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He quickly participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in various galleries in Morocco and abroad, while receiving numerous awards.<br \/>\nHis works have been auctioned dozens of times. Some exhibitions:<br \/>\nMedina Art Gallery (2014) in Tangier<br \/>\nEl Fenn Gallery (2016) in Tetouan<br \/>\nVilla Houda Gallery (2018) in Mohammedia<br \/>\nPascual de Cabo Gallery (2019) in Palma de Mallorca<\/p>\n<p>His works are also part of prestigious collections:<br \/>\nMohammed VI Museum of Modern Art in Rabat<br \/>\nMinistry of Culture in Rabat<br \/>\nModern Art Center in Tetouan<br \/>\nAmerican Legation Museum in Tangier<br \/>\nBank al Maghrib, Credit Du Maroc, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Marocaine de Banque&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Aziz Benja has been represented by the Villa Houda Gallery in Morocco since 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":111192,"template":"","taxo_year_participe":[143],"class_list":["post-111185","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benja - Lille art up!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benja - Lille art up!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aziz BENJA, a Moroccan painter, was born in 1974 in Erfoud, Morocco. 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