Biography
Ahmed Jaride lives and works in Casablanca, Morocco. Previously, he taught philosophy of art at École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Casablanca. He served as Director of the Office of the Minister of Culture until 2005. In 2004 he cofounded GENAP (Grande Exposition Nationale des Arts Plastiques), Casablanca, and in 2006 he launched Zon’Art, magazine de l’art contemporain. He is Director of l’Association Village des Ateliers d’Artiste (AVAA), which he founded in 1998, Vice President of l’Association Marocaine des Arts Plastiques (AMAP), a member of conseil supérieur de La Maison de La Poésie au Maroc, l’Association International des Arts Plastiques, l’Union des Ecrivains du Maroc, and conseil de la Mutuelle Nationale des Artistes, in Morocco.