MAryam Touzani
Contact:
Maryamtouzani@icloud.com
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Bio:
MAryam Touzani is a visual storyteller whose work delves into themes of diaspora, identity, and existential rootlessness. Drawing from her personal experience navigating Dutch and Moroccan heritage, her practice reveals the hidden narratives that emerge where these cultures overlap, conflict, and intersect. Through a distinctive visual language, she examines both the layers of identity and the disparities inherent in these experiences. Her work explores stories of resilience and survival amid the tensions and historical violence embedded in these narratives. In 2023 Touzani completed her bachelor’s degree in Photography from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
Touzani's work has been featured at the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation during Rencontres d'Arles 2024, and 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
Nouvelles Frontières Atelier Neerlandais Unbound Foundation x FOAM Amsterdam November 2024 (Paris, France)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