Tiohtià:ke/Montréal
London
Alger
Paris
London
Alger
Paris
Berirouche Feddal
studio@berirouche.ca
Born in Rouiba in 1996 and raised between Algiers and Irdjen, his parents’ Kabyle village, Berirouche Feddal was ten when he landed in Pointe-aux-Trembles, at the eastern tip of Tiohtià:ke. He now works between Montréal, London and Algiers, and is pursuing an MFA at Goldsmiths. His practice is a souk where nothing settles: abstract and figurative, object and performance, war and colour, Pan-Africanism and its violence. Stadium chants become protest songs; gold and wheat ask to be worshipped. He works with what time leaves behind: rusted objects, henna rusting in the elders' hair, relics of childhood that hide inherited horrors. Kardoune, devotional symbols and burned wood carry the voices of parents and villagers, the afterlives of colonial history, the ghosts that refuse to leave. His colour began underfoot, on his grandmother's carpets. His work talks to the dead, leaves space empty, and allows itself to forget.
CV
Dans les plis du souvenir, les couleurs se taisentVie des arts, no. 279, Winter 2025VisitesText: Dounia Bouzidi
Dans l'atelier de Berirouche FeddalEsse arts + opinions, no. 110, AgricultureText: Nicholas DawsonPhotos: Alexandra Dumais
la clarté creuse les montagnes, 2026Musée d'art de JolietteCurated by Ariane De BloisWith asinnajaq, Nathalie Batraville, Stina Baudin, Amanda Boulos, Shannon Garden-Smith, Frantz Patrick Henry and Tyson Houseman
Afrotopos, 2025Stewart Hall GalleryCurated by Diane GistalWith Damien Ajavon, Delali Cofie, Anna Binta Diallo, Marie-Danielle Duval, ibiyanε and Roxane Mbanga
Textile Beyond Craft, 2023Round table: Reflections on the Montreal SceneCentre de design UQAMModerated by Christina ContandriopoulosWith Édith-Anne Pageot and Michaëlle Sergile
Spoliation du souk, 2022Conseil des arts de MontréalCurated by Michelle Caron and Colas Eko
Conjuguer les identités qui nous habitentIn/Tension, The Power Plant, 2023Hosted by Diane GistalWith Anna Binta Diallo42 min
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