Karim Boumjimar
Born 1998, Moroccan–Spanish
Lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin
karim@karimboumjimar.com
Studio email: goat@karimboumjimar.com
Education
2025 MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
2020 BFA, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 Rites of Affection, Malva Museum, Lahti, FI
2026 Bodies Under Construction, Møstings, The Frederiksberg Museums, DK
2026 Birds 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, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
2025 Mouths, Vessels, Portals, Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 – 27 Génération Céramique, The Fondation d'entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, FR
2026 Beauty Is the Best Defense, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
2026 Body Politics, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
2026 I Can Buy Myself Flowers, Kunsthal N, Copenhagen, DK
2025 Stockholm Cosmologies, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2025 Will Look Into the Earth, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
2025 This Is Just the Beginning, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, DE
2025 Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2025 Kultuur, TINA, London, UK
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, Zürich, CH
Public Collections
Art Museum of Contemporary Art (AMOCA Wales)
Pori Art 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 & Publications
2026 Kultur Information — Birds of Paradise by Kirsten Kytner
2025 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
Selected Grants & Prizes
2025 Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation
2025 Danish Arts Foundation Grant
2022 Danish Arts Foundation Grant
2021 Danish Arts Foundation Grant
Selected Performances
2025 Den Genfundne Bro, performance, Horsens Art Museum, Horsens, DK
2024 Glory on Earth, performance, O Days Festival, Copenhagen, DK
2016 – 25 Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin. La Rada, Locarno. Nikolaj Kunsthall, Copenhagen. Art Hub, Copenhagen. Tropez, Berlin. The Baltic Triennial 13, Estonia. Sorbus, Helsinki. Autarkia, Vilnius. Creepy Teepe Festival, Kutná Hora. Phile Magazine, Berlin. Schaubudensommer, Dresden. Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich. Norbergfestival, Norberg. Macao, Milan. La Juan Gallery, Madrid. Cafe OTO, London. Kunstraum, London, with Young Boy Dancing Group.