Mohamed Fariji was born in 1966 in Casablanca.
A graduate of the Institut national des Beaux-Arts in Tétouan and the École supérieure d’art et de design Llotja in Barcelona, he has developed a multidisciplinary practice combining photography, installation, performance and collaborative projects.
His work lies at the intersection of artistic creation and an engagement with public space. Through participatory projects and site-specific works, he explores the relationships between urban memory, collective uses and local narratives, involving local communities in processes of creation and reappropriation of place.
In 2011, he founded L’Atelier de l’Observatoire, a space located near Casablanca conceived as a platform for research and experimentation around contemporary urban, ecological and social issues.
Since 2012, he has been developing an artistic and collective investigation around the abandoned Aquarium of Casablanca. Through this long-term project, he questions local mythologies and imagines new forms of reappropriation of this abandoned site.
His work has been presented in several institutions, including Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark), the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Morocco), Galerie Mc2 (Bordeaux), FAD (Barcelona) and the Sharjah Art Foundation (United Arab Emirates). He has also participated in the Swab Art Fair (Barcelona) and the Supermarket Art Fair (Stockholm).
The artist lives and works in Casablanca.