Ilias Selfati

ILIAS SELFATI (Tangier, 1967).
"N-18", 2000.
Mixed media on canvas.
Signed and dated on the back.
Measurements: 130 x 87cm; 145 x 102 cm (frame).
Ilias Selfati was born in Tangier and began his studies of Fine Arts at the School of Fine Arts of Tetouan, Morocco. After finishing his studies, he set up his studio in Paris, where he lived for a year. From here he traveled to Madrid, Spain, to continue his art studies at the Complutense University, where he specialized in printing. Selfati settled in Madrid for the next twenty years. He now lives and works between Paris, Tangier and New York. Selfati has written articles about his works by authors such as Tahar Ben Jelloun (Tahar Ben Jelloun) and Agustin del Valle, and art critics such as Jean-Pierre Van Tieghem. Selfati's works can be seen in many private and public collections, including the Calcografía Nacional at the Real Academia Española de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, the Museo de la Legación Americana de Tánger in Morocco, the Centro Africano in Madrid, Spain, and the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid, Spain. Selfati was recently at the inauguration of the new Musée Mohammed VI d'Art Moderne et Contemporain in Rabat, Morocco (October 7, 2014) where one of his artworks now hangs.