Hicham Berrada
Born in 1986 in Casablanca (Morocco), Hicham Berrada lives and works in Paris and Roubaix (France).
Employing a scientific approach, Hicham Berrada’s work combines intuition and knowledge, science and poetry. He draws inspiration from scientific protocols to explore phenomena using “warmth, cold, magnetism, light like a painter is using his pigments and brushes.”
His work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions: at the Centre Pompidou and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; at the Abbaye de Maubuisson, France; in the gardens of the Château de Versailles, France; at the MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France; at the macLYON, France; at the CCC OD (Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré), Tours, France; at the MRAC (Musée régional d’art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon), Sérignan, France; at the Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France; at the ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien), Karlsruhe, Germany; at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; at MoMA PS1, New York; at the ICAS (Institute of Contemporary Arts), Singapore; at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm; and at the Banco de la República, Bogota.
He has participated in several biennials : Taipei Biennial; Yokohama Triennale; Biennale de Lyon; BIM (Biennale de l’image en mouvement), Geneva; and Biennale de Yinchuan, China.
The artist has also performed at the Villa Médicis and the MAXXI (Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo), Rome; at Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France; at the MAC VAL, France; as well as during the Nuits Blanches, Paris, Brussels, and Melbourne. He has undertaken several residencies, notably at the Villa Albertine, Miami; at the Villa Médicis, Rome; and at the Pinault Collection, Lens.
In 2023, Mennour dedicated a solo exhibition to him. Hicham Berrada also participates in group exhibitions at the Bourse de Commerce, Paris; at the Museum of Art in Haifa; and has realized numerous site-specific projects. In 2024 he is participating in the group show “Arabofuturs” at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris.
Hicham Berrada was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2020.
Kamel Mennour and Hicham Berrada have been working together since 2015.
Works
![Exhibition view, Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/bourse-de-commerce-pinault-collection-paris/e47a0d0253-1689603331/hicham-berrada-presage-2018-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-mennour-paris/c3a0b3b797-1675690091/7-400x.jpg)
![Terre future, après la pluie - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/terre-future-apres-la-pluie/5003e11571-1675690247/2-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Thailand Biennale Korat - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-thailand-biennale-korat-2021/5393e18d66-1643283832/hicham-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Centre Pompidou, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-centre-pompidou/93da59d5e3-1615286783/6-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Yokohama Triennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-yokohama-triennale-2020/da2e9a6201-1598365105/hicham-berrada-01-2020-07-30-0342-otsuka-keita-400x.jpg)
![Présage 21/02/2015 04h57 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/presage-21-02-2015-04h57/13f589cf01-1562057326/hb69-400x.jpg)
![Installation view, Taipei Biennial - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/installation-view-taipei-biennial/57daa16d0d-1626865723/gallery2f-218-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Louvre Lens - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-louvre-lens/3b31b217e4-1562865919/ew-4571-400x.jpg)
![Bronze calciné, caisson en acier peint en blanc / Charred Bronze, White Painted Steel Box
48 x 20 x 8 cm (18,9 x 7,87 x 3,15 in.)
Piece unique / Unique piece - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/keromancie-1/6cac48662e-1562058235/hb139-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-2019/4b1ad935dc-1562861004/12-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Château de Versailles - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-chateau-de-versailles-1/e94647a744-1562864825/4-2017-matrice-minerale-hb-138-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Azur - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/azur/81dcd00010-1562057185/hb34-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Hayward Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-hayward-gallery-london/2eba03305b-1562865541/hayward-4-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Pinault Collection, Punta Della Dogana, Venice - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-pinault-collection-punta-della-dogana-venice/fa48f0f4dc-1562866184/iv-luogo-e-segni-berrada-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Centre Pompidou, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-centre-pompidou-paris/11d488b1e8-1562866049/vivant-centre-pompidou-philippe-migeat-5-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-2015/96dd959ace-1562860833/hb43-2015-mesk-ellil-photo-fabrice-seixas-72-dpi-01-400x.jpg)
![Sans Titre (Rapports de Lois Universelles II) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/sans-titre-rapports-de-lois-universelles-ii/acc7782ecc-1562057252/hb55-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-frankfurter-kunstverein-frankfurt-3/c239e943d7-1562865309/fkw-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Nuit Blanche, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-nuit-blanche-paris/c82e5d775c-1562861112/berrada-arche2014-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-2/b9dcc52815-1562860953/4-400x.jpg)
![Carmin d’indigo, 80°, 1/400s #1 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/carmin-d-indigo-800-1-400s-1/8f7d454ac6-1562058517/hb170-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-le-fresnoy-tourcoing/43771dc494-1562864400/hicham-berrada-le-fresnoy-studio-national-des-arts-contemporains-poetique-des-sciences-presage-video-3600-hd-issue-de-performanc-400x.jpg)
![Permanent installation, Ensiacet, Toulouse - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/permanent-installation-ensiacet-toulouse/ef42b5a8ed-1562862417/galvaniser-oeuvre-d-hicham-berrada-a-l-ensiacet-400x.jpg)
![Hicham Berrada
Tranche, présage, 2013
Paysages chimiques en évolution ralentie dans une cuve en verre
28 x 37 x 5 cm
Vue de l’exposition « Saison 1 - 2013. Soleil froid. Modules - Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent », Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013
© ADAGP Hicham Berrada
© Photo. Hicham Berrada
Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-palais-de-tokyo/dc8badddc9-1562927874/hb-2013-tranche-presage-photo-hicham-berrada-01-400x.jpg)
![Un Serpent dans le Ciel - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/un-serpent-dans-le-ciel/d00e00cc1e-1562057145/hb19-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MAC Lyon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-mac-lyon/fb62d3a7cd-1562865375/2018-37044-cu-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris/d475dbb739-1562859717/hb-2015-expogkm-paysages-a-circadiens-vues-generales-photo-fabrice-seixas-72-dpi-01-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MMOMA, Moscow - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-mmoma-moscow/8697ce2467-1562863513/180-400x.jpg)
![Sans Titre (Rapports de Lois Universelles IV) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/sans-titre-rapports-de-lois-universelles-iv/f5871a4f56-1562057291/hb57-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Pommery, Reims - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-pommery-reims/d9239babbc-1562861330/mac14056d813-400x.jpg)
![Presage 07/05/2014 21h33 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/presage-07-05-2014-21h33/32021aa445-1562057463/hb80-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-frankfurter-kunstverein-frankfurt-1/78e0d15334-1562865200/dsc8435-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Biennale de Lyon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-iac-lyon/98d7bb1e77-1562928319/780x440-dsc-4509-dxo-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-frankfurter-kunstverein-frankfurt-2/048c9dd0fa-1562865249/dsc8483-400x.jpg)
![Kéromancie #12 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/keromancie-12/3b1f0cf40a-1562058376/hb168-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Micro Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-micro-onde-velizy-villacoublay-1/089d068b02-1562861839/hb-expohlm-micro-onde-sol-vues-generales-photo-aurelien-mole-300-dpi-56-400x.jpg)
![Presage 01/31/2014 07h32 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/presage-01-31-2014-07h32/485e3e4026-1562057414/hb76-400x.jpg)
![Hicham Berrada
Mesk-ellil - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-104-paris-1/dcc9fc30b3-1562862589/3-2016-materialite-de-l-invisible-photo-julie-joubert-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-frankfurter-kunstverein-frankfurt/50cbaac982-1562865151/kfw-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Micro Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-micro-onde-velizy-villacoublay/17a44dd94f-1562861659/hb-expohlm-micro-onde-sol-vues-generales-photo-aurelien-mole-300-dpi-35-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MAMU, Bogota - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-mamu-bogota/f446013ef5-1562864036/ok-dsc9717-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-abbaye-de-maubuisson-saint-ouen-l-aumone/f3d849b775-1562864543/hicham-berrada-masse-et-martyr-photo-catherine-brossais-cdvo-12-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Château de Versailles - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-chateau-de-versailles/1c36be9e9e-1562864773/2-2017-matrice-minerale-hb-138-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, ICA Singapore - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-ica-singapore/c60e9d4373-1562862044/00896-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Fondation EDF, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-fondation-edf-paris/c9e444c690-1562861500/photo-laurent-lecat-009949-2-400x.jpg)
![Presage 24/07/2014 20h08 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/presage-24-07-2014-20h08/0431784366-1562058050/hb85-400x.jpg)
![Permanent installation, Ensiacet, Toulouse - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/permanent-installation-ensiacet-toulouse-1/7ae9bbcf3b-1562862476/galvaniser-oeuvre-d-hicham-berrada-a-l-ensiacet-1-400x.jpg)
![Kéromancie #13 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/keromancie-13/30a2482c2c-1562058413/hb169-400x.jpg)
![Presage 22/01/2018 15h28 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/presage-22-01-2018-15h28/b0552d0342-1562058269/hb154-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, 104, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-104-paris/7042fd4a8b-1562862556/9-2016-materialite-de-l-invisible-photo-julie-joubert-400x.jpg)
![Presage 04/10/2014 01h22 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/presage-04-10-2014-01h22/ca5e7acb6b-1562058172/hb100-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Nuit Blanche, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-nuit-blanche-paris-2/98f01732a7-1562861381/img-1508-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-1/29bd8babbb-1562860898/hb43-2015-mesk-ellil-photo-fabrice-seixas-72-dpi-03-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Centre international d'art et du paysage, Île de Vassivière - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-centre-international-d-art-et-du-paysage-ile-de-vassiviere/a669927148-1562864173/ciapv-2017-transhumance-105-400x.jpg)
![Vue l'installation d'Hicham Berrada, Production ésam Caen/Cherbourg, Musée éclaté de la presqu'île de Caen, 2013. Crédits photo : Aurélien Mole - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-biennale-de-lyon/4ce171411d-1562926035/cfb8qre3-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-palais-de-tokyo-paris/ea732fe8e1-1562931109/03310001b-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Louvre Lens - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-louvre-lens-1/81b44a2503-1562865995/ew-4529-400x.jpg)
![Hicham Berrada, vue de l’exposition, Musée régional d'art contemporain, Sérignan, 2015. Crédit : Jean-Christophe Lett. - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-mrac-serignan/1d0f939807-1562928118/10413-1436366133-mg-9620-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Abbaye de Maubuisson - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/hicham-berrada/exhibition-view-abbaye-de-maubuisson/cc5cede790-1568972027/hicham-berrada-le-jardin-inalterable-photo-catherine-brossais-cdvo-3-400x.jpg)
Exhibitions & News
![Alicja Kwade - Borås Art Biennial - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-boras-art-biennial/83a2baec14-1718368865/bab-skarmbild-web-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Hicham Berrada & Neïl Beloufa - Fondation EDF - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/hicham-berrada-neil-beloufa-fondation-edf/9233956004-1707754018/hicham-berrada-natural-process-activation-3-bloom-2012-still-04-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Hicham Berrada - Institut du monde arabe - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/hicham-berrada-institut-du-monde-arabe/db4a44fe02-1716559925/dsc2748-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Claire Fontaine - Weserburg Museum of Modern Art - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/claire-fontaine-weserburg-museum-of-modern-art/ef4fd2037e-1697554494/teerhofweserburg-02-400x266-crop.jpg)