Bio
Karim Boumjimar
Karim Boumjimar (b. 1998, Málaga) is a Spanish-Moroccan artist working primarily in ceramics, drawing, and performance. He is based between Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin, and Spain, following a decade of living and working in London.
He holds an MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2025) and a BFA from Central Saint Martins in London. He is self-taught in ceramics, a practice developed through sustained studio work in Copenhagen.
Boumjimar’s recent solo exhibitions include Rites of Affection at Malva Museum, Lahti (2026); Bodies Under Construction at Møstings, Frederiksberg Museums (2026); Birds of Paradise at Viborg Kunsthal (2026); Pandemonium Paradiso at Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen (2025); Drawings from the Hotel at Pori Art Museum, Finland (2025); and Deep Cuts at CFHILL, Stockholm (2025).
His work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including Jessica Silverman Gallery (San Francisco), Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art (Vaasa), Liljevalchs Konsthall (Stockholm), Kunsthalle Helsinki, the Miettinen Collection (Berlin), TINA Gallery (London), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Centre d’Art la Panera (Lleida), and Schauspielhaus Zürich.
His work is held in collections including the Art Museum of Contemporary Art (AMOCA), Pori Art Museum, the Miettinen Collection, Fondazione Fiera Milano, and the Danish Arts Foundation. He has been featured in Frieze, Kunstkritikk, and Politiken, and was named one of Frieze’s “Ten Artists to Watch” in 2025. His awards include grants from the Danish Arts Foundation (2021–2026), the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Foundation (2026), and the Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation Talent Award (2025).
Representation
Recognition
- Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Scholarship
- Danish Arts Foundation working grant
- Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation Talent Scholarship
- Symbiosis received the 2025 Blix Prize
- Named one of the Ten Artists to Watch in 2025 by Frieze
Public collections
- Danish Arts Foundation
- Pori Art Museum, Finland
- Miettinen Collection, Germany
- AMOCA Wales Collection
- Fondazione Fiera Milano
- Art at Work
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 2025MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
- 2020BFA, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
- 2026Rites of Affection, Malva Museum, Lahti, FI
- 2026Bodies Under Construction, Møstings, The Frederiksberg Museums, Copenhagen, DK — press: Art Viewer
- 2026Birds of Paradise, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
- 2025Pandemonium Paradiso, O—Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK — press: Alice Folker overview
- 2025Deep Cuts, CFHILL, Stockholm, SE — press: Cultbytes
- 2025Drawings from the Hotel, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
- 2025Mouths, Vessels, Portals, Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Group Exhibitions
- 2026-27Génération Céramique, Fondation d'entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, FR
- 2026Beauty Is the Best Defense, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
- 2026Body Politics, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
- 2026I Can Buy Myself Flowers, Kunsthal N, Copenhagen, DK
- 2025Stockholm Cosmologies, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
- 2025I Will Look Into the Earth, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
- 2025This Is Just the Beginning, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, DE
- 2025Afgang (Royal Danish Academy graduate exhibition), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
- 2025Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
- 2025When Form Becomes Attitude, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, DE
- 2025Kultuur, TINA Gallery, London, UK
- 2023Ecologías Queer, Centre d'Art La Panera, Lleida, ES — press: Arts Help
- 2023Fear and Fauna, ARIEL – Feminism in the Aesthetic (nomadic)
- 2021Psychopathia Sexualis, O—Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
- 2021Moby Dick; or The Whale (feature film), Schauspielhaus, Zürich, CH
Performances
- 2025Den Genfundne Bro, Horsens Art Museum, Horsens, DK
- 2024Glory on Earth, O Days Festival, Copenhagen, DK
- 2016-25Multiple performances with Young Boy Dancing Group, Schinkel Pavillon, Baltic Triennial 13, Café OTO and others
Residencies
- 2027International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, US (forthcoming)
Grants & Prizes
- 2026Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award
- 2026Danish Arts Foundation Working Grant
- 2025Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation Talent Scholarship
- 2025Symbiosis sculptural work received the Blix Prize at Kunsthal Charlottenborg
- 2025Named one of Frieze’s Ten Artists to Watch
- 2025Danish Arts Foundation Working Grant
- 2022Danish Arts Foundation Working Grant
- 2021Danish Arts Foundation Working Grant
Press
- 2026Art Viewer — Bodies Under Construction at Frederiksberg
- 2026Art Viewer — Birds of Paradise at Viborg Kunsthal
- 2026Politiken — Interview
- 2025Cultbytes — Insistence on Mutability is Defiant
- 2025Dagens Industri Weekend — Feature
- 2025Art Viewer — Pandemonium Paradiso at O—Overgaden
- 2025Ceramics Now — weekly news roundup
- 2025ELLE Danmark — Interview
- 2025Frieze — Ten Artists to Watch in 2025
- 2024Politiken — Feature
- 2023Arts Help — Queer Ecologies
- 2016Dazed Digital — early @beigetype coverage