ARTIST

Hicham Gardaf (b. 1989) in Tangier, Morocco lives and works in London.

Gardaf’s practice is concerned with transformations of the contemporary landscape in relation to time, space, and the politics of place. He is particularly drawn to the social spaces we inhabit, such as buildings, streets, and cities, and he researches the practices we apply to these places by reshaping, appropriating, and controlling them.

Gardaf is the winner of the 2023 MAST Photography Prize and is currently working on a commission for the Frac, Bordeaux. Gardaf’s work has been shown at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Towner Eastbourne, Eastbourne; MACAAL, Marrakech, Guest Projects, London; International Center of Photography, New York; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.

CHARITY

EFA Morocco is a non-profit that makes education accessible to girls living in isolated villages. EFA builds boarding houses close to secondary schools, enabling girls to easily go to class every day and obtain their Baccalaureate degree.

EFA have been operating since 2007. They have built and run six boarding houses and on average take care of 250 girls aged 12-18 every year.