(Sofia Badaoui) Dounit

81" x 42"Siroua wool and natural dyes sourced in the region of Taznakht, Morocco   I grew up with one foot in France and the other in Morocco. Badaoui, the title of this exhibition and my last name, means “desert dweller” in Arabic. In 2014 while studying in Nantes at l’EDNA, I had an internship in San Francisco. Shortly after, I started CALICOUZ, a fashion line that combined traditional Moroccan clothes with California street style. A year later in 2015, I earned my Master’s degree in Interaction Design, specializing in New Eating habits. It was then that I changed the name to CALIKESH and moved to Los Angeles. My beloved and I arrived in Yucca Valley in the winter of 2017.The CALIKESH logotype is written in Amazigh in honor of my Amazigh grandmother, Yamina. My grandfather, Abdelkader, was born in Oulad Attou, Sidi Hamadi.My grandparents, parents, my sister Mona and my beloved have largely informed who I am today. My environment has a big impact on my creativity. I see so many simila