Karim Boumjimar

Karim Boumjimar (b. 1998, Spain) has an MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen and a BFA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.

Boumjimar challenges social hierachies and norms through performance, painting, sculpture, installation, and drawing. His works explore queer communities and interspecies kinship and investigate the complex relationship between nature, culture, and identity.

Boumjimar has exhibited solo shows at Alice Folker Gallery (2025, 2023); Overgaden, Denmark (2025), Pori Art Museum, Finland (2025); Creator Projects, Copenhagen (2023); NSFW/SVILOVA, Gothenburg (2023); Springbrættet 6a, Copenhagen (2023); Galleri 1,4 m3, Copenhagen (2022) and Art Hub, Copenhagen (2021). His group exhibitions and performances include shows at Robert Grunenberg (2025); Vårsalongen, Stockholm (2025); Spring Exhibition Charlottenborg (2025); TINA Gallery, London (2025); Kiasma Theater Helsinki (2024); Centro de Arte la Panera, Barcelona (2023); Dag H 42, Copenhagen (2023); Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Arts, Copenhagen (2021); Blake & Vargas, Berlin (2021); Kunstverein, Hamburg (2021); Cucina x Copenhill, Copenhagen (2021); Schauspielhaus, Zurich (2021) and Alexander Sauna, Athens (2018).

Parallel to other exhibits and practices, Boumjimar has performed with Young Boy Dancing Group since 2016 at various venues in Copenhagen, Berlin, Munich, Helsinki, Vilnius, Milan, Madrid and London. His works can be found in the collection of the Danish Arts Foundation, Art at Work, the Pori Art Museum (Finland) and Miettinen Collection (Germany).