YAHIA
Born in Batna in 1964, Abdelmalek YAHIA studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Algiers (ESBA), where he currently teaches. He is a visual artist and stage designer who has worked across the theatrical scene.
His visual-art journey reflects a marked evolution, moving from a colorful abstraction to a formal and expressive richness. Over time, figures drawn from his imagination have come to inhabit the territories of his painting. Hieratic figures—strange characters, mottled and outlined in black—emerge and stretch within the verticality of the compositions.
The strength of the line, the rigor of composition, and the complexity of spatial construction give the work a distinctive density, revealing a carefully thought process and a confident artistic maturity. The artist thus achieves a subtle harmony between form and color which, equal in importance, nourish and dialogue with one another.
Nadira Laggoune, Critic of Art
Bio-sketch
Selected exhibitions
2001 — Galerie Pont des Arts, Avignon, France
2001 — Parcours de l’Art exhibitions, Avignon, France
2001 — Entrée en Matière art space, Avignon, France
2002 — Itinérance, painting exhibition at Galerie Dar El Kenz, Algiers
2002 — Parcours de l’Art exhibitions, Avignon, France
2003 — The Year of Algeria in France, UNESCO, Paris
2003 — A Week of Algeria in the Luberon, Pertuis, France
2004 — Biennale of Visual Arts, Algiers
2005 — Lézart Festival, Guest of Honor, Mirecourt, France
2005 — Centre for Art and Culture of Droit de Val, France
2019 — Habiter le Monde, contemporary art exhibition at the Grand Library of the Abbey of Senones, Vosges, France
2025 — Galerie Seen Art, Algiers
Selected stage designs
1998 —Casbah stand, Algerian Pavilion, Lisbon World Expo
2000 —The Inn, by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Malek Lagoune
2001 —The Border House, by Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Belkacem Amar
2002 —The Physicists, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Mohammed Cherchell
2004 —The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman, National Theatre of Algiers, directed by Malek Lagoune
2005 —The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife, by Federico García Lorca, National Theatre of Algiers, directed by Belkacem Amar
2007 —The Stubborn Snail, by Rachid Boudjedra, directed by Hamid Yaiche
2012 — Jornane El Gosto, television program, El Djazairia TV
2015 —The Dinosaurs, by Eugène Ionesco, National Theatre of Algiers, directed by Mohammed Cherchell
2019 — GPS, National Theatre of Algiers, directed by Mohammed Cherchell