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 hierarchies 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 CFHILL, Stockholm (2025); Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen (2025, 2023); Overgaden, Copenhagen (2025); Pori Museum, Pori (2025) and Art Hub, Copenhagen (2021). His group exhibitions and performances include shows at Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki (2025); Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (2025); Robert Grunenberg (2025); Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm (2025); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2025); TINA Gallery, London (2025); Kiasma Theater, Helsinki (2024); Centre d'Art la Panera, Lleida (2023); Overgaden, Copenhagen (2021); Kunstverein, Hamburg (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 Museum (Finland) and Miettinen Collection (Germany). In 2025 he received the Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation's grant.