Karim Boumjimar
b. 1998, Moroccan–Spanish
karim@karimboumjimar.com
Education
2025 MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
2020 BFA, Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Solo exhibitions, selected
2026 Rites of Affection, Malva Museum, Lahti, FIN (forthcoming)
2026 Bodies Under Construction, Møstings, Frederiksberg Museum, Copenhagen, DK (forthcoming)
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 Mouths, Vessels, Portals, Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2025 Drawings from the Hotel, Poriginal, Pori Museum, Pori, FIN
Group exhibitions | Performances, selected
2026 Beauty is the Best Defense, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2026 I Can Buy Myself Flowers, Kunsthal N, Copenhagen, DK
2026 Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2026 Body Politics, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FIN
2025 I Look Towards The Earth, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN
2025 Stockholm Cosmologies, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2025 Exit Paradise, Miettinen Collection in Ars Sacrow, Berlin, DE
2025 Afgang, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2025 When Form Becomes Attitude, Robert Grunenberg Gallery, Berlin, DE
2025 Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2025 Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2025 Performance, Horsens Museum, Horsens, 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
Young Boy Dancing Group
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, Munich. Norbergfestival, Norberg. Macao, Milan. La Juan Gallery, Madrid. Cafe Oto, London. Kunstraum, London.
Residencies, selected
2027 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, USA (forthcoming)
Bibliography
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
Grants & prizes selected
2025 Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation, SE
2025 Statens Kunstfond Artist Grant, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Statens Kunstfond Artist Grant, Copenhagen, DK
2021 Statens Kunstfond Artist Grant, Copenhagen, DK
Collections, selected
AMOCA Wales
Pori Museum
Miettinen Collection
Fondazione Fiera Milano
Danish Art Foundation