Biography
MAryam Touzani (b. 1997, NL/MA) is an image-based artist whose projects explore themes of diasporic identity and existential rootlessness. A child of immigrants, Touzani navigates her Moroccan Amazigh heritage in the context of a Dutch upbringing: examining spaces where cultures overlap, conflict, and fracture, as well as uncovering hidden narratives of belonging and erasure. Her practice uses photography and archival material to question how histories are preserved or silenced, generating new visual languages that embrace absence, resilience, and survival.In 2023, Touzani received a BFA in Photography from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. In 2024, she was selected as a Foam Talent, with her work appearing in Foam Magazine #65 and a parallel touring exhibition. Alongside her personal projects, Touzani works as a picture editor at the Dutch daily newspaper NRC — an experience that has both sharpened her eye for visual storytelling and her interest in the image’s power to resist or reinforce dominant narratives.
Open for commissions and projects. Portfolio available on request.
Contact details
info@maryamtouzani.com
@maryam.touzani