Ahlam Lemseffer

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30 rue Zahrat Aloualoua
20 000 Casablanca
Morocco

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Saturday
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Ahlam Lemseffer is a leading Moroccan visual artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation. Born in El Jadida, she lives and works in Casablanca. After studying at the École des Arts Décoratifs and ESAG Penninghen in Paris, she obtained a degree in English literature from the University of Paris VIII.

Since the 1980s, her work has gained strong recognition on the national and international scene, with exhibitions at the VERA Museum (Saint-Germain-en-Laye), Palais d’Iéna (Paris), the Hoover Public Friends Gallery (Birmingham, Alabama), CDG Gallery (Rabat), the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Rabat), and the Cairo Bank Gallery (Amman), among many others. She has also participated in major international biennials, including Cairo, Alexandria, Graz, Tunis, and the International Biennial of Islamic Art in Iran.

Honored with numerous awards, including a prestigious decoration from the French Academy of Sciences and Letters, she has been a member of the honorary committee of the Société des Arts Francophones since 1994. In 2012, she founded the MAC in Briech-Assilah, now a reference point in Morocco’s contemporary art landscape.

Her works are held in significant public and private collections in Morocco and abroad.

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Exhibitions & Awards

Solo Exhibitions

2025
Villa des Arts, Casablanca
Villa des Arts, Rabat
2024
Galerie Delacroix, Tangier, Morocco
2020
Free Art Gallery, Naples, Italy
2012
Galerie l’Artothèque, Casablanca, Morocco
2008
Institut Français de Casablanca, Morocco
2007
Galerie Bab Rouah, Rabat, Morocco
Palais Trautmandorf, Syrian Cultural Department, Graz, Austria
2004
Galerie Yahia, Tunis, Tunisia
2003
Bah AlMakina, Festival of Sacred Music, Fez, Morocco
2002
Galerie CDG, Rabat, Morocco
2001
Festival of Sacred Music, Fez, Morocco
2000
Palais Jamai, Fez, Morocco
1999
Maison du Maroc, Royal Palace, Paris, France
1997
Galerie IRIS, Madrid, Spain
1996
Galerie Bassamat, Casablanca, Morocco
1995
Palais des Congrès, Marrakech, Morocco
1994
Galerie Bab Rouah, Rabat, Morocco
1993
Galerie du Palais Royal, Paris, France

Group Exhibitions

2024
Cairo Arab Bank, Amman, Jordan
Luxor Inspiration, Luxor, Egypt
2023
Machreq Maghreb, MAC A, Briech, Morocco
2022
One Sea, Two Shores, MAC A, Briech, Morocco
Contemporary Art Ensemble, Hammamet, Tunisia
2019
Centre for Contemporary Art, Uttarayan, India
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Société Générale, Casablanca, Morocco
Rihla, Société Générale, Casablanca, Morocco
Art Print Project, India – Morocco, MAC A, Briech, Morocco
India/Morocco, Art and Spirituality, MAC A, Briech, Morocco
Tres Culturas – European Union, Seville, Spain
2017
Coffret d’Art, International Meeting of Poet-Artists, Briech, Morocco
Ayla, International Contemporary Art Meeting, Petra, Jordan
2016
International Printmaking Workshop, MAC A, Briech, Morocco
Galerie AM SCHLOSSBERGTOR, Voitsberg, Austria
Moroccan Women Artists of Modernity 1960–2016, Mohammed VI Museum, Rabat, Morocco
Tour World of Art, China Art Museum, Shanghai, China
ADN of Artists, Seville, Spain
Contemporary Art from the Arab World, Beijing, China
Polar Self-Portrait – Ilulissat in the Arctic / BAS Stations, Antarctica / Albania, Balkans / New York, USA
UCL Art Museum, London, UK
Arctic, Energy and Climate Change, Royal Institution
2015
Luxor Workshop, Luxor, Egypt
20,000 x 3, Bassma Art Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco
Cairo Bank Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Women and Religions, Morocco (Rabat, Tetouan, Tangier, Marrakech)
Africaines, Fifteen Women in Action, Espace d’Art Actua, Casablanca, Morocco
Al Asmakh Exhibition, Doha, Qatar
2014
Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco (Inaugural Exhibition)
One Sea, Two Shores, Galerie Noir sur Blanc, Marrakech, Morocco
50 Years of Painting in Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco
Musée de la Palmeraie, Marrakech, Morocco
Omani Society for Fine Arts, Muscat, Oman
4 + 1, MAC A, Briech, Morocco
2 + 2, Galerie Basma, Casablanca, Morocco
Miniprint Exhibition, Argentina
Gartenträume II Exhibition, Austria

Public Collections

Ministry of Tourism (Austria)
Ministry of Culture (Austria)
Olympic Games Museum (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
National Galleries Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Ministry of Culture (China)
Ministry of Culture (Egypt)
Picasso Gallery, Cairo (Egypt)
Tres Culturas Foundation (Spain)
Downtown Center Gallery of Art (USA)
On Time Moving (USA)
UNESCO Palace (France)
Uttarayan Foundation and Art Museum (India)
Uttara Yah Foundation (India)
Royal Palace (Jordan)
Amman Cairo Bank (Jordan)
AYLA Group (Jordan)
National Museum (Kuwait)
Beirut Palace (Lebanon)
Royal Palace (Morocco)
Ministry of Culture (Morocco)
Royal Academy (Morocco)
La Mamounia Palace (Morocco)
Société Générale Marocaine de Banque (Morocco)
Banque Populaire Foundation (Morocco)
Attijariwafa Bank Foundation (Morocco)
ONA Foundation (Morocco)
CDG Foundation (Morocco)
Maroc Telecom Museum (Morocco)
Barid Al Maghrib (Morocco)
Hospitality Establishments (Morocco)
Cooper Pharma Laboratories (Morocco)
Bottu Laboratories (Morocco)
Moroccan Football Federation (Morocco)
Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Morocco)
Bait Al Zubair Museum (Oman)
Al Asmakh Group, Doha (Qatar)
Ministry of Culture (Tunisia)
Private collections in Morocco and abroad