Born in 1992 in Saïda, Algeria
Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.

Lydia Ourahmane is a conceptual whose installations, sculptures, moving image and sound work create situations that have consequences beyond the walls of the institution, while negotiating the terms within. Exploring landscapes of displacement and community, she revises how the movement of objects and people are influenced by factors such as state restrictions and invisible barriers. Her recent presentations have involved the audience as material, subject, and author.

From May 2026, the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation in Venice will host a solo exhibition by the artist.

Her work has been exhibited in numerous international institutions including: Tate Britain, London (2025; 2023); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2025); MACBA, Barcelona (2024); Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin (2023); The National Museum of Art, Osaka (2023); Museion, Bolzano (2023); SculptureCenter, New York (2022); rhizome, Algiers (2022); S.M.A.K., Ghent (2022); Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2022); KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022); Portikus, Frankfurt (2021); Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2021); Renaissance Society, Chicago (2021); Triangle France, Marseille (2021); WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2020); Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (2020); Kunstverein München, Munich (2018); Chisenhale Gallery, London (2018).

Her work will be included in the Doha Quadrennial (2026) and was included in the 60th Venice Biennale (2024); the 15th Gwangju Biennale (2024); the 34th São Paulo Biennial (2021); Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018); and the 15th Istanbul Biennial (2017).

Ourahmane was the recipient of the Rosa Schapire Art Prize (2024); the Arts Foundation Fellowship Award (2018); among others.

Lydia Ourahmane’s works have joined the collections of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate, London; KADIST Art Foundation, Paris; Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne — Château de Rochechouart, Rochechouart; British Museum, London; Fondation Galeries Lafayette, Paris; Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes; among others.