Bouchra Khalili
Bouchra Khalili was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1975
She lives and works in Berlin
Encompassing film, video, installation, photography, printmaking, and publishing, Khalili’s practice explores imperial and colonial continuums as epitomized by contemporary forced illegal migrations and the politics of memory of anti-colonial struggles and international solidarity. Deeply informed by the legacy of post-independence avant-gardes and the vernacular traditions of her native Morocco, Khalili’s approach develops strategies of storytelling at the intersection of history and micro-narratives. Combining documentary and conceptual practices, she investigates questions of self-representation, autonomous agency, and forms of resistance of communities rendered invisible by the nation-state model.
She graduated in Film & Media Studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle and Visual Arts at the Ecole Nationale d’Arts de Paris-Cergy.
Khalili’s work has been subject to many international solo exhibitions, including at the Oslo Kunstforening (2020), Fotogalleriet, Oslo (2020), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2019), Museum Folkwang, Essen (2018), Jeu de Paume, Paris (2018), Secession, Vienna (2018), Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2017), MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2016), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015), MACBA, Barcelona (2015), PAMM, Miami (2014 – 2013).
Her work was also included in collective international manifestations such as the 2nd Lahore Biennial (2020), the 12th Bamako Biennial and BienalSur, Buenos Aires (2019), Documenta 14 and the Milano Triennale (2017), The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th Venice Biennale (2013), La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012), the 18th Biennale of Sydney (2012) and the 10th Sharjah Biennial (2011). She participated to numerous collective exhibitions in international institutions such as Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2019), Cardiff National Museum and Centre Pompidou (2018), MCA, Sydney (2016), Kunsthaus, Zurich (2015), Van AbbeMuseum (2014), New Museum (2014), Carré d’Art, Nîmes and Tropen Museum, Amsterdam (2013), Haus Der Welt, Berlin (2010-2013), Hayward Gallery, London; South London Gallery, London and Cité International de l’immigration, Paris (2012), Beirut Art Center and Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (2011), Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (2008-2009).
A nominee of the Guggenheim’s Hugo Boss Prize (2018) and the Artes Mundi Prize (2018), she was also the recipient of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute Fellowhip (2017-2018), Ibsen Award (2017), Abraaj Art Prize (2014), Sam Art Prize (2013), daad Artists-in-Berlin (2012), Vera List Center for Art and Politics Fellowship (New York, 2011-2013).
She is a Professor of Contemporary Art at The Oslo National Art Academy, and a founding member of La Cinémathèque de Tanger, an artist-run non-profit organization.
The Mapping Journey Project, 2008-2011 - Video installation – Exhibition View, MoMA, New York, 2016
The Mapping Journey Project, 2008-2011 - Video installation – Exhibition View, New Museum, New York, 2014
The Mapping Journey Project, 2008-2011 - Video installation – Exhibition View, MoMA, New York, 2016
The Mapping Journey #2, 2008 - Digital Video - Video Still
The Mapping Journey #3, 2009 - Digital Video - Video Still
The Constellations, 2011 - Series of 8 silkscreen prints printed on paper
The Constellations, Fig. 2, 2011 - Silkscreen print
The Constellations, Fig. 6, 2011 - Silkscreen print
Wet Feet, 2012 - Installation View, CAAC, Sevilla, 2017
Wet Feet, 2012 - Exhibition View at Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2018
Wet Feet Series, 2012- Lost Boats. Detail : Dry Leaves - C-Print
Wet Feet Series, 2012 - Broken Container, Fig. 1 - C-print
Wet Feet Series, 2012 – Broken Container, Fig. 2 - C-Print
Wet Feet Series, 2012 – Lost Boat, Fig. 2 - C-print
Wet Feet Series, 2012 & The Seaman, 2012 - Installation View, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2018
The Seaman, 2012 - Installation View, CAC Passerelle, France, 2020
The Tempest Society, 2017 - documenta 14, Athens © Stathis Mamalakis
The Tempest Society, 2017 - Digital film - Video Still
The Tempest Society, 2017 - Exhibition View at CAAC, Sevilla, 2017
Twenty-Two Hours, 2018 - Exhibition View, Fondazione Merz, Torino, 2020
Twenty-Two Hours, 2018 - Exhibition View, Museum Folkwang Essen, 2018
Twenty-Two Hours, 2018 - Digital Film - Video Still
Twenty-Two Hours, 2018 - Digital Film - Video Still
The Typographer, 2019 & Radical Ally, 2019 - Exhibition View, Beirut Art Center, 2019
The Typographer, 2019 - 16mm film, digital transfer - Video Still
The Typographer, 2019 & Radical Ally, 2019 - Installation View at Fotogalleriet, Oslo, 2020 ©photo: Julie Hrncirova
The Speeches Series, 2012-2013 – Chapter 2 : Words on Streets - Exhibition View, 55th Venice Biennale, 2013
The Speeches Series, 2012-2013 – Chapter 2 : Words on Streets - Färgfabriken Konsthall, Stockholm, 2016
The Speeches Series, 2012-2013 – Chapter 2 : Words on Streets - Exhibition View, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2014
The Speeches Series, 2012-2013 – Chapter 2 : Words on Streets - Digital Film - Video Still
The Speeches Series, 2012-2013 - Chapter 1: Mother Tongue - Installation View, Färgfabriken Konsthall, Stockholm, 2016
The Speeches Series, 2012-2013 - Chapter 1: Mother Tongue - Installation View, CAAC, Seville, 2017
Foreign Office, 2015 - Installation View, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2015
Foreign Office, 2015 - Digital film - Installation View, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2015
Foreign Office, 2015 - Digital film
Foreign Office, 2015 - Exhibition View, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2018
Foreign Office, 2015 - Installation View, Oslo Kunstforening, 2020
Foreign Office, 2015 - The Archipelago - Silkscreen Print
Foreign Office, 2015 - Installation View, Biennale de Coimbra, 2019
Foreign Office, [Hotel El Djazair, Ex-Saint Georges, El Mouradia area Residence of Stokely Carmichael and Miriam Makba during the 1969 Pan-African Festival of Algiers], 2015 - C-Print
Foreing Office [Hotel El Safir, Ex-Aletti], 2015 - C-Print
Foreign Office, 2015 - Installation View, Oslo Kunstforening, 2020
Foreign Office [Aero-Habitat, Telemly area : Former location of the Victoria Hotel, Residence of Karl Marx during his stay in Algiers from February to May 1882.], 2015 - C-Print
Foreign Office [Centre Familial de Ben Akon, Akoun area, location at Kateb Yacine’s house], 2015 - C-Print
The Typographer, 2019 & The Archipelago : The Nordic Chapter, 2020 - Installation View at Fotogalleriet, Oslo, 2020 ©photo: Julie Hrncirova
The Archipelago : The Nordic Chapter, 2020 - Silkscreen print