Choukri Mesli

شكري مسلي (Known as "Mesli")

Painter, Sculptor, Co-founder of the Aouchem Movement

Born Nov 08, 1931

Tlemcen, Algeria

Passed Away Feb 21, 2017 Paris, France

Lifespan 85 years old

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"Our ancestral symbols are not dead relics; they are burning cinders waiting for the artist's breath."

Archival Overview

Major figure of modern Algerian visual art who co-founded the historic 'Aouchem' movement in 1967, reviving ancestral Berber tattoo symbology in contemporary painting.

Biographical Record

A native of historic Tlemcen, Choukri Mesli studied at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Algiers and Paris. In 1967, alongside poet Denis Martinez and painters Mustapha Adane and Baya, he launched the 'Aouchem' (Tattoo) movement, declaring signs and rock art to be the true ancestors of Algerian abstraction.

Throughout a long teaching career as professor at the École des Beaux-Arts of Algiers, he inspired generations of Algerian sculptors, ceramicists, and printmakers with his vibrant polychrome totems.

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Final Resting Place

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El Alia Cemetery
Algiers, Algeria

                         GPS: 36.7212, 3.1678                    

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