Place of Birth: Asnières-sur-Seine, France
Personal Name: Rayane Mcirdi
Rayane Mcirdi was born in 1993 in Asnières in France. He graduated of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2019 after having passed through the École des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, Rayane Mcirdi produces a video work between documentary and fiction whose actors are members of his family or close friends filmed at home or in places that are familiar to them. His films capture intimate or collective events rooted in daily life.
The videographer becomes an ethnographer, collecting these micro-stories. Rayane Mcirdi presented his first solo exhibition in 2021 at the Galerie Édouard Manet, Gennevilliers. He has participated in several group exhibitions: in 2021, “100% L’expo”, curated by Inès Geoffroy, at La Villette (Paris); in 2019, “Sorry” , curated by Mohamed Bourouissa, at Galerie Édouard Manet, Gennevilliers; “Écuries Nord”, curated by Clément Cogitore, at 104Centquatre, Paris ; in 2018, ” Par amour du jeu “, curated by Anna Labouze and Keimis Henni, Magasins Généraux, Pantin ; ” La Fureur du Dragon “, curated by Mohamed Bourouissa, Centre Pompidou, 2018, Paris.