We are very proud to share the fantastic news that Amina Saoudi Aït Khay has been invited to the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh ! The Biennale entitled “In Minor Keys” expands upon Koyo’s relational geography of encounters with artists over her lifetime.
Amina Saoudi Aït Khay (born 1955, Casablanca, Morocco; lives and works in Akouda, Tunisia) experiments and develops a personal weaving technique through graphic expression and the control of the improvisation. She innovates the traditional practice of Moroccan wool weaving by hand-weaving large works of improvised graphic design, recovered from her previous practice of painting on silk with gutta and a cruet. Saoudi Aït Khay creates visual memories of landscapes in Morocco and Tunisia with handmade natural dyes, developing abstract shapes using the loom as her paintbrush.
“The exhibition In Minor Keys stands as a collective score composed together with artists who have built universes of imagination. Artists who work at the boundaries of form, and whose practices can be thought of as intricate melodies to be heard both collectively and on their own terms.” The Biennale will be open from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 at the Giardini, the Arsenale and in various locations around Venice.
Team selected by Koyo: Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo, Marie Hélène Pereira and Rasha Salti (advisors); Siddhartha Mitter (editor-in-chief); and Rory Tsapayi (research assistant).
Amina Saoudi Aït Khay (born 1955, Casablanca, Morocco; lives and works in Akouda, Tunisia) experiments and develops a personal weaving technique through graphic expression and the control of the improvisation. She innovates the traditional practice of Moroccan wool weaving by hand-weaving large works of improvised graphic design, recovered from her previous practice of painting on silk with gutta and a cruet. Saoudi Aït Khay creates visual memories of landscapes in Morocco and Tunisia with handmade natural dyes, developing abstract shapes using the loom as her paintbrush.
“The exhibition In Minor Keys stands as a collective score composed together with artists who have built universes of imagination. Artists who work at the boundaries of form, and whose practices can be thought of as intricate melodies to be heard both collectively and on their own terms.” The Biennale will be open from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 at the Giardini, the Arsenale and in various locations around Venice.
Team selected by Koyo: Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo, Marie Hélène Pereira and Rasha Salti (advisors); Siddhartha Mitter (editor-in-chief); and Rory Tsapayi (research assistant).
9 May – 22 November 2026
