Yassine Ben Abdallah (1994) is an artist and designer whose practice interrogates the cultural and political legacies embedded in objects. Working between La Réunion and Europe, his research-based approach explores questions of heritage, cultural identity, and belonging. Deeply informed by the colonial history of La Réunion, where he grew up, his work emerges from personal and collective stories shaped by displacement and creolization.

With a background in social sciences and design, he combines critical inquiry with material experimentation, using objects to challenge established narratives.

His work is part of several public collections, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam,  the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and FRAC in La Réunion. He is the recipient of the Grand Prix at Design Parade, Villa Noailles (2023), and the Gijs Bakker Award (2022).

Maria Lugones Decolonial Summer School, Utrecht University & Van Abbe Museum (Eindhoven, NL)

M.A. GEO–Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (Eindhoven, NL)

*Cum Laude

DUAL M.A. Innovation & Digital transformation in Design,
Sciences Po / Strate design (Paris, FR)

*Cum Laude

M.A. Communications, Media & Creative Industries, Sciences Po (Paris, FR)

B.A. Humanities, Sciences Po (Paris, FR)

‘Dutch More or Less’, Nieuwe Instituut, (Rotterdam, NL) 2024

‘A l‘Ombre de l‘Empire’, Villa Noailles, (Hyères, FR) 2024

‘Alamari’, Cité des Arts, (St Denis, RUN) 2024

‘Kolonialisme en Rotterdam’, Wereldmuseum, (Rotterdam, NL) 2023

‘The Space Between Us’, Van Abbemuseum, (Eindhoven, NL) 2023

‘Transmission(s)’, Union de la Jeunesse Internationale (Paris, FR) 2023

‘Design Parade’, Villa Noailles (Hyères, FR) 2023

‘Sur le feu’, Beaux-Arts de Paris (Paris, FR) 2023

‘Kazerne Awards’, Kazerne (Eindhoven, NL) 2023

‘The Bittersweet Memory of the Plantation’, Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, NL) 2022

‘Mutual Core’, FRAC Réunion (St Denis, RUN) 2021

‘Camera Control Receiver’ GEO–Design, Milano Design Film Festival (Milano, IT) 2021

‘Plantation of the Mind’ Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, NL) 2021

‘The Bitterness of Sugar’ at Pedagogies of the Sea, MAAT (Lisboa, PT) 2021

‘Ilet la mer’, La Friche (Le Port, RUN) 2020

Speaker at DesginTO Youth Program, (Toronto, CA) 2024

Guest tutor at École Duperré, (Paris, FR) 2024

‘Un champ d‘îles’ symposium at la Friche la Belle de Mai, (Marseille, FR) 2024

‘Re-worlding Relations’ a symposium by Anthropology and the Arts Network, Newcastle University, (Newcastle, UK) 2023

Guest lecturer at Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo, AHO, (Oslo, NO) 2023

‘World Traveling’ a symposium at the Royal Academy of Art, KABK, (Den Haag, NL) 2023

‘Learning with’ a symposium by Formafantasma, Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, NL) 2022

‘Decolonizing the museum’ at School of the Untold, Kunstgewerbemuseum (Dresden, DE) 2022

‘Disappearing of a Nation’ at PRADA FRAMES (Milano,IT) 2022