Sadya Bairou Artist     Born in 1963, Essaouira, Morocco. She studies at the Ecole des beaux arts de Mulhouse and at the Ecole des beaux art de Tetouan. She provides extensive studies and research about Berber and Arabic visual heritage, and about the universal Sufis symbolic and mysticism imagery. Sadya Bairou lives in a back and forth between cultures, since an early age she has made long trips and residencies in France, Italy, and Germany. Since 1994 she lives between Berlin and Essaouira. The artist undertakes in art as in life, and she is concerned about intercultural issues, and universal. In 2005, she founded the Association of Akal art and ecology, and in 2005 she initiated in her hometown caravan arts and the environment: an international event, which aims Education on diversity and respect for the environment through artistic practice. The artists work has been widely exhibited in a several international art event: Group exhibitions include 2002: Wilhelm Fabry Museum / Hilden- Germany. 2003: * Contemporary art centre Vilnius Lituanie. 2004 : Art Frankfurt. Galerie le carré Gravicelle Lille. Peinture au Feminin Pluriel SGMB / patrimoine culturel /Casablanca. Artiades Athens 2004 Greece. 2005: Madrid Fine Arts centre. 2006: Biennial of Mediterranean art, Tunis. 2007: Kyoto Municipal Art Museum. *International Art festival of Mahres Tunisia. 2008: National art museum of China, International Beijing art biennial. OFA official exhibition China solo show 1995: Gallery Harley Davidson/ Gelting – Germany. 2000: Gallery Marea Arte Essaouira Morocco. 2002: Gallery Sparkasse Bad-Tolz Wolfratshausen Germany. 2006: Museum of Amazigh (Brber) Heritage, Agadir / Morocco. 2010: Gallery Noir sur Blanc Marrakech.