Rachid Khimoune was born in France in 1953 in Decazeville (Aveyron) to parents of Berber origin. A graduate of the École supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris in 1974, he first practiced painting before turning to sculpture.

Since 1975, Rachid Khimoune has exhibited his numerous monumental works in several museums, public and private collections in France and abroad.

“Seeing what we no longer see, looking differently, in magic and dreams, that is what makes all the poetry of my work”

From the manhole cover to the old electrical outlet, including salvaged objects, Rachid gives relief and life to the insignificant. The universe of Rachid Khimoune: an imaginary world populated by real or invented animals composed of a jumble of objects that populate our daily lives, his "Bestiary" as he calls it, is today internationally recognized by critics. " Les Enfants du Monde ", sculptures installed in Paris in 2001 is one of Rachid Khimoune's major works.

To create them, the artist went to several major cities around the world to sample the “skin of the streets”. “You might think that all the asphalt in the world looks the same, and yet from one city to another, tree grates and manhole covers are distinctive signs like a tattoo on the skin that reveals the identity of the city, or even its history. I would have cast the words, Water – Gas – Sanitation – Electricity, in all the languages of the world.”