Foundation members

Born in Tangier, he lives and works between Palma de Mallorca and Tangier. He studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, the Academy of Arts in Rome and the Casablanca art school. He has received the Uriöt Prize in Amsterdam, the Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor in 2006, the Cairo Biennale Prize in 2010, and the Silver Plane Prize at the Altai Biennale in Moscow in 2020.

- mounir fatmi

“We are caught inside this circle of fire, repeating the same mistakes, and not learning from them. I want to question how we let this happen, and to appeal to people to break this vicious cycle.”

- mounir fatmi, Gulf News, 2017

The Foundation mounir fatmi is grateful to all those who have made its realization possible. Special thanks go to the Founding Members and the Board Members, whose commitment, vision and dedication have formed the solid foundation on which this important institution stands. Thanks to their passion and tireless support, the Foundation has been able to see the light and begin its journey. The Founding Members have laid the foundation with a clear vision and a strong commitment to culture and art, while the Board Members have provided invaluable guidance and inspiring leadership.

Without their support and trust, this ambitious project would not have been possible. The Foundation mounir fatmi is the result of a collective effort and dedication of these extraordinary people, who believed in the mission and goals of the Foundation, helping to create a place of growth, innovation and inspiration. Our sincere thanks to all the Board members and founding members for their invaluable contribution, which continues to guide and inspire our work and our commitment to art and culture.

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Mostafa Aghrib is the Director of the American Friends of the Arts in North Africa and former Director of the Museum of Contemporary African Art and The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts. After studying Computer Sciences in Morocco, Information Science at Paris X, Social Sciences at Louvain-la-Neuve, he served as Director of multiple foundations and NGO’s in Morocco, Europe and USA.

- Mostafa Aghrib

Born in Rome, she studied Interior Architecture and Art History at Sapienza University in Rome and she spent a year on an Erasmus exchange at Sorbonne University in Paris. In 2016, she did an internship at the Quirinale Palace in Rome as an expert guide for historical-artistic visits. Since 2018, she has been working as a project assistant at Studio Fatmi.

- Laura Pandolfo

Born in Lille, he lives and works in Paris. He is a digital entrepreneur with a passion for art, both as an enthusiast and a collector. With extensive expertise in information technology, he excels as an information systems architect and a specialist in AI project development.

- Joede Chraa

With the support of

Thanks to: Mostafa Aghrib, Joede Chraa, Abdellah Karoum, L’appartement 22, Paul Ardenne, Lillian Davies, Sylvie Fortin, Marie Deparis-Yafil, Manon Magotteaux, Laurent Courtens, Rienke Enghardt, Pierre-Olivier Rollin, Fram Kitagawa, Thierry Raspail, Musée de Civilisations noires de Dakar, Tarek El Haïk, Michèle Cohen Hadria, Lina Laazar, Paolo Colombo, Imma Prieto, Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta, Ariel Kyrou, Ali Akay, Megan Croutch, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Hatice Ahsen Utku, Laura U. Marks, Naomi Beckwith, Pierre-Yves Theler, Régis Durand, Brahim Alaoui, MMVI Rabat, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Victoria & Albert Museum, MOCA Los Angeles, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Fondation Boghossian, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Gifu Museum, MATHAF - Arab Museum of Modern Art, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani,Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts, The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Musée National du Mali, Springfield Art Museum, Sindika Dokolo Foundation, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Queensland Art Gallery of Australia, Collections de la Province de Hainaut et du BPS22, Collection Today Art Museum, Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la création, Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Rosenblum & Friends, Foundation Frances, Written Art Foundation, Rijksakademie Collection,Marie Deparis-Yafil, Lillian Davies, Marie Christine Gailloud-Matthieu, Marc Mercier, Pierre-Olivier Rollin, Nicole Brenez, Zakary Dessent Fatmi....

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