Mohamed Bourouissa

Mohamed Bourouissa (born 1978) is an Algeria-born French photographer, based in Paris. In 2020 Bourouissa won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. His work is held in the collection of the Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris.

Early life Bourouissa was born in Blida, Algeria.

Publications Mohamed Bourouissa. Paris: Kamel Mennour, 2017. . With texts by Marc Donnadieu, Anna Dezeuze, Amanda Hunt, and Michael Nairn, and a transcript of a conversation between Bourouissa and Okwui Enwezor. In English and French. Exhibition catalogue. Périphérique. London: Loose Joints, 2021. With essays in English and French by Taous R. Dahmani and Clément Chéroux. .

Exhibitions Urban Riders, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, 2018 Free Trade, in a Monoprix supermarket, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2019. Included work from Périphérique, Shoplifters, and Nous Sommes Halles. The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2019/2020, as part of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

Awards 2012: Shortlisted, Prix Pictet, for Périphérique 2018: Shortlisted, Marcel Duchamp Prize, France 2020: Winner, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020, an award of £30,000, for his exhibition Free Trade at Rencontres d'Arles. The other nominations were Clare Strand, Anton Kusters, and Mark Neville.

Collections Bourouissa's work is held in the following permanent collection: Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris