Ouassila Arras
French-Algerian · b. 1993
Sculpture, installation, textile
DESCRIPTION
Ouassila Arras is a French-Algerian artist whose work investigates themes of identity, memory, and the fractures between cultures. Drawing from her own family's history and the broader colonial past, she utilizes materials such as sheep's wool, rugs, and traditional garments to explore fragmented narratives of exile and silences in official archives. She graduated from the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Reims in 2018 and has held residencies at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin and Casa de Velázquez in Madrid.