Majida Khattari
Born in 1966 in Erfoud, Morocco, Majida Khattari is a Franco-Moroccan artist living and working in Paris. A graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Casablanca and Paris, she focuses on the female body in her multidisciplinary work, spanning photography, performance, and painting. Khattari’s art critiques the objectification of women in contemporary societies.
Since 1996, she has created performance-fashion shows inspired by the situation of women in Arab societies, featuring models in Sculpture-Clothes that address themes of women’s status, contemporary politics, secularism, and religion. Her performances often include singing, music, and dance. Additionally, she creates installations and videos.
In her photographic work, Khattari revisits and modernizes orientalist painting clichés, blending fantasy and photographic reality. Her pieces offer a dual perspective, both aesthetically pleasing and symbolically charged, exploring the objectification of the female body.
Her work has been exhibited in various institutions, including the Hôtel de la Monnaie and the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, and the MMK Museum für Modern Kunst in Frankfurt. Her works are part of prestigious collections such as the SAM Project Foundation, the Centre Pompidou, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Participant of 2024 Dakar Art Biennale, Senegal and Venice Art Biennale, Italy.
Born in 1966 in Erfoud, Morocco, Majida Khattari is a Franco-Moroccan artist living and working in Paris. A graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Casablanca and Paris, she focuses on the female body in her multidisciplinary work, spanning photography, performance, and painting. Khattari’s art critiques the objectification of women in contemporary societies.
Since 1996, she has created performance-fashion shows inspired by the situation of women in Arab societies, featuring models in Sculpture-Clothes that address themes of women’s status, contemporary politics, secularism, and religion. Her performances often include singing, music, and dance. Additionally, she creates installations and videos.
In her photographic work, Khattari revisits and modernizes orientalist painting clichés, blending fantasy and photographic reality. Her pieces offer a dual perspective, both aesthetically pleasing and symbolically charged, exploring the objectification of the female body.
Her work has been exhibited in various institutions, including the Hôtel de la Monnaie and the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, and the MMK Museum für Modern Kunst in Frankfurt. Her works are part of prestigious collections such as the SAM Project Foundation, the Centre Pompidou, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Participant of 2024 Dakar Art Biennale, Senegal and Venice Art Biennale, Italy.
