Born in 1985 to a French mother and a Tunisian father, Maya Louhichi is a visual artist whose practice is rooted in a research-based approach.
Through a methodology that blends investigation, inquiry, and a sensitive perspective, she explores both personal and collective themes related to memory, heritage, and transmission.
Trained outside academic institutions, her creative path weaves between the intimate and the political, deeply imbued with the cinematic legacy of her father, film director Taïeb Louhichi (1948–2018).
"Mareth, un village parmi tant d’autres" (Mareth, A Village Among Others), an essay film, extends this legacy by establishing a parallel between the current mass emigration and that of the 1970s. It questions memory, place, and absence from the perspective of the country of origin, drawing on his film "Mon village, un village parmi tant d’autres" (1972).
Alongside, she conducts research on colorism and the lasting traces of colonialism within the framework of the transnational program Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues.
Her work has been exhibited at the Bamako Encounters – African Biennale of Photography (Mali), Jaou Photo (Tunisia), MUHNAC (Portugal), Shubbak Festival (United Kingdom), and Museo Egizio (Italy), among others.
