Mohammed Alani

Date of Birth: 1971 Baghdad

Education :

1991-1997 Academy of Fine Art in Baghdad – Iraq

2007-2015 Academy of Fine art in Jean Jacques Gailliard Brussles – Belgium.

… It’s been almost 5 years since we met for the first time. I was preparing at that time, for the Venice Biennale, the Pavilion of Iraq, the country where you were born. The meeting was much more than a simple workshop visit. In a space somewhere in Forest, a sort of empty garage, you had prepared a small exhibition. You thought it was important that I could physically experience your work, instead of showing me a series of photos on your computer screen. The meeting was a real invitation to watch, to feel a transformation, to play a game. And this game, we call it art. It is essential to look in this way at the capacity to give, through the imagination, another meaning to things. The cap of a water bottle can easily become a city for a child. A stick from a tree can even turn into a bus. As an artist, you play, of course, but seriously, after having thought and weighed it carefully. What most of us kick out and throw away becomes the raw material for your artwork. And just like Picasso who put together a saddle and a handlebar on a bicycle to make an assembly, you bring together objects by linking them to each other, by juxtaposing them, by temporarily attaching them. Each work is like an idea, a photo that has not yet been taken, an impulse or a thought. It tells us where to look, invites us to connect form and space. In addition, the spectator often becomes part, protagonist, accomplice, especially in performances. The spectator becomes a carrier, a base, and therefore sees himself reduced to an object. The moments are modeled in the image of a sculptor who shapes a face in clay. Mohammed Alani borrows or quotes not only visible elements of recent art history, but also principles that he turns upside down. Nevertheless, Mohammed Alani is above all an artist who, intuitively, constructs images which enhance the banality of everyday life with playful simplicity.

February 23, 2018
Letter: to Mohammed Alani
Philippe Van Cauteren
director of S.M.A.K. Museum for Contemporary Art in Ghent,

2024 – ‘Défragmenter’ with Aline Forçain & Mohammed Alani Plagiarama Galerie together with all the Rivoli Brussels

2023 – Shoobil Gallery.. MOHAMMED ALANI & BART VAN OVERBERGHE ..Antwerpen – belgium

2023 – TaLe Art Gallery.. BART VANDEVIJVERE ,JEAN DE GROOTE ,INGE DECUYPERE , BERT DRIEGHE , MOHAMMED ALANI Vlierzele- Belgium

2023 – [ ADDENDA ] Mohammed Alani Babi Avelino Giovanni Bauwens Helena Cnockaert Annick De Zutter Martine Laquière Lukas Vandenabeele …..Curator: Philippe Braem [by’ro] desk for contemporary art Oudenaarde – Belgium

2022 – ‘Fragments of Life’ Igor Verpoorten .Mohammed Alani . Noir de Noir Concept Gallery. Ostend, Belgium

2022 – ‘Between the Folds of Reality’ Black Swan Gallery Mohammed Alani, Bart Gielen, Mathieu V. Staelens, Stéfan Tulepo en Romain Weintzem Brugge – Belgium

2022- ” La courbure de l’horizon” galerie LRS52 Mohammed ALANI, Priscilla BECCARI, Jean-Paul BROHEZ, Véronique CAYE, Thomas A Clark, Michel COUTURIER, Peter DOWNSBROUGH, Daniel DUTRIEUX, Francis ÉDELINE, Benoit FÉLIX, Ian HAMILTON FINLAY, Heinz GAPPMAYR, Pierre GARNIER, Roel GOUSSEY, Alain JANSSENS, Bernadette KLUYSKENS, Robert LAX, Barbara & Michael LEISGEN, Daniel LOCUS, Sabrina MONTIEL-SOTO, Hélène PETITE, Gaspard STRUELENS, Bernard VILLERS, Lawrence WEINER Liège-Belgium

2022 – la triennale Border Tournai Mohammed Alani, Robert Barry, Emmanuel Bayon, Boris Beaucarne, Priscilla Beccari, Jean Sylvain Bieth, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Charley Case, Jacques Charlier, Thomas A Clark, Brigitte Closset, François Curlet, Édith Dekyndt, Luc Deleu, Peter Downsbrough, Daniel Dutrieux, Francis Edeline, Jot Fau, Benoit Felix, Peter Fend, Michel François, John Furnival, Teun Hocks, Pierre Houcmant, Joël Hubaut, Damien Hustinx, Babis Kandilaptis, Costa Lefkochir, Michel Leonardi, Sol LeWitt, Jacques Lizène, Emilio López-Menchero, Patrick Merckaert, Pieter Laurens Mol, Jean-Marie Mahieu, Benjamin Monti, Jean-François Octave, Pol Piérart, Léopold Plomteux, Jean-Pierre Ransonnet, Roger Raveel, Sam Samore, Françoise Schein, Jose Maria Sicilia, Peter Stampfli, Walter Swennen, David Tremlett, Guy Vandeloise, Hendri van der Putten, Benoît Van Innis, Ben Vautier, Angel Vergara, Bernard Villers, Lawrence Weiner. Léon Wuidar. Tournai -Belgium

2022 – de Warande “MAKING FUN” group show Artists: Mohamed Alani, Paul Casaer, Jesse Cremers, Leon de Bruijne, Willem de Haan, Nikolaas Demoen, Fleur De Roeck, Kasper De Vos, Johan De Wit, Sam Druant & Justine Grillet, John Wood & Paul Harrison, Stephanie Lamoline, William Ludwig Lutgens, Simon Masschelein, Karl Philips, Marius Ritiu, Robbert & Frank Frank & Robbert, Manon Kündig & Klaas Rommelaere, Wim T. Schippers, Gunther Segers, Lieven Segers & Bernadette Sochacki, Stijn ter Braak, D.D. Trans, Roeland Tweelinckx, Charline Tyberghein, Ruth van Beek, Fran Van Coppenolle, Jan Vandeplancke, Hannelore Vandepoel, Rinus Van de Velde, Fleur van Dodewaard, Floris Vanhoof, Bram Van Meervelde, Hans Wuyts, de zwarte zusters ..Turnhout-Belgium

2022- DUETS, group show CC De Steiger & City Museum Menen

Artist :Chantal Akerman ,Mohammed Alani,Messieurs Delmotte,Johan Gelper,Roderik Six,Bart Vandevijvere,Sven Verhaeghe,Charlotte Winne … Curated by Bart Vandevijvere and Chiel Vandenberghe – Menen- Belgium

2022- “LOSS” Arts Festival Zottegem Visual Arts: Mohammed Alani, Bert Bossaert, Cecile Broeckaert, David Bruneel, Pieter De Clercq, Charles Degeyter, Migena Demaj, Lode De Smet-Van Damme, Elke Desutter, Chiara Lammens, Nick Proot, Juanan Soria, Merel Van de Casteele, Katrien Vandemeerssche, Charlotte Vandenborre, Jan Vandeplancke, Liesbeth Van Heuverswijn, Jo Van Rijckeghem, Simon Verougstraete. Zottegem-Belgium

2022 – “Bye Bye His-Story, chapter U “MAISON GREGOIRE” Curated by Lazy Susan… with Mohammed Alani, Isidore Böhlke, Kasper Bosmans, Basile Bruneau, Mirko Canesi, Nicolas Chuard, Claude Cattelain, Etienne Courtois, Gabriel Kuri, Nicolás Lamas, Maxime Le Bon, Harold Lechien, Odilon Pain, Niels Poiz, Damien Petitot, Roger Remacle, Pedro Ruxa, Egon Van Herreweghe- Brussels -Belgium

2021 – HIDDEN STRUCTURES works of Mohammed Alani , Laure Foret , Anne Greuzat , Monali Meher, Stéfan Tulepo . Curated by Csaky Marianne – Brussels – Belgium

2021 – Zebrastraat LUSTRUM – Kunstenaar van de maand 2016 – 2020 May Oostvogels | Hilde Goossens | Cansu Sari | Veronika Bezdenejnykh | Els Borghart | Rose Moens | Alessandra Ruyten | Oliver Lenaerts | Katrien Bonne | Nicolas Van Parys | Emma Mortier | Els Lesage | Andronikos Boulougouris | Merel Van de Casteele | Free Pectoor | Jaco De Maesschalck | Nel Bonte | Rosita Jeronimo | Louie Mauws | Homa Arkani | Hans Everaert | Merel Cremers | Thijs Van der Linden | Jo Michiels | Lies Caeyers | Lucas Cann | Eva Claus en Mira Verstraeten | Willem Van Cauwenberghe | Jonas Vanderbeke | Mohammed Alani | Jolien Collen | Anne Van Boxelaere | Andreas Palladio Den Serra | Matthias Knockaert | Gianni Skoric | Erik Haemers | Anaïs Lesy – Gent – Belgium

2021-PASS art 2021 – initiative of Kris Martin with Jan Hoet Jr .( Mullem Huise Wannegem Lede ) Belgium …The following artists are exhibiting their work:

Mohammed Alani — Jens Anseel — Francesco Arena — Filip Arickx — Leyla Aydoslu — Tom Barman — Zeli Bauwens — Stien Bekaert — Guillaume Bijl — Brunhilde Borms — Thomas Bogaert — Hilde Bouchez — Dirk Braeckman — Ricardo Brey — Ilke Cop — Hanse Cora — DDTrans — Sergio De Beukelaer — Alex De Bruycker — Rani Decock — Charles Degeyter — Louise Delanghe — Ronny Delrue — Wim Delvoye — Fleur De Roeck — Luc Derycke — Stief DeSmet — Charlie De Voet — Robert Devriendt — Johan De Wit — Adelheid De Witte — Honoré δ’O — Anna Dops — Anthony Duffeleer — Vita Duffeleer — Dieter Durinck — Jeroen Frateur — Katlene Geerinck — Tine Guns — Filip Hamerlinck — Lieven Herreman — John Körmeling — Jan Laroy — Emilio Lopez-Menchero — Elisa Maenhout — Kris Martin — Lucia Oosterlinck Piccoli — Joost Pauwaert — Elias Peeters — Nicolas Provost — Arne Quinze — Thomas Renwart / Les Monseigneurs — Gert Robijns — Matthieu Ronsse — Ylva Snöfrid — Taline Temizian — Karel Thienpont — Sofie Van Bossele — Joris Van de Moortel — Christophe Vander Eecken — Carole Vanderlinden — Jean Baptist

Vandevelde — Colin H. van Eeckhout — Karl Van Welden — Adriaan Verwée — Tim Volckaert — Jean-Christophe Wallaert –

2021- Exhibition “Appetizers” pascal seiler. delphin reist .pierre alain zuber. vincent fournier .joc jon josch. joelle allet. sèverin guelpa. olivier lovey

maelle cornutat the historical Castle Leuk in Canton Valais.- zwitserland

2021- CAS (Contemporary Art Space)

Stefan Annerel, Mohammed Alani, Marc Galle, Peter Troucheau , Renée Pevernagie – Oostende – Belgium

2021 – ” FERTILE CRESCENT ” Pedrami Gallery curated by Philip Marquebreuck that brings together the work of the following artists: Gil&Moti, Roghyeh Nahdi, Nasser Bakhshi, Eileen Cohen Süssholz, Wendy Krochmal, Salam Ata Sabri, Haider Jabbar, Tarek Shabo, Mohammed Alani and Shervin Sheikh Rezaei. – Antwerp – Belgium

2021 – ‘L’embarras du choix’ D’Apostrof Gallery : Mohammed Alani, Jeroen Boute en Bert Drieghe – Deinze – Belgium

2020 – Plein Magazijn van 15 J WOLKENBREIERS in collaboration with 40 j RADIO CENTRAAL Artist : Guy Rombouts, Benjamin Demeyere, Philip Aguire, The Van Bergen,Tapiaco, Besmir Latifi, Werner De Vos, Guido Leemans, Jef Gysen, Harry Heirmans, Marc Stewart, Peter Harris, Özge Akarsu, Rose Van Bergen, Mohammed Alani, Luc Deleu, Loreta Visic, Christian Van Haesendonck, Bo Wang, Marc Schepers, Sim Cha Chi, Gerard Leysen, Aida Verstraete, Axel Claes, Marco Jacobs, Sacha, Eckes, Ine Vlassaks – Antwerp- Belgium

2020 – exhibition with 33 Belgium based contemporary artists at www.dirkschellekens.com/in-the-absence-of-the-artist/ Grand opening virtual expo ‘in the absence of the artist : Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Ruben Bellinkx, Nadia Naveau, Nick Andrews, Hans Op de Beeck, Koen Vanmechelen, Yves Velter, Fred Eerdekens, Felix De Clercq, Wesley Meuris, Karin Hanssen, Karel Burssens, Amber Andrews, Chris Gillis, Lieven Segers, Pieter Jennes, Mohammed Alani, Reniere en Depla, Lisa Vantorre, Nienke Baeckelandt, Senne Roekens, Ellen Vrijsen, Idris Sevenans, Rufus Michielsen, Kris Van Dessel, Goele De Bruyn, Schscht, Zena Van den Block, Paul Gees, Bram Kinsbergen, Jonas Vansteenkiste, Katleen Vinck, Schellekens – Antwerp- Belgium

2020 – “IN OUR OWN WORDS” F.O.M.A.by Luc Theuwis MOHAMMED ALANI (Iraq/Belgium) & JUPPLINSSEN (Germany) at BREED, Vennestraat 199 te – Genk – Belgium

2019 – Bust Mr.David Susskind “CCLJ ” Place Julien Dillens Saint-Gilles Brussels – Belgium

2019 – “Nature Morte » curator by Némo Flouret , Melissa Ansel Gallery – Brussels – Belgium

2019 – ” Come home to me ” With Isabelle Fabry, Frederic Houtteman , Wendy Krochmal Maison Pelgrims – Brussels – Belgium

2019 – ” Camouflaged Pearls #2 ” Bruthausgallery -Waregem,- Belgium

2019 – “Art au centre” Liège – Belgium

2019 – ” wals04 ” with Rik Moens , Servi Van Grinsven – Ressegem, Belgium

2019 – ” PROJECCIONES ” with Arturo Comas, Spain, Ignacio Pérez Pérez, Ven/ Finland , Jan Hakon Erichsen, Norway, Raily Yance, Ven / Colombia. – Caracas – Venezuela

2019 – “Embodied language” Plagiarama Gallery . Open during Brussels Gallery Weekend with Sofia Caesar – Brussels – Belgium

2019 – “Le Grand Bois Commun” Centre Culturel Bruegel – Brussels – Belgium

2019 – “Q or A ” Mohammed Alani Curated by Philip Marquebreuck with Marion Sehier, Thierry Mortier, Sabrina Montiel-Soto Lukas Van Den Abeele and Pol Cosmo at cc De Schakel – Waregem – Belgium

2018 – ‘Biennale Van Ideeen’ (Biennale of Ideas) With Ben Benaouisse .Roger Bertels .Joseph Beuys .Celine Butaye & Jan Wyffels .Leo Copers .Audrey Cottin .Luc Deleu .Agnes Denes

Jessica Diamond .Sam Eggermont .Nick Ervinck .Loek Grootjans .Simon Gush .John Körmeling .Thierry Mortier .Bruce Nauman .Lieven Paelinck .Manuel Penteado .Karl Philips .Ulrich Rückriem .Richard Serra .Dirk Slootmaekers.Roeland Tweelin

2018 – ” BELGIAN BASH ” FINE ART CONSULT – Knokke -Belgium

2018 – “BXL Dorado” Institut Pacheco – Brussels – Belgium

2018 – “Peace of Art – Exhibition and Auction” Maison Du Peuple of Saint-Gilles – Brussels – Belgium

2018- “TAKE THIS WALTZ ” D’Apostrof Gallery Mohammed Alani- Andrea Freckmann – Kenan Hasimbegovic – Deinze – Belgium

2017 – lecture invite by Philippe Braem in Students Academy Oudenaarde

2017 – ” Trapped’ Window – Hopstreet Gallery- Brussels – Belgium

2017 – Emergent en [by’ro] tijdens Brussels Gallery Weekend with Martine Laquiere – Lukas Vandenabeele – Brussels – Belgium

2017 – lecture invite by Cinemaximiliaan in the Art History department of the Free University Brussels

2017 – “ALERTS” cultural complex of Siliana -Tunisia

2017 – “oops my language slipped again” with Laura Hecker Plagiarama Gallery – Brussels – Belgium

2016 – “Forever Young” Maison Du Peuple of Saint-Gilles – Brussels – Belgium

2016 – “100 ARTISTES EN LIBERTE” jewish Museum of belgiu.- Brussels – Belgium

2016 – “RUST BELT” WATT – Gent – Belgium

2016 – “Cineaximiliaan & z33 House for contemporary art” – Hasselt – Belgium

2016 – “Cineaximiliaan & Boghossian Foundation” – Villa Empain – Brussels – Belgium

2015 – “FOCUS ART CONTEST” Private Interior – Charleroi – Belgium

2014 – “Parcours d’Artistes Saint-Gilles” Space 8 – Brussels – Belgium

2014 – “Belfius ART” – Brussels – Belgium

2014 – “ART TRUC TROC” – Brussels – Belgium

2013 – ” Baghdad capital of culture” Europien Parliament – Brussels – Belgium

2012 – “After school” Parcours d’Artistes Saint-Gilles – Brussels – Belgium

2011 – “CULTUR relaxtive ” Atelier 340 – Brussels – Belgium

2009 – “160 Minutes 26th place 2.35 Km” perfoumonce Academy Jean Jacques Gailliard

Brussels – Belgium

Solo Exhibitions:

2023 – “Distance” Curator Philippe Braem brussels – Brlgium

2023 – DISPLAY ‘Map of the Space’ curated by Ilaria Monti Parma – Italy

2020 – ‘Missing figures’ Kunstgalerij negenpuntnegen – Roeselare – Belgium

2019 – Zebrastraat ” Window ” Gent -belgium

2019 – performance Mohammed Alani Invited by Pol Pauwels Hosted by 2m3 -Brussels – Belgium

2018 – ” LE 11 DU 11 A 11 HEURES “Galerie LRS52 -Liège – Belgium

2018 – ‘inSight’ A Studio Window Invited by Wendy Krochmal – Antwerp- Belgium

2017 – “CONNEXIONS ” Academie voor Beeldende Kunst Oudenaarde en [by’ro] desk for contemporary art – Oudenaarde – Belgium

2013 – “chair” Maison Pelgrims Saint-Gilles – Brussels – Belgium

2012 – “Untitled” TR986 Workshop Ukkel – Brussels – Belgium