Aïcha Khorchid’s (b. 1981; Pakistan) paintings, always on large wooden panels, address her multilayered life story that forms a central point of reference in her work.

Her oeuvre is about human relationships and their complexity. In her work, Khorchid artistically dissects her difficult childhood in the French foster family in Normandy, presenting to us its emotionally charged daily life and people that inhabited that world. Her powerful seemingly naive visual language stresses intricacy of pain and happiness, and makes her work a vehicle to think about human condition.

Khorchid’s paintings were recently featured in the extensive group exhibition “The Beauty of Diversity” at the Albertina Modern Museum in Vienna. These works were recently added to the Albertina’s permanent collection.

Aïcha Khorchid currently lives and works in Mallorca.