Ahmed Amrani was born in Tetouan in 1942.
He first trained at the School of Fine Arts in his hometown from 1954 to 1959, before moving to Spain to study at the Santa Isabel de Hungría Higher School of Fine Arts in Seville from 1959 to 1960. A year later, he enrolled at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he earned a degree in visual arts in 1965. He also graduated from the School of Graphic Arts in Madrid.
Ahmed Amrani is a painter of historical significance who remains little known to the wider public. His first exhibition dates back to 1957, when he presented his paintings in Tetouan alongside Mariano Bertuchi, Saad Ben Cheffaj, Mohamed Serghini and Mekki Megara in the “Grand Hispano-Moroccan Group Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture”.
Since then, the artist has pursued a career centred on Spain, the country where he trained. He is represented there by three galleries, his works are held by Spanish collectors, and his exhibitions have consistently enjoyed considerable success.
The artist has developed a visual language based on thin-paper collage and textured layers of colour. He built his reputation on the use of pasted paper, a technique he has practised since 1960. The human figure, particularly the couple, is the central subject of his paintings.