Born in El Khnansa, Morocco in 1974. Echakhch moved to France in early childhood and is currently based in Switzerland. She received the DNAP (equivalent to a bachelor's degree in fine arts) from the École supérieure d'art de Grenoble in 1997 and the DNSEP (equivalent to a master's degree in fine arts) from the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy in 1999, in both cases with the highest distinction, including the congratulations of the jury. In 1999–2000 she took part in the post-diploma program at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon. By decontextualizing a variety of materials and deliberately introducing destruction and absence into her works, Echakhch provokes new interpretations of cultural identity, history and memory. Echakhch received the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2013 and the Zurich Art Prize in 2015, and represented the Swiss Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. She has held numerous solo exhibitions at major contemporary art museums around the world, including Tate Modern (London, 2008), the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, 2013) and the Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2014), as well as a two-person exhibition with Zineb Sedira at Kunsthaus Baselland (Basel, 2022). Her works are in the collections of MoMA (NY), the Centre Pompidou, the National Gallery of Canada and the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, among others.