Ghizlane Sahli


Ghizlane Sahli was born in 1973 in Meknes, Morocco. After studying architecture at the École d'Architecture de Paris-Tolbiac and the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville, she returned to Morocco and settled in Marrakech where she started running an embroidery workshop with local artisan women.

In 2012, Sahli co-founded the Zbel Manifesto collective that dedicates its artistic practice primarily to working with waste and repurposed materials. Exhibitions of the Zbel Manifesto featured, for example, at the Marrakech Biennale in 2014 and the inaugural opening of the Muhammed IV Museum in Rabat (Morocco) in the same year.

Influenced by her understanding of space and architectural design as well as her concerns for environmental sustainability, Sahli creates three-dimensional embroidery sculptures and installations made from the tops of used bottles covered with silk thread, a technique she refers to as "the Alveoles."


Available Works


Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes 059

Histoires de Tripes 059

Ghizlane Sahli

2018

Silk, plastic bottles and plastic tubes on wire frame and wooden plate

37 3/8 x 48 x 10 1/4 in | 95 x 122 x 26 cm

Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes 061

Histoires de Tripes 061

Ghizlane Sahli

2018

Silk, plastic bottles and plastic tubes on wire frame and wooden plate

35 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 3/4 in | 90 x 126 x 30 cm

Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes 073

Histoires de Tripes 073

Ghizlane Sahli

2019

Silk, plastic bottles and plastic tubes on wire frame and wooden plate

59 x 104 3/8 x 9 7/8 in | 150 x 265 x 25 cm

Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes 077

Histoires de Tripes 077

Ghizlane Sahli

2019

Silk, plastic bottles and plastic tubes on wire frame and wooden plate

33 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 9 1/2 in | 85 x 85 x 24 cm

Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes 078

Histoires de Tripes 078

Ghizlane Sahli

2019

Silk, plastic bottles and plastic tubes on wire frame and wooden plate

40 5/8 x 40 5/8 x 12 5/8 in | 103 x 103 x 32 cm

Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes 079

Histoires de Tripes 079

Ghizlane Sahli

2019

Silk, plastic bottles and plastic tubes on wire frame and wooden plate

35 3/8 x 35 3/8 x 9 1/2 in | 90 x 90 x 24 cm

Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes 081

Histoires de Tripes 081

Ghizlane Sahli

2019

Silk, plastic bottles and plastic tubes on wire frame and wooden plate

61 x 68 1/2 x 11 3/4 in | 155 x 174 x 30 cm

Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes (Volume 006)

Histoires de Tripes (Volume 006)

Ghizlane Sahli

2019

Silk and plastic tubes on wire frame

31 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in | 80 x 45 x 45 cm


Exhibitions & Art Fairs

Intimations

Intimations

Osi Audu, Larry Bonćhaka, Kevin Demery, Mbali Dhlamini, Mario Joyce, Sekai Machache, Nnenna Okore, Owanto, Ghizlane Sahli

30 Nov - 23 Dec 2023

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1-54 London 2022

1-54 London

Adelaide Damoah, Nnenna Okore, Ghizlane Sahli, Katlego Tlabela

13 - 16 October 2022

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Cologne Fine Art & Design 2021

Cologne Fine Art & Design

Tega Akpokona, Osi Audu, Kevin Demery, Mbali Dhlamini, Ghizlane Sahli

17 - 21 November 2021

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Accrochage 2020

Accrochage

Osi Audu, Kevin Demery, Nnenna Okore, Ghizlane Sahli, Bambo Sibiya

7 Jan - 8 Feb 2020

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Cologne Fine Art & Design 2019

Cologne Fine Art & Design

Osi Audu, Nnenna Okore, Ghizlane Sahli, Bambo Sibiya, Adejoke Tugbiyele

20 - 24 November 2019

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Ghizlane Sahli: Histoires de Tripes

Histoires de Tripes

Ghizlane Sahli

27 Jun - 3 Aug 2019

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