Islamic Art Prize Goes to Algerian Artist, Rachid Koraïchi

CREATIVE BOOM
By Katie Cowan

"The Invisible Masters" (2008) by Rachid Koraïchi

UNITED KINGDOM - Algerian born Rachid Koraïchi has won the £25,000 Jameel Prize for a selection of embroidered cloth banners from a series entitled Les Maitres invisibles (The Invisible Masters), 2008. Martin Roth, Director of the V&A, Hasan Jameel and Ed Vaizey MP, presented Rachid Koraïchiwith the prize at a ceremony at the V&A on Monday 12 September 2011. The Judges felt that Rachid’s work matches the aims of the Jameel Prize through its qualities of design and reliance on traditional craft. They particularly admired how he has made his great spiritual and intellectual lineage accessible to all through the graphic language he has created out of his artistic heritage. [link]