Alioum Moussa

A self-taught visual artist, Alioum Moussa expresses himself through several media: primarily in painting but also performance, installation and assemblages of objects.

He has been honing himself through varied workshops in different parts of the world and at many residencies, IAAB (Basel, Switzerland) in 2006, to the University of Ideas, organized by the Pistoletto Foundation (Biella, Italy) in 2010.

In 2010, he won the Illy contest and his design was selected to decorate coffee canisters on display and for sale.

His latest explorations are based on the recycling of textiles, wax print fabrics or cotton clothing (T-shirts).

By using second hand clothing as his principle medium, Moussa takes a stand against Africa being the dumping grounds of the industrial fashion world.