Imane Djamil (b.1996, in Casablanca, Morocco) is a Casablanca-based artist whose practice spans photography, storytelling,and creative-writing. Her work, which is located at the crossroads of fine-art and documentary photography, explores places in‘post-traumatic transition,’ where History engenders a metaphorical dialogue with personal anecdotes.
Djamil has participated in several residencies including IgloùParis' Escales liées at The French Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018, Mujeres y el Mediterraneo in 2019 at the Casa Mediterraneo in Alicante, Spain. Her work has been exhibited throughout Europe and Morocco, most notably as part of Le Maroc Contemporain at Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, France in 2014 and, En un instante Marruecos at the Casa Arabe as part of PhotoESPAÑA’s official selection in 2018.
She has co-founded KOZ collective with photographers M'hammed Kilito, Yasmine Hatimi and Seif Kousmate in 2020.
Exhibitions
Upcoming
2023 Thinking Historically in the Present, Sharjah Biennial 15, group show- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Past
2022
2022 Maa ka Maaya ka ca a yere kono, Bamako Biennale, group show- Bamako, Mali
Who is Photography For, Landskrona Foto Festival, group show- Landskrona, Sweden
Nordwärts, La Gacilly-Baden Photo, group show- Baden, Austria
More Than Your Eyes Can See, Middle East Institute, group show- Washington DC, USA
Femmes photographes, Musée National de la Photographie, group show- Rabat, Morocco
Reflexión, Galeria Cervantès, group show- Tangier
2021
Carte blanche à Safaa Erruas, Fondation CDG, group show- Rabat, Morocco
Regards sur la jeune scène photographique marocaine, Musée National de la Photographie, group show- Rabat, Morocco
Plein Nord, Festival Photo La Gacilly, group show- La Gacilly, France
The Censored Exhibition, Copenhagen Photo Festival, group show- Copenhagen, Denmark
Tempus Fugit, Abderrahman Slaoui Museum, group show- Casablanca, Morocco
80 Miles to Atlantis, CDA Gallery, solo show- Casablanca, Morocco
2020
Tempus Fugit, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), group show- Casablanca, Morocco
2019
En Un Instante Marruecos, Bienal de Fotografia de Cordoba, Casa Arabe, group show- Cordoba, Spain
2018
En Un Instante Marruecos, Fundaciòn Tres Culturas del Mediterràneo, group show- Sevilla, Spain
Le Maroc sur le vif, Musée de Mouassine, group show- Marrakech, Morocco
Escales liées, IgloùPARIS, Villette Makerz- Paris, France
En Un Instante Marruecos, PHotoESPAÑA, Casa Arabe, group show- Madrid, Spain
Ana Hunna, an initiative promoting women in the economy in Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, Fabrique culturelle des abattoirs- Casablanca, Morocco
Festival Traits d'Union, Théâtre El Duende, solo show- Ivry-sur-Seine, France
2017
Dasthe gallery, solo show- Casablanca, Morocco
30 under 30 women photographers, The Popping Club, group show- Rome, Italy
L'Uzine, Fondation Touria et Abdelaziz Sekkat, solo show- Casablanca, Morocco
2016
AAF, Musée Juif de Belgique, group show- Brussels, Belgium
La Selva de l'Art, Festival internacional d'art contemporani, group show- La Selva de Mar, Spain
Todos os géneros preferidos, all gender preferred, Manpower festival, group show- Lisbon, Portugal
Au delà de l'héritage, Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Montmartre, group show- Paris, France
L'Art Engage, Le 6B, group show- Paris, France
Visions Urbaines, Espace des arts sans frontières, group show- Paris, France
2015
Où s'harmonisent le pin, la frayeur et moi-même, galerie SometimeStudio, solo show- Paris, France
Passages, parages, visages, paysages. Les nouvelles créations artistiques au Maroc, Musée de Bank Al Maghrib, group show- Rabat
2014
Le Maroc contemporain, Institut du Monde Arabe, group show - Paris, France
Emerge&See, galerie Yakin&Boaz, group show - Casablanca, Morocco
Emerge&See, Biennale de Marrakech, group show - Marrakech, Morocco
2012
Printemps barbare, Studio IWA, group show - Casablanca, Morocco
Prizes, grants
Arab Documentary Photography Program, Magnum Foundation, AFAC, Prince Claus
Beyond, KOZ/220 collectives, Pro-Helvetia
300 year Anniversary grant,The British Council Morocco
New Narratives in Environmental Photography Prize by Festival Photo La Gacilly & Fisheye Magazine/Gallery
All-Around Culture, L'Art Rue, co-funded by the European Union
Collections
Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL)
Private collections
Residencies
Jiser Residency, Fabra i Coats: Fábrica de Creación, Barcelona, Spain
Summer’s Lab, Le Cube- Rabat, Morocco
Mujeres y El Mediterraneo, Casa Mediterraneo- Alicante, Spain
Entre-vues (Inter-views/Inter-viewed), an Igloù PARIS project, Venice Biennale of Architecture, French Pavilion (Encore Heureux architects)- Venice, Italy
M comme Médée (Love like Medea), Théâtre National de la Colline, play staged by Astrid Bayiha- Paris, France
Copies doubles, autoportrait en espace(s) (Replicas, self-portrait through space(s), L’Uzine/ Fondation Abdelaziz et Touria Sekkat- Casablanca, Morocco
L’abribus (The Bus Shelter project), Théâtres en Dracénie with stage directors Alexandra Tobelaim and Geneviève Blais- Draguignan, France