Charif Benhelima (b. 1967, Brussels) lives and works in Antwerp and Rio de Janeiro.
Master in Fine Arts at the Higher Institute Sint Lucas, Brussels, and Laureate at the HISK - Higher Institue for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Benhelima investigates the notion of identity, memory/oblivion, document, and truth through images that explore perception, time and space, and a sense of invisibility. Besides having worked with analogical photography, he has been long experimenting with Polaroid 600.
Nominated for his complete oeuvre for the Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography 2008 (Harvard University/Peabody Museum).
Selected solo exhibitions include: Imagem em process, Museu de
Arte Contemporânea de Nitéroi, Brasil 2013; The Allochtone, BPS22 -
Espace de création contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium 2013; Charif
Benhelima: Polaroids 1998-2012, Bozar - Centre for Fine art,
Brussels, Belgium 2012; .Welcome to Belgium, Station Museum of
Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, USA 2010; Semites, Kunstlerhaus
Bethanien Gmbh, Berlin, Germany 2005; Tussen stompzinnigheid en
waanzin: foto’s, Museum of Modern Art Oostende ,Belgium 1999.
Selected group exhibitions include: Artifactual Realities, Station
Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston; A Story of the Image,
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore; Adding Subtractions, Bag
Factory, Johannesburg; A Story of the Image, Shanghai Art Museum,
Shanghai; Monopolis, Witte de With, Rotterdam; Once
upon a Time… A Look at Art: Belgium in the Nineties, MuHKA -
Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; Costanti Diversità:
Biennale Europea Arti Visive La Spezia, Centro Arte Moderna a
Contemporanea Della Spezia; Semites, Künstlerhaus
Bethanien, Berlin; Berlin Tendenzen, Palau de la Virreina - La
Capella, Barcelona, Mimésis, Extra City - Center for Contemporary
Art, Antwerp.
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