Cléa Rekhou
clea.rekhou@gmail.com | clearekhou.net
Cléa Rekhou (b. 1988, Paris) is a French-Algerian visual storyteller based in Algiers, Algeria.
She grew up in a housing estate on the Paris outskirts and faced social challenges that today nourish her work, her motive and the genesis of most of her projects. After graduating from college with a master degree in Corporate Finance, she moved to Bangkok, Thailand where she worked as a tech. Product Manager from 2014 to 2019.
She was introduced and started to self-learn photography in 2016, she has since been continuously reassessing and re-defining her practice. Her projects broaches topics related to overlooked social issues, history as well as identity questions that she explores through understanding her own Algerian heritage.
Cléa aims to create visual work that are statements and an expression of her subjective interpretation of the world. Using diverse creative means along with photography, she works in giving highlights to people, their paths and their stories.
Her work was shown at the Dali International Photography Exhibition (2019 - Dali, China), the Fotolimo Festival (2021 - Portbou, Spain), the Mostra Viva Mediterrani (2021 - Valencia, Spain), the Besançon Photo Festival (2021 - Besançon, France) and the Amman Photo Festival (2022 - Amman, Jordan). She was also part of the Night of the Year for a group screening with the Collective 220 at Les Rencontres d’Arles (2022 - Arles, France).
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2022. New project: From The Ridge | Algeria
2022. Maguie - Amman Image Festival | Amman, Jordan
2022. ProHelvetia: On The Road again
2019-Now. On The Edge (Work in progress)| France
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2022-07. Postcards From a Setting That You Don’t Know - Night of The Year (screening) with collective 220, Les rencontres d'Arles | Arles, France
2022-07. Le chemin des fous - RIFT Association | Marseille, France
2021. Monsieur - Festival Photo Besançon | Besançon, France
2021. Maguie - Mostra Viva Mediterrani with collective 220 | Valencia, Spain
2021. Maguie - Fotolimo Festival with collective 220 | Portbou, Spain
2019. Monsieur - Dali International Photography Exhibition | Dali, China
2018. Lignes Antérieures - Arles, le temps d’une immersion | Arles, France
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2021-03. Like la revue #8 - Photoreporters de guerre
2021-02. L'Obs Hors-série #110 - L’Algérie Coloniale
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2022. On The Edge - Finalist International Photography Award Encontros da Imagem
2021. Monsieur - Finalist best photography price Besançon Photo Festival | Besançon, France
2019. Monsieur - Best Photography Award 2019 Dali International Photography Exhibition | Dali, China
2019. Monsieur - Finalist Bourse du Talent - Reportage | Paris, France
2018. Lignes Antérieures - “Prix des participants”, Arles, le temps d’une immersion | Arles, France
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2022. Maguie - Amman Image Festival | Amman, Jordan
2021. Monsieur - Festival Photo Besançon | Besançon, France
2021. Maguie - Fotolimo Festival with collective 220 | Portbou, Spain
