In 17th Heaven is a new art installation by visual artist Chourouk Hriech. In this work, Hriech explores how objects, landscapes and buildings, often from other countries, have become part of our art and history.
Chourouk Hriech (1977) lives and works in Marseille, France. Hriech uses drawing, installation, performance, video and photography as means to explore space and time. Her works - on paper, walls and surrounding objects - invite contemplation of both ancient and contemporary architectures, real and imaginary figures, animals, plants and chimeras. Her art interweaves urban and everyday motifs and follows the chaotic course of the world with serenity, embodying a desire for resistance and utopia. In essence, her work is an ode to life and the living.
Hriech's work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently the 17th Lyon Biennale, France (2024), Museum of Tomorrow, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023), Drawing Lab, Paris, France (2022), and Art Factory, Daegu, South Korea (2022).
Photography: Valentin Le Cron and Drawing Lab Paris
