Zi Hounti

Abdelaziz Haounati- in short “Zi Hounti”– was raised in a small village in the southern region of Morocco. After losing his mother to the birth of his sibling, his aptitude and natural skill as a fine artist began to shape and mold him. Despite the lack of support for his artistic endeavors from his family, he continued to strive, leaving his home at the tender age of 15 to pursue his art. His paintings feature vibrant and energetic portraits of Moroccan people in a semi-figurative style. Hounti’s subjects are filled with intense emotion, communicating through indescribable facial expressions, asymmetric body postures, and a lustrous color palette.
Each painting features a rich and provocative scheme of shades and color blends which breathes life into each piece of his artwork. Strokes of Hounti’s brush parade through every piece and the range of vibrancy can be found in unexpected twists.
Zi travels all the time from city to city, pursuing inspiration and studying the lives and moods of people in his country. His art witnesses the change of each city shifting from a traditional classical age to a contemporary modern one, and even though this change may sometimes be perilous for people in North Africa, his work shows that ther...

fine art

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 : Edition langage du Sud.’’ Brand your moroccan culture’’ Sofitel Casa-
blanca tour blanche. Casablanca

2016: Hevirnage art gallery, Marrakech, MA
2016: Marrakech biennale, 6eme Edition, MA
2016 : Galerie Nadar, Casablanca, MA
2015: Le Printemps de l’Art, Bastion Borj Bab Marrakech, Essaouira, MA

2015: Selfie, exposition photographique, Le Musée de la Photographie et des Arts Visuels, Marrakech, MA

2014: Carrefour national des jeunes artistes peintres,Galerie Mohammed El Fassi, Rabat, MA

2014: Carrefour régionaux des jeunes artistes peintres, Galerie d’art, El Kelaâ desSraghna,MA

2014: Corps, âme et mouvement, La Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur, Casablanca, MA

2014: Islam contemporary, Ellington-white Contemporary, Fayetteville, USA

2014: Contemporary Art of the Muslim World, Rosenthal Art Gallery,Fayetteville, USA

2013: Islam contemporary, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, USA

2013: Maroc pour toujours, Galerie 3020 , Marrakech, MA

2013: Festival Remp ́Arts, Azemmour, Maroc

2013: Touches artistiques, Bab Doukalla, Marrakech, Maroc