Mehdi Moutashar, Deux carrés dont un encadré (Two squares, one of them framed), 2017, Wood, paint, elastic wire. One of the four minimalist geometric artworks part of Moutashar's Jameel Prize 5 presentation. Courtesy the Artist. Photo © Fabrice Leroux
In 2018 he won the prestigious Jameel Prize 5 at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) London, sharing the accolade with Marina Tabassum, an architect from Bangladesh. Moutashar received the award for his bold work of minimalist abstraction rooted in Islamic geometry.
