Mohamed Bourouissa studied at the Arts Décoratifs in Paris and then at the Fresnoy. He is interested in the way in which an image can be constructed in order to approach a situation or a political subject differently. For the photographic series Périphéries, Mohamed Bourouissa composes his images with reference to famous paintings and to Jeff Wall's photographs. The 'banlieue' (suburbs) is staged as a conceptual and artistic object in situations that would normally be typical of photo-journalism. That way, as he says himself, « by deconstructing the clichés surrounding this subject, I deal with the problematic power struggle and its mechanics ».
Mohamed Bourouissa was born in Blida, Algeria, in 1978. He lives and works in Paris.