Born in 1972 in Lyon, lives and works in Lyon, France.
Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and in alternative artistic circles and performing arts, the visual artist takes pleasure in experimenting with performance, a practice she has kept from her years as an actress in Ariane Mnouchkine's troupe.
As a performer, video artist and visual artist, M'barka Amor places her body at the centre of her artistic research. She constantly questions contemporary society, preconceptions, traditions and the standardization of thought. The artist is interested in her Tunisian roots and does not hesitate to stage her family, particularly in her video work.
M'barka Amor also draws. She fills in notebooks with shapes from her imagination and images from magazines that she collects. Exquisite cadavers that mix and overlap without any predefined narrative. M'barka's compositions question the notion of space and offer a gentle reflection on our times.
In the series Now I'm White, the artist questions the place of the black body by drawing inspiration from the practice of "blackface" and the minstrel shows, the racist spectacles of the 19th century. The images she draws from them take us to another imagination, another history.
M'barka's work has been shown mainly in galleries and fairs in Paris and Lyon. In 2021, she has been invited by the Fondation H in Paris for a retrospective exhibition of her work.
In 2022, she participated in the exhibition Sisla at the Institut des Cultures d'Islam in Paris and is artist in residence at the CENTQUATRE in Paris. In 2023, the Centre d'Art Madeleine Lambert in Vénissieux organised a solo exhibition entitled Le Rêve de l'Autre.
CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLO SHOWS
2023
Le Rêve de l'Autre, Centre d'Art Madeleine Lambert, Vénissieux - FR
2021
Démêle, Discipline et Nourrit Intensément, Fondation H, Paris - FR
Souplesse, Éclat et Volume, Regard SUD, Lyon - FR
2020
A Fleur de Peau, Now I'm White, Manufacture des Tabacs, Université Lyon III
Terre, Ciel et Plastique, « Journée Mondiale de la culture Africaine et Afrodescendante » Collectif Makeda Saba, Métropole de Lyon - FR
2019
C'est Beau la Campagne, La MAPRAA, Maison des Arts Plastiques et Visuels Auvergne Rhône- Alpes, Lyon - FR
2017
Phénomènes Visibles, Galerie La MéduZe, Lyon - FR
2016
Faim du Monde, Espace Cuba, Lyon - FR
2014
Une Aventure Ici, Créafactory, Agence de Scénographie, Lyon - FR
2013
Paris, Berlin, New York...4, Galerie Test du Bailler, Lyon - FR
2008
Kiss Me, Galerie Zoppa, Lyon - FR
GROUP SHOWS
2023
Effet de Groupe, 31 PROJECT, Paris - FR
Cape Town Art Fair, 31 PROJECT, Cape Town - SA
2022
KIAF, 31 PROJECT, Seoul - KR
Silsila, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris - FR
"Je suis moi-même le soleil", (commissariat : Liz Gomis), 31 PROJECT,
Paris - FR
2021
Utopies performatives, Cité internationale des arts, Paris - FR
Art-O-RAMA, 31PROJECT, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille - FR
A Gorge Rompue, GrrrndZero, Vaulx en Velin, Lyon - FR
2020
Messe pour le Temps Présent, Variations, 31 PROJECT, Paris - FR
SMALL, 31 PROJECT, Paris - FR
2018
Pour en Finir Avec, Les Transversales, Chapelle des Cordeliers, Crest
2015
#Expérience1, Le Percolateur, Friche Les tanneries, Lyon - FR
AWARDS
2021
Finaliste du Prix Émergences, Scam, CENTQUATRE, Paris - FR
RESIDENCIES
2022
Des Apparences aux Origines, CENTQUATRE, Paris - FR
2019 - 2020
A Fleur de Peau, Now I'm White, Université Lyon III, Manufacture des Tabacs
TALKS
2019
Intervenante artiste plasticienne pour Là où les eaux se mêlent, Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Commissariat du Palais de Tokyo sous la direction de Yoann Gourmel
EDUCATION
2021
DNSEP option art - master 2 - Félicitations du Jury, Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon - FR
2010/2013
BPJEPS Médiation culturelle Art Contemporain, Théâtre du Mouvement,
Lyon - FR
1997
Formation de l’Acteur, Compagnie Théâtre du Soleil, Ariane Mnouchkine, Paris - FR
WITH 31 PROJECT
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Effet de Groupe, group show, Paris - FR
2022
"Je suis moi-même le soleil", group show, Paris - FR
2020
SMALL, group show, Paris - FR
Messe pour le temps présent, variations, group show, Paris - FR
FAIRS
2023
Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town - SA
2022
KIAF, Seoul - KR
2021
ART-O-RAMA, Marseille - FR
2020
Galeristes, Paris - FR