FINALIST OF THE ELLIPSE PRIZE 2026
Mohamed Radi
Originally from Taroudant in Morocco, Mohamed Radi is an artist graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan.
Mohamed Radi
finalist of the ellipse prize
dedicated to Morocco
By exploring the materiality of leather, which he diverts from its traditional utilitarian function, he elevates this material into a sensitive artistic medium. Leather becomes a living body carrying memory, fragility and transformation.
Through gestures of cutting, layering and stratification, the artist gradually reveals its inner anatomy, bringing forth organic surfaces where textures, scars and tensions intertwine.
Revealing time through the leather
Built through accumulation, his works generate a new visual language from a familiar material.
Between artisanal tradition and contemporary experimentation, Mohamed Radi questions the memory embedded within materials and the invisible traces they preserve, transforming each fragment into a sensitive cartography of the effects of time.
