Karim Boumjimar
b. 1998, Moroccan–Spanish
karim@karimboumjimar.com
Education
2025 MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
2020 BFA, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026Rites of Affection, Malva Museum, Lahti, FI
2026 Bodies Under Construction, Møstings, Frederiksberg Museum, Copenhagen, DK
2026Birds of Paradise, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2025 Pandemonium Paradiso, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
2025 Deep Cuts, CFHILL, Stockholm, SE
2025 Drawings from the Hotel, Poriginal, Pori Museum, Pori, FI
Selected Group Exhibitions & Performances
2026 Beauty is the Best Defense, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
2026 I Can Buy Myself Flowers, Kunsthal N, Copenhagen, DK
2026 Body Politics, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
2025 I Will Look Into the Earth, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
2025 Stockholm Cosmologies, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2025 This is just the Beginning, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, DE
2025 Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2025 Kultuur, TINA, London, UK
2024 Glory on Earth, Performance, O Days Festival, Copenhagen, DK
2023 Ecologías Queer, Centre d'Art la Panera, Lleida, ES
2021 Psychopathia Sexualis, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
2021 Moby Dick, or The Whale, feature film by Wu Tsang, Schauspielhaus, Zurich, CH
Selected Collections
The Artistic Museum of Contemporary Art (AMOCA)
Pori Museum
Miettinen Collection
Fondazione Fiera Milano
The Danish Arts Foundation
Selected Residencies
2027 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, USA (forthcoming)
Selected Press
Politiken — Interview, by Helene Navne, 2026
Kultur Information — “Birds of Paradise” by Kirsten Kytner 2026
Frieze — Ten Artists to Watch in 2025, 2025
Cultbytes — “Karim Boumjimar’s Insistence on Mutability is Defiant”, by Jalane Note, 2025
ELLE Denmark — Interview by Ditlev Fejerskov, 2025
Kunstkritikk — “Dionysus at Berghain” by Louise Steiwer 2025
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat — Article on Malva exhibition, by Ilkka Kuosmanen, 2025
Dagens Industri Weekend — “Deep Cuts” exhibition interview by Sofia Edgren, 2025
Selected Grants & Prizes
2025 Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation
2025 Statens Kunstfond Artist Grant
2022 Statens Kunstfond Artist Grant
2021 Statens Kunstfond Artist Grant
Young Boy Dancing Group (collective dance project)
2016–2025 Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin. La Rada, Locarno. Nikolaj Kunsthall, Copenhagen. Art Hub, Copenhagen. Tropez Tropez, Berlin. The Baltic Triennial 13, Estonia. Sorbus, Helsinki. Autarkia, Vilnius. Creepy Teepe festival, Kunta Hora. Phile Magazine, Berlin. Schaubudensommer, Dresden. X-shared Spaces/Münchner. Kammerspiele, München. Norbergfestival, Norberg. Macao, Milan. La Juan Gallery, Madrid. Cafe Oto, London. Kunstraum, London.