Akhenak - Rouge sur bleu

Akhenak Hakim is a painter and draftsman. In 2008, he enrolled at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Algiers. After five years of study, he earned the Diploma of Higher Artistic Studies.

He then joined the Dunkerque Higher School of Art in France, where, after two years of study, he obtained the DNSEP (Diplôme national supérieur d'expression plastique).

In 2019, he also earned a Master 1 in Plastic Arts and Art Sciences from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Ma démarche artistique:

Color is at the heart of our existence. It shapes our perception of the world, influences our emotions, and maintains a deep connection with our sensitivity. Much more than a simple visual element, it is a true language capable of conveying sensations that words cannot express.
As Jean-Joseph-Bonaventure Laurens wrote, “color constitutes one of the most powerful means at the service of the artist painter.” It is the very essence of my work.
My artistic practice revolves around color, while drawing is used to structure certain forms. This relationship between drawing and color sits within a long tradition of reflection on painting, where color has progressively claimed its place as the main means of expression.
Born of more than 10 years of theoretical and practical research, and more than 20 years of experience, my work rests on the layering of materials, textures and colors applied with various tools. Each work is conceived as a step in an “evolving series,” where matter, light, and color continually dialogue.
My pictorial practice seeks a balance between colors and forms, between light and darkness. Contrasts, flat color fields, gradients and dark spaces create a visual tension that invites mystery, contemplation and imagination.
Through my paintings, I aim to offer the viewer a sensitive and poetic experience, inviting them to travel freely in a universe where color becomes emotion, movement and a space of freedom.