Hassan Bourkia – He was born in Morocco in 1956. He is a visual artist, writer, and translator. He has published literary and critical works, as well as translations of prominent authors such as Nietzsche, Paul Ricoeur, Edmond Amran El Maleh, and Abdellatif Laabi. He has also translated art books for the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, including works on Giacometti, Impressionist colors, the love and art story between Abad and Maria da Silva, and the construction of a modern African city after the Agadir earthquake for the Museum of the City of Agadir. He translated Rilke’s letters to his wife about Paul Cézanne for Dar Khutut in Amman.
His artworks have been exhibited in prominent art galleries across Morocco, the Arab world, numerous European countries, and Latin America, as well as in museums spanning New York, Argentina, Brazil, France, Egypt, the UAE, Jordan, Portugal, Syria, and Morocco. In 2004, he was honored with the Grand Atlas Prize. Notably, he contributed a significant piece to the Emaar Collection in Dubai in 2006 and received the second international prize at the same symposium. His works are prominently held in collections worldwide, including the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat, the National Museum of Immigration in Buenos Aires, the National Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Brasília. Additionally, his artworks are housed in the Al-Arabi Magazine Museum in Kuwait, the Supreme Council of Culture Museum, the Luxor Museum in Egypt, and the Artists Association in Amman.
