Born in Algeri in 1955, Abdelkader graduated in Fine Arts in his city and from the National High School of Decorative Arts of Paris, city where he carried out a research on furniture. Professor of Fine Arts from 1982 to 1989, in the late '80s he went back to Paris where he still lives and works. The encounter with Alessandro Mendini at the beginning of the '90s was of great significance.He collaborated with various companies among which Glas, Forum Design and Bisazza for which he developed a collection of articles which are part of the Artinmosaico project.