Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, visual and performance artist, was born in Sables d’Olonne (France) in 1983. He is French-Morrocan and lives and works in Brussels and Paris. He’s graduate from Fine Arts Regional School in Nantes (ERBAN), and the Sint-Joost Academy in Breda (Nederlands). From 2014 to 2015, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou was part of the first session of ‘Les réalisateurs’ (post-graduation in Arts and entrepreneurship), designed and directed by the artist Fabrice Hyber in partnership with the business school Audencia and the Fine Arts School in Nantes (France). His work was the center of several personal exhibitions in Galerie Transit in Malines, Belgium (2010, 2013 and 2016), the Merton D. Simson Gallery, New York, USA (2015), In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, Belgium, HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin, Germany (2015), French Institute of Casablanca, Morocco (2015), CEN-TRALE for contemporary art in Brussels, Belgium (2014), Catherine Ahnell Gallery in New York, USA (2014), Galerie Paradise in Nantes, France (2014), Galerie Dix9 - Hélène Lacharmoise in Paris, France (2010, 2012 and 2014), Lynden Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee, USA (2013), Centre d’Art Croxhapox in Ghent, Belgium (2011), Galerie Espacepointca in Alma, Quebec, Canada (2011), Kunstraum Richard Sorge in Berlin, Germany (2010), among others. His work was also presented in many international exhibitions like in William Benton Museum of Art in Storrs, USA (2017), Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain in Strasbourg, France (2016), Centre Pompidou in Malaga, Spain (2016), Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (FR) for the ‘Jardin d’Orient’ exhi-bition (2016), Institut d’art contemporain of Villeurbanne, France (2016), ‘Le Maroc Contemporain’ (2014) et ’Le corps découvert’ (2012), MMVI Musée Mohammed VI, Rabat, Morroco (2014), DAK’ART 2014 11th Bien-nale in Dakar, Senegal (2014), Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy (2013) in the ‘Personal structures’ exhibition (collateral event to the Biennale), Biennale Re-Orientation, the second Mediterranean biennale of Israel, Sakhnin (2013), ‘Sint-Jan’ and in Saint-Bavo’s Cathedral à Ghent, Belgium (2012) invited by Jan Hoet and Hans Martens. Many personal exhibitions will come, Among others in Botanique Museum in Brussels, Belgium (Commission by Simon Njami, Sept. 2017),Galerie Rabouan Moussion in Paris, France (March 2017). His work will also be part of Art[]Collector in La Patinoire Royale in Brussels, Belgium (Nov. 2017), during the fairs Art Paris 2017 et Art Brussels 2017. Mehdi-Georges Lahlou est represented by Galerie Transit (Malines) in Belgium and by Galerie Rabouan Moussion (Paris) in France. Performance artist since 2003, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou is the creator and performer of many performances like Stupidité Contrôlée (2013), C’est Charmant XIII (2014), Run Run Baby Run Run (2015) in Théâtre des deux rives in Rouen, France (2016), Merton D, Simpson Gallery during Queer New York International Ary Festival, USA (2015), Carreau du Temple for Jerk Off Festival in Paris, France (2015), FRAC Midi Pyrénées - Les Abattoirs, Carla Bayle, France (2015), L’H du Siège, Cabaret de curiosités from Le Phénix, Scène Nationale of Valenciennes, France (2015), Trouble Festival in Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium (2013). WEBSITE | FACEBOOK