MAryam Touzani
Contact:
Maryamtouzani@icloud.com
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Bio:
MAryam Touzani was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and is currently based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2023. MAryam explores the nature and possibilities of documentary image-making through her photography practice. She rather creates than documents. In practice, she deals with themes such as intercultural identity, the desire to belong, and (dis)placements.
She uses her bicultural background (she is a daughter of Moroccan migrants). Her work employs processes that disrupt image-making by playing with layers or merging aspects of imagery and text. It is about dispatching and bringing it back.
MAryam's work has been exhibited at the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation during the Rencontres d'Arles. Additionally, she has been selected for the FOAM Talent program for 2024-2025.
Contact:
Maryamtouzani@icloud.com
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Exhibitions
2025
Foam Talent 2024-2025, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, (Frankfurt,Germany)
Arles x Bordeauxs, Fotohaus Hors Les Murs Ausser Cimetière de la Chartreuse, (Bordeaux, France)
2024
Photo book exhibition at Fotobokfestival September (Oslo, Norway)
Wild summer of art, Group show, Brutus (Rotterdam, NL)
Group Exhibition at Les Rencontres: the Foundation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz: July (Arles France)
FOAM: Talent February (Amsterdam, NL)
2023
PCP’s Collective: The Perth Centre for Photography December(Perth, Australia)
Art The Hague October (The Hague, NL)
ARTY PARTY: PHOTOGRAPHY GRADUATES Melkweg, Septemver(Amsterdam, NL)
Graduation show Royal Academy of Art, The Hague july 2023
2022
‘Unfolding territories’ - Group Exhbition, The Grey Space in The Middle (The Hague, NL)
‘Claim Your Space’ - Alien-Mag, NS16 (Tilburg, NL)
Publishing
2023
Maktub [Dummy]
2022
Argania, Photobook, self-published (Edition of 20)
2021
I tried to walk seven times to the east, self-published
Awards
Maktub Dummy Award 2024, (Cologne Germany)
Features
Der Greif Artist blog
Fisheye Magazine
Photo31
FOAM Talent Magazine #65
Der Greif Guest Room: “Poetics of Counter-Archives”
Pakhuis de Zwijger
Art-s Cool
Den Haag cenrtaal
Rabobank magazine
Alien-mag
Symposiums/Lectures
2024
Discussion "Caught Up in Distinct Narration" avec Institute Contemporary & Allianz.
Pakhuis de Zwijger: Fotokroniek Young talents presented
2023
Lecture st.joost , Breda
Guest Lecture Royal academy of Arts, The hague
2021
The Undisciplining Photography - Photography and Society and Nederlands Foto museum