Hichem Merouche (b.1991 in Tunis) is an artist based in Algeria and Greece. Driven by multilingual research, Merouche’s practice probes colonial ruins, national apparatus, modernity and traditional beliefs within the pan-Arab and Mediterranean realms. It extends to concepts of identity, faith, and forms of survival. His work, which evolves through writing integrates film, sound, photography, transformed objects and multilingual publications, and manifests as installations in which he is often a main protagonist.
Merouche’s first solo exhibition Friendly Islands, opened in rhizome (2023). His work was included in: The Possibility of Not Having Been, Santa Monica Art Center, Barcelona (2023); En Attendant Omar Gatlato: Epilogue, Le Magasin, Grenoble (2023); Archives des luttes de femmes en Algérie, Documenta 15, Kassel (2022); Publishing Maneuvers Symposium, 421 Arts Campus, Abu Dhabi (2020); Partir avec les murs, Fondation Louis-Moret, Martigny (2018) and FIDMarseille, France (2018). Artist residencies include: Triangles Astérides, Marseille, (2022), Le Cube, Rabat, (2019) and Les Ateliers Sauvages, Algiers (2018).