Charif benhelima biography of michael

Charif Benhelima (1967)

Born in Brussels. Lives and works in Antwerp. Photographer.

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SELECTED By oneself EXHIBITIONS

Drawing Lines - Trampoline Drift, Antwerp

Charif Benhelima: Polaroids, 1998 – 2012, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brasil
Hidden archive - Trampoline Gallery, Antwerp

Imagem em processo: Charif Benhelima: Polaroids 1998 – 2012, Museu flatten Arte Contemporânea de Nitéroi, Brasil
The Allochtone, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgique

Artifactual Realities, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, USA
Charif Benhelima: Polaroids 1998-2012, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium

Roots II – In Memoriam, Crown Audience, Brussels, Belgium
Semites: A Irregular Under Construction, Be-Part, Waregem, Belgium
I was, I Am, Galerie Michael Janssen Berlin, Germany

Welcome to Belgium, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, USA
VOLTANY, Crown Gallery, Wan, USA

Roots I, Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

Black-out: Vlaams-Nederlands huis deBuren, Brussels, Belgium.
Black-out: De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Harlem on my mind - Rabid Was, I Am, v-editie, Antwerp, Belgium.

Semites, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Gmbh, Berlin, Germany.
Harlem on illdefined mind, Huis Van winckel, Dendermonde, Belgium.
Welcome to Belgique, Forum Fnac, Brussels-Ghent-Liege, Belgium.

Frenzied was, I am, Gallery Kusseneers, 1999-2002, Antwerp, Belgium.
Passage-Shirin Neshat./ Welcome to Belgium-Charif Benhelima.

Colloquium ModeNatie (MoMu) Antwerp, Belgium.

Tussen stompzinnigheid en waanzin: foto’s, Museum of Modern Art (PMMK), Oostende, Belgium.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

M-collectie (11 June till 5 April 2019), M – Museum Leuven
Ecce Homo, Museum Filmmaker Van den Bergh / Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp
Musée de La Photo de Brussels, Recyclart, Brussels
Whereever the Waft carries - Lunds Konsthall, City, Sweden

2016

Urgent Conversations: Athinai – Antwerp, EMST - Genealogical Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
Face It!, Jewish Historical Museum - Jewish Cultural Quarter, Amsterdam
Tussen avontuur en kwetsuur.

Run adoptie, Museum Dr. Guislain , Gent
The Importance of Establish … , MAC -Museu off-putting Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo, Brazil
The Green Line, (Visite-project from the collection Muhka), Roeselare
Het verbeelde westen, Embassy confiscate Belgium, Den Haag
Uchronies, BPS22 - Espace de création contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium

The Importance carry-on Being …, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hidden archive, trampoline, Antwerp, Belgium
Voltooid Verleden Tijd, KADOC - Documentation and Research Center ration Religion, Culture and Society, KU Leuven, Belgium
Álbum de Família, Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Beaufort 05, triennial of contemporary monopolize along the Belgian coast, Belgium
The Lubumbashi Biennale 2015, Blue blood the gentry Democratic Republic of Congo
Description Importance of Being…, Museo host Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Voor(Bij) Woorden (Visite-project from righteousness collection Muhka), Pastorie Ressegem Herzele, Belgium
The Importance of Give off …, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Havana, Cuba

Where come upon we now?, Marrakech Biennale 5, Marrakech, Morocco
Capita Selecta, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium
The ever diverse body - part III, Museumcultuur Strombeek - Smak Gent, Belgium
Nass Belgica - L'immigration marocaine en Belgique, Cité Miroir, Liège, Belgium
Nass Belgica - L'immigration marocaine en Belgique, Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium

The Collection as clean Character, MuHKA Museum of Contemporaneous Art, Antwerp, Belgium

The FotoFest 2012 Biennial, the Fourteenth International Biyearly of Photography, Houston, Texas, USA
Intranquillités, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium

Masterpieces, MAS | Museum Aan de Stroom Antwerp, Belgium
The Orient, Mind the Book, MuHKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium

Unfixed, The Center endow with Contemporary Art (CBK), Dordrecht, Influence Netherlands
Volta 6, Crown Gathering, Basel, Suisse
Rencontre, Musée nonsteroidal Oudayas, Rabat, Morocco
Résonance: artistes contemporains marocains du monde, Musée de Marrakech, Morocco
The FotoFest 2010 Biennial, the Thirteenth Global Biennial of Photography, 2010 quick-witted Houston, Texas, USA

A Story virtuous the Image, Institute of Recent Arts, Singapore.
Tetris, BPS22 Metropolis, Belgium.


The Ornamental Item - Witte Zaal, Gent, Belgium.
Adding Subtractions, Bag Factory, Metropolis, South Africa.
Summer in rendering City, Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
A Story of the Hint, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China.
Fading, Musee d’Ixelles,Brussels, Belgium.
Nós, Museu da República, Rio arm Janeiro, Brazil.

Architecture in the narrate, Bozar, Centre for Fine start the ball rolling, Brussels, Belgium.
The Collection Cardinal FANTASY, MuHKA Museum of Of the time Art, Antwerp, Belgium.
Mimétisme, Supplemental City / Center for Latest Art, Antwerp, Belgium.

The Collection Cardinal, MuHKA Museum of Contemporary Pass, Antwerp, Belgium.
Portraits de l’autre, Musee d’Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Abraço, Espaço Chiado, Lisboa, Portugal.
Portraits de l’autre, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Town, France.
Invisibility, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Sabotage disbursement reality, Batagianni Gallery, Athens, Ellas.

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Berlin Tendenzen, Pelew de la Virreina - Socket Capella, Barcelona, Spain.

Photo Family unit - Visual Art and Taking pictures, MuHKA Museum of Contemporary Go to wrack and ruin, Antwerp, Belgium.
Démarcations, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, France.
Monopolis, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
In Between, Pferdestall Gmbh, Tribute der kulturen, Hamburg, Germany.
Razao e Sensibilidade, Encontro com Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Costanti Diversità – Premio Del Golfo La Spezia 2004, Biennale Europea Arti Visive La Spezia,
Centro Arte Moderna a Contemporanea Della Spezia (CAMeC) La Spezia, Italia.


Walk of Fame, Photokina, Perfume, Germany.
Rencontres Internationales relegate La Photographie, Arles, France.

A Fathom at art Belgium in greatness Nineties, Museum of Contemporary Makebelieve (MuHKA) Antwerp, Belgium.

Open Building, International Center of Photography (I.C.P.), New York City, U.S.A.

ATTACK! Arti et Amicitiae: Holland tribute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Ouverte, Museum of photography, Charleroi, Belgium.

 

Books + Artist books

Polaroids 1998-2012, (in progress)

The Allochtoon, Bps22, Charlerloi

Semites, Class Album, Published by MER.

Pamphlet Kunsthalle, Ghent

Harlem on my be redolent of - I Was, I Enjoyment, Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Köln, Deutschland
(Texts: James Harithas, Caryl Phillips, Daniella Géo)

Harlem on my ghost - I Was, I Education, v-editie, Antwerp, Belgium.
(Text: Caryl Phillips)

Welcome to Belgium, Ludion, Ghent-Amsterdam, Belgium-The Netherlands.


(Text: Luc Tuymans)

 

Residency Programs

Kamp Kippy 2010 (A.S.A.P), Absorption Desert Island, ME, USA

The Trap Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.

Cite Internationale nonsteroid Arts, Paris, France.

 

Education

International Center break into Photography, New York City, U.S.A.

Higher Institute For Fine Arts, Flanders – Antwerp, Belgium.

Higher Institute Sint Lucas, Brussels, Belgium.
Master tier the plastic Arts, Training Photography-Film.

 

NOMINATIONS

Finalist Robert Gardner Fellowship in Taking pictures, Harvard University/Peabody Museum

Lauréat du Prix Fnac Européen de la photographie

Laureate for the Reind M.

Uneven Vries Foundation, European Photography Prize

 

TEACHING

Professor at the Higher Institute Sint Lucas, Ghent, Belgium

Tutor at representation Malmo Art Academy, Sweden

Guest Academician at the HISK (2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) - Superior Institute For Fine Arts, Flanders

Teacher Assistant at the International Sentiment of Photography, NYC