Yto Barrada (b. 1971, Paris) grew up in Tangier and lives in New York. Solo exhibitions of her work have been presented at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2013–14); The Kitchen, New York (2006); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2006); and Witte de With Contemporary Art Centre, Rotterdam (2004). In recognition of her 2011 Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year award, her solo exhibition Riffs was presented at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, and travelled to Wiels, Brussels; The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; MACRO–Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome; and Fotomuseum Winterthur.
Barrada was featured in the Venice Biennale in 2007 and 2011. Her work is in the permanent collections of numerous public institutions including the Kunsthalle Basel; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo Internacional, Mexico City; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien–MUMOK, Vienna; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Modern, London; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
As an extension of her artistic practice, Barrada is a founding director of Cinémathèque de Tanger, North Africa’s first cinema cultural center, now ten years old.
