Bouchra Khalili

*1975 / Morocco

Works

Solo exhibitions

Bouchra Khalili

Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (SE)
6 Jun 2026 – 13 Sep 2026
Bouchra Khalili

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
25 Jun 2025 – 30 Nov 2025
A Trilogy: The Tempest Society, The Circle, and The Public Storyteller

LUMA Westbau, Zürich (CH)
8 Feb 2025 – 18 May 2025
Lanternists and Typographers

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athens (GR)
13 Jun 2024 – 15 Dec 2024
Fanning the Spark of Hope in the Past

ADN Galeria, Barcelona (ES)
14 Sep 2023 – 11 Nov 2023
Between Circles and Constellations

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
16 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023
The Magic Lantern

Mor Charpentier, Paris (FR)
7 Jan 2023 – 4 Mar 2023
The Magic Lantern

Callie’s, Berlin (DE)
5 Nov 2022 – 3 Dec 2022
Stories within Stories

BildMuseet, Umea (SE)
16 Oct 2021 – 6 Mar 2022
The Nordic Chapter

Oslo Fine Art Society, Oslo (NO)
13 Aug 2020 – 27 Sep 2020
The Nordic Chapter

Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
14 Aug 2020 – 27 Sep 2020
In Girum

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)
23 Nov 2019 – 31 Aug 2020
Poets and Witnesses

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US)
21 Mar 2019 – 25 Aug 2019
The Tempest Society / Twenty-Two Hours

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
24 Aug 2018 – 21 Oct 2018
Artapes

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
2 Oct 2018 – 19 Oct 2018
Blackboard

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
5 Jun 2018 – 23 Sep 2018
Bouchra Khalili

Wiener Secession, Wien (AT)
13 Apr 2018 – 17 Jun 2018
Bouchra Khalili

Centro Andaluz de Arte, Sevilla (ES)
3 Nov 2017 – 4 Mar 2018
BOUCHRA KHALILI

Lisson Gallery, London (GB)
27 Jan 2017 – 18 Mar 2017
The Mapping Journey Project

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
9 Apr 2016 – 10 Oct 2016
The Opposite of Voice-Over

Färgfabriken, Stockholm (SE)
2 Apr 2016 – 19 Jun 2016
Foreign Office

ADN Galeria, Barcelona (ES)
1 Oct 2015 – 9 Nov 2015
Garden Conversation

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
17 Apr 2015 – 28 Jun 2015
Project Gallery

Art Museum Miami, Miami (US)
4 Dec 2013 – 23 Feb 2014
Wet Feet and more

daadgalerie, Berlin (DE)
6 Apr 2013 – 19 May 2013
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Galerie Polaris, Paris (FR)
8 Sep 2012 – 27 Oct 2012
The Mapping Journey Project

Campagne Première, Berlin (DE)
28 Apr 2012 – 9 Jun 2012

Group

La vie climatique.

Histoires sensibles des collections privées - Triennale De leur temps #8

MAC Musée d'art contemporain, Marseille (FR)
4 Apr 2026 – 20 Sep 2026

with Bertille Bak, Béatrice Balcou, Abdelkader Benchamma, Berdaguer & Pejus, Mohamed Bourouissa, Julian Charriere, Gaëlle Choisne, Claude Closky, Stéphane Couturier, David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin, Omer Fast, Noemie Goudal …
Star Witnesses

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
27 Jun 2025 – 28 Sep 2025

with David Horvitz, Judy Radul, Thomas Ruff, Carrie Mae Weems
Screens: A Panafrica Film Series

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
10 Aug 2024 – 6 Jan 2025

with Larry Achiampong, Sammy Baloji, Zarina Bhimji, Monica de Miranda, Steffani Jemison, Sarah Maldoror
In Between

Zwischen Nicht-Mehr und Noch-Nicht

Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (CH)
27 Sep 2024 – 17 Nov 2024

with Judith Albert, Brigham Baker, Saodat Ismailova, Klara Liden, Christian Marclay, Eva Nielsen, Ursula Palla, Marijke van Warmerdam
Nach August Sander

Menschen des 21. Jahrhunderts

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
28 Jan 2022 – 29 May 2022

with Mohamed Bourouissa, Hans Eijkelboom, Omer Fast, Soham Gupta, Sharon Hayes, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Ilya Lipkin, August Sander, Sandra Schäfer, Collier Schorr, Tobias Zielony, Artur Zmijewski
WALK!

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
18 Feb 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Bani Abidi, Francis Alys, Daniel Beerstecher, James Bridle, Tiffany Chung, Michael Dean, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Hamish Fulton, Regina Jose Galindo, Rahima Gambo, Hamza Halloubi, David Hammons …
Witch Hunt

UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
10 Oct 2021 – 9 Jan 2022

with Leonor Antunes, Yael Bartana, Candice Breitz, Minerva Cuevas, Teresa Margolles, Otobong Nkanga, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz
Witch Hunt

Institute of Contemporary Art LA, Los Angeles (US)
10 Oct 2021 – 9 Jan 2022

with Leonor Antunes, Yael Bartana, Candice Breitz, Minerva Cuevas, Vaginal Davis, Teresa Margolles, Otobong Nkanga, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz , Beverly Semmes
Dear Truth

Documentary Strategies in Contemporary Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
4 Feb 2021 – 2 May 2021

with Laia Abril, Mathieu Asselin, Lara Baladi, Kerstin Hamilton, Frida Orupabo, Trevor Paglen, Taryn Simon
Dear Truth

Documentary Strategies in Contemporary Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
30 May 2020 – 20 Sep 2020

with Laia Abril, Mathieu Asselin, Lara Baladi, Kerstin Hamilton, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Frida Orupabo, Trevor Paglen, Taryn Simon
Collectionner au 21e siècle

Si une accumulation, reflète une vie…

Collection Lambert, Avignon (FR)
14 Dec 2019 – 15 Mar 2020

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Ivan Argote, Yto Barrada, Eric Baudelaire, Neil Beloufa, Katinka Bock, Claude Closky, Clement Cogitore, Mark Dion, Patrick Faigenbaum, Mounir Fatmi, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
RADICAL HOPE

Mor Charpentier, Paris (FR)
25 Jan 2020 – 27 Feb 2020

with Marwa Arsanios, Rossella Biscotti, Paz Errazuriz, Teresa Margolles, Carlos Motta, Uriel Orlow
EUROPA ENDLOS

In collaboration with CPH:DOX

Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
23 Mar 2019 – 11 Aug 2019

with Jimmie Durham, Fischli & Weiss
Artes Mundi 8

Anna Boghiguian

National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (GB)
26 Oct 2018 – 24 Feb 2019

with Otobong Nkanga, Trevor Paglen, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Persona grata

MAC/VAL, Paris (FR)
16 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019

with Bertille Bak, Halida Boughriet, Kyungwoo Chun, Clement Cogitore, Hamid Debarrah, Julien Discrit, Latifa Echakhch, Ghazel, Laura Henno, Pierre Huyghe, Kimsooja, Bertrand Lamarche …
LET'S TALK ABOUT IMAGES

Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
3 Nov 2018 – 12 Jan 2019

with Terje Abusdal, Heba Y. Amin, Knut Asdam, Khaled Barakeh, Delphine Bedel, Eline Mugaas
Road to Justice

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
22 Jun 2018 – 14 Oct 2018

with John Akomfrah, Moshekwa Langa, Wangechi Mutu, Malik Nejmi, Michael Tsegaye, Sue Williamson
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Abounaddara, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Sammy Baloji, Rebecca Belmore, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Pavel Braila, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra …
Tous, des sang-mêlés

MAC/VAL, Paris (FR)
22 Apr 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Francis Alys, Faycal Baghriche, Sammy Baloji, Taysir Batniji, Sylvie Blocher, Jonathas de Andrade, Maryam Jafri, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Kimsooja, Mehryl Levisse …
LA TERRA INQUIETA

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
28 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Rokni Haerizadeh …
THE RESTLESS EARTH

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
28 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Rokni Haerizadeh …
The 5th International Çanakkale Biennial

Canakkale Biennial, Canakkale (TR)
24 Sep 2016 – 6 Nov 2016

with Peter Aerschmann, Nevin Aladag, Halil Altindere, Birgit Johnsen & Hanne Nielsen, Róza El-Hassan, Alfredo Jaar, Norayr Kasper, Angela Melitopoulos, Boris Mikhailov, Adrian Paci
Printemps de septembre 2016

Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (FR)
23 Sep 2016 – 23 Oct 2016

with Mohamed Bourouissa, Balthasar Burkhard, Chto Delat International, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, Hubert Duprat, Aurelien Froment, Ragnar Kjartansson, Wolfgang Laib, Vincent Meessen, Hans Op de Beeck, Thomas Ruff …
UTOPIES, ESPOIRS, COLERES

l'Été photographique de Lectoure 2016

Centre photo de Lectoure, Lectoure (FR)
16 Jul 2016 – 25 Sep 2016

with Roger Ballen, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji, Julien Berthier, Jordi Colomer, Mounir Fatmi, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Clarisse Hahn, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Mathieu Pernot, Jhafis Quintero …
STREAMLINES

Ozeane, Welthandel und Migration

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
4 Dec 2015 – 13 Mar 2016

with Kader Attia, Mark Boulos, Godfried Donkor, Theo Eshetu, Alfredo Jaar, Otobong Nkanga, Ulrike Ottinger, Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Common Grounds

Villa Stuck, München (DE)
12 Feb 2015 – 17 May 2015

with Abbas Akhavan, Parastou Forouhar, Babak Golkar, Dor Guez, Susan Hefuna
Creativity Exercises

GfZK, Leipzig (DE)
18 Oct 2014 – 1 Feb 2015

with Pawel Althamer, Rainer Ganahl, Dora Maurer, Peter Watkins
Position

Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL)
5 Jul 2014 – 12 Oct 2014

with Koki Tanaka
Giving Contours to Shadows

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)
24 May 2014 – 27 Jul 2014

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Neil Beloufa, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Mounir Fatmi, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Kapwani Kiwanga, Donna Kukama, MWANGI HUTTER, Otobong Nkanga, Alexandre Singh, Hank Willis Thomas
A Thousand of Him, Scattered

Relative Newcomers In Diaspora

Stills Center Photography, Edinburgh (GB)
19 Apr 2014 – 20 Jul 2014

with Edgar Arceneaux, Yael Bartana, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Maud Sulter
Salon der Angst

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
6 Sep 2013 – 12 Jan 2014

with Kader Attia, Gerard Byrne, Harun Farocki, Fischli & Weiss, Rainer Ganahl, Eva Kotatkova, Allan Sekula, Jeff Wall, Mark Wallinger, Gillian Wearing, Tobias Zielony
The Venice Biennale - 55th International Art Exhibition

The Encyclopedic Palace

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Kasper Akhoj, Victor Alimpiev, Yuri Ancarani, Uri Aran, Ed Atkins, Nikolay Bakharev, Morton Bartlett, Hans Bellmer, Neil Beloufa, John Bock, Roberto Cuoghi, Enrico David …
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art

BOLSHE SVETA / MORE LIGHT

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
20 Sep 2013 – 20 Oct 2013

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Victor Alimpiev, Said Atabekov, Richard Bell, Geta Bratescu, David Claerbout, Edith Dekyndt, SONG Dong, SONG Dong, Rena Effendi, Parastou Forouhar …
Freiheit!

Kunstpalais, Erlangen (DE)
12 Apr 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Alexander Apostol, Johanna Billing, Klara Liden, Nedko Solakov, Ai Weiwei, Artur Zmijewski
17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
30 Sep 2011 – 11 Dec 2011

with Carlos Adriano, Basma Alsharif, Lara Arellano, Aya Eliav & Ofir Feldman , Lixin Bao, Danillo Barata, Felipe Barros, Anna Baumgart, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Felipe Bittencourt, Tatiana Blass, Ricardo Carioba …
Sharjah Biennial 10

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
16 Mar 2011 – 16 May 2011

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Hala Alani, Ziad Antar, Atfal Ahdath (Vartan Avakian, Hatem Imam & Raed Yassin), Yto Barrada, Judith Barry, Bahar Behbahani, Ammar Bouras, Jem Cohen, Trisha Donnelly, Harun Farocki, Mariam Ghani …
Rencontres Internationales Paris / Madrid / Berlin

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
29 Jun 2010 – 4 Jul 2010

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Emmanuelle Antille, Mohamed Bourouissa, Marco Brambilla, Jem Cohen, Pedro Costa, Eléonore de Montesquiou, Bea de Visser, Peter Downsbrough, Harun Farocki, Dora Garcia, Ken Jacobs …
Always Moving Forward

Gallery 44 Photography, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2010 – 29 May 2010

with Mohamed Bourouissa, Mohamed Camara, Calvin Dondo, Samuel Fosso, Hassan Hajjaj, Antoni Kimani, Lebohang Mashiloane, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Aida Muluneh, Dawit Petros, Guy Tillim, Andrew Tshabangu …
TRANSMEDIALE.10 - FUTURITY NOW!

FESTIVAL FÜR KUNST UND DIGITALE KULTUR BERLIN

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
2 Feb 2010 – 7 Feb 2010

with Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, Dominic Angerame, Taysir Batniji, Duncan Campbell, Martha Colburn, Ute Hörner, Tomoko Inagaki, Adam Leech, Bjoern Melhus, Elodie Pong
8th Bamako Encounters, Biennial of African Photography- Borders

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
7 Nov 2009 – 7 Dec 2009

with Myriam Abdelaziz, Doa Aly, Kader Attia, Ismail Bahri, Abdoulaye Barry, Jack Beng-Thi, Lilia Benzid, Berry Bickle, Jodi Bieber, Ursula Biemann, Bruno Boudjelal, Mohamed Bourouissa …
14th Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival

Displacements

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
23 Sep 2003 – 4 Oct 2003

with Lucas Bambozzi, Danillo Barata, Roberto Bellini, Carlosmagno Rodrigues & Alonso Pafyeze, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Edgar Endress, Cao Guimaraes, Shilpa Gupta, Orlando Maneschy, Cesar Meneghetti, Marcello Mercado, Simone Michelin …

Events

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2026

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
11 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Ikram Abdulkadir, Rhiannon Adam, Ana María Arévalo Gosen, Roger Ballen, Julie Boserup, Sophie Calle, Maja Daniels, Antone Dolezal, Carolyn Drake, Joachim Fleinert, Mohamed Hassan, Cassandra Klos …
The 60th International Art Exhibition

Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
20 Apr 2024 – 24 Nov 2024

with Claudia Andujar, Miguel Angel Rojas, Ivan Argote, Karimah Ashadu, Zanny Begg, Ursula Biemann, Kudzanai Chiurai, Isaac Chong Wai, River Claure, Liz Collins, Miguel Covarrubias, Giana De Dier …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

ADN Galeria, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Carlos Aires, Jordi Colomer, Regina Jose Galindo
Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2023

Barcelona Gallery Weekend, Barcelona (ES)
14 Sep 2023 – 17 Sep 2023

with Ignasi Aballi, Abdelkader Benchamma, Patricia Dauder, Joan Fontcuberta, Anna Bella Geiger
Sharjah Biennial 15

Thinking Historically in the Present

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
7 Feb 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Erkan Oezgen, John Akomfrah, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Brook Andrew, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Pablo Bartholomew, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Carolina Caycedo …
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2023

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
9 Jun 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Doug Aitken, Nevin Aladag, Andrea Buettner, John Baldessari, Marwan Bassiouni, Alicia Framis, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Gabriele Münter, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Shirana Shahbazi, Cindy Sherman, Pilvi Takala
The 12th African Biennale of Photography

Bamako Encounters - Streams of Consciousness

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
30 Nov 2019 – 31 Jan 2020

with Felicia Abban, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Jodi Bieber, Katia Bourdarel, Adji Dieye, Theaster Gates, Eric Gyamfi, Francoise Huguier, Adama Jalloh, Uchechukwa James Iroha, Liz Johnson Artur …
Art Paris Art Fair 2018

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
5 Apr 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Gabor Oesz, Ignasi Aballi, Peter Aerschmann, Dieter Appelt, Edgar Arceneaux, Eric Aupol, Jessica Backhaus, Jose Manuel Ballester, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Guido Baselgia, Vanessa Beecroft …
2017 Asian Art Biennial

Negotiating the Future - <a href="http://www.asianartbiennial.org" target="_blank">www.asianartbiennial.org/</a>

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taipei (TW)
30 Sep 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Lara Baladi, Chim-Pom, Meiro Koizumi, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Hrair Sarkissian, Kawita Vatanajyankur
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Ross Birrell, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Peter Friedl, Regina Jose Galindo …
documenta 14 Athens

Athens 8 Apr - 16 July / Kassel 10 June - 17 Sept

documenta, Athens (GR)
8 Apr 2017 – 16 Jul 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Daniel Garcia Andujar, Amar Kanwar, Amar Kanwar, Naeem Mohaiemen, Rosalind Nashashibi …
ARCO Madrid 2017

ARCO ARte COntemporáneo, Madrid (ES)
22 Feb 2017 – 26 Feb 2017

with Pep Agut, Carlos Aires, Ivan Argote, Txomin Badiola, Carmen Calvo, Daniel Canogar, Cristina De Middel, Derek Farkas, Harun Farocki, Christiane Feser, Joan Fontcuberta, Daniel & Geo Fuchs …
The 5th International Çanakkale Biennial

Canakkale Biennial, Canakkale (TR)
24 Sep 2016 – 6 Nov 2016

with Peter Aerschmann, Nevin Aladag, Alfredo Jaar, Boris Mikhailov, Adrian Paci
UTOPIES, ESPOIRS, COLERES

l'Été photographique de Lectoure 2016

Centre photo de Lectoure, Lectoure (FR)
16 Jul 2016 – 11 Sep 2016

with Roger Ballen, Yto Barrada, Jordi Colomer, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Alberto Garcia-Alix
Stories within Stories

Callie’s, Berlin (DE)
The Tempest Society / Twenty-Two Hours

mit Carolin Hochleichter, Kuratorin der Ausstellung

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)