Rachid Hanbali

'Painting is the soul of my universe, gives wings to my spirit, gives comfort in my sorrow and is my reason to love'. Rachid Hanbali

Rachid Hanbali was born in 1970 in Sidi Ifni, Morocco. He was a prize-winner of the National School of Fine Arts Award in Tétouan, Morocco, and of the University of the Fine Arts, Granada, Spain.
In 2009, at Beijing's International Festival of Contemporary Art he received the Creativity Award from the Ministry of Culture of China.
He currently lives and works in London the UK.
Hanbali's paintings refer to Morocco's landscapes and its people. In his atmospheric depictions he retains light and colour, expressing an emotional response to the subject and his inner world.
With his perfectly mastered brushwork Hanbali creates shifting patterns of the natural scene, a portal for an exploration of the sublime. His iconic pictorial presentations tell of his affection for Moroccan and Iberian splendour.

Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Tetuan, Morocco
University of Fine Arts, Granada, Spain

Selected Exhibitions

2009 Group Exhibition, Gallery of Canal Sur, Malaga, Spain
2009 Solo Exhibition, Pascual de Cabo Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2009 Solo Exhibition, online, Agora Gallery, New-York, USA
2009 International Art Expo, Beijing, China
2010 Medina Art Gallery, Tangier, Morocco
2010 Casablanca Art Fair, Morocco
2010 Participation in the Biennial Exhibition- 'Art Changes The World',Bihac, Bosnia
2011 Ceferino Navarro Gallery, Granada, Spain
2011 Group Exhibition, Cuadros Lopez Gallery, Murcia, Spain
2011 Individual exhibition in the Medina Art Gallery de Tangier, Morocco
2011'Three Fine Artists from the Tetouan School'- exhibition in the Cuadros Gallery, Murcia
2012 Collective exhibition in the cathedral, Casablanca Morocco
2013 Permanent exhibition in Saga D' Art Gallery. Casablanca
2013 Individual exhibition in the Cultural Centre, Lorca, Spain
2014 Exhibition in the Walnut Street Cafe Gallery, Edmonds, Seattle, Usa
2014 December - Participation in Annual Exhibition of Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
2015 December - Participation in Annual Exhibition of Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London