We are pleased to announce Youssra Raouchi’s debut solo exhibition with ADA\ Contemporary Art Gallery in Accra, Ghana.

The solo, titled ‘Painting With My Eyes Closed’ will show from June 23 to August 6, 2023.

With this body of work, Raouchi explores the amorphous space between the dualities of the exterior and the interior, the spiritual realm and the physical world, culture and the core of personality, the social and the mental, surface and depth and a myriad of existential concepts.

Her experimentation with shapes, colours and perspectives is translated into rooms that are open yet closed, industrial yet dream-like, her exploration is seen in the gentle strokes of lilac that form clouds and impasto tones that form backgrounds. 

Being the subject of most of her compositions, painting her reflection has become second nature. The features she knows so well flow easily and render each work a mirror, not only to her state of mind but to the experience of the viewer as well. 

‘Painting With My Eyes Closed,’ invites the viewer to venture into the depths of their memories to decipher the origins of their impressions and interpretations of situations.