Soukaina Aboulaoula

Aboulaoula is an independent curator and researcher based in Marrakesh, Morocco. Her practice and interests touch upon topics such as memory, history, narration, flexible artistic pedagogies, and modes of knowledge transmission. Her curatorial work spans exhibitions and collaborative projects. Aboulaoula curated Right on Time for Sheffield Doc/Fest (2021), co-curated If A Tree Falls In A Forest at Les Rencontres d'Arles (2020–2022), and most recently co-curated May Our Song Be Worthy of Those Who Listen, a reading room and exhibition on the Raw Académie program at La Casa Encendida in Madrid (2024). 

Aboulaoula holds an MRes in Advanced Practices (Visual Cultures) from Goldsmiths, University of London. From 2020 to 2024, she was a recipient of The CAORC/Andrew Mellon Art History Fellowship in affiliation with the American Center for Maghrebi Studies in Tunis (CEMAT) to conduct research on the various narratives of Modern Art in Morocco and how they shape the interpretations of contemporary art practices. Her research focused on the writing of history and narration of certain moments/events in history from non-historical perspectives, including an exploration of affective narratives/systems and artistic interpretations and their articulations in official records. 

She is also the co-founder and co-director with Yvon Langué of Untitled Design Agency, a multidisciplinary platform for editorial design, art direction, and creative projects, launched in 2017.

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