Houda Bakkali stands out for her pioneering work at the crossroads of art and technology. In August 2020, she presented the first augmented reality canvas exhibited during the first contemporary art salon held after the COVID-19 lockdown. The event took place at the iconic Monte Carlo Circus space, symbolizing the revival of cultural life in Monaco.
Her vibrant mixed-media artwork Life Is Beautiful demonstrated the power of digital art as both an informative and immersive medium. By integrating augmented reality into traditional artistic formats, Houda Bakkali introduced a distinctive concept that expands artistic expression into an interactive and experiential dimension.
This innovative approach has since been showcased at numerous private and cultural events across the Principality of Monaco.
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‘Monaco with Heart’ was created as a trilogy that “pays tribute to colour, feminine beauty, the joyful spirit and the dolce vita that Monaco inspires”.
The optimism shines through, and was made using perky themes such as flowers, polka dots, and the Mediterranean Sea to convey a joyful spirit, in what the artist calls “a life designed to be lived with harmony but also with intensity, in the purest Monegasque style, with its sunny days and nights of good friends.
Digital artist Houda Bakkali, is among the first in the world to be selected for an NFT drop by the acclaimed TIME magazine, with her digital art inspired by Monaco and Sanremo. TIME, the first weekly in the United States with 100 years of history, invited Bakkali in September 2021 to be a part of the first Web3 artists group of this iconic publication. With TIME she exhibited at Dreamverse, the world’s first show of digital art and Web3 technology held in November 2021 in New York city. MORE HERE