghana).
Mo Baala lives and works between Marrakech and Taroudant.