SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Portrait of a Generation, Open Studio, Museum Of Contemporary African Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) Residency, Marrakech, Morocco 2019 Cinema Camera, Amman Image Festival, MMAG Foundation, Amman, Jordan 2019 On est ensemble, École Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ESAV), Marrakech, Morocco 2018 Cinéma Caméra, l'Uzine, Casablanca, Morocco 2018 On est ensemble, MAXXX Project Space, Sierre, Switzerland 2017 Destiny, French Institute, Rabat, Morocco
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 Among you, IAF Festival, Basel, Switzerland 2021 Among you, Tolerance (s), Ås Municipality, Norway 2021 Among you, Tolerance(s), Serafeio, Athens, Greece 2021 Chemistry of Feeling, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2021 Among you, La Maison des Treilles, Les Rencontres d'Arles, France 2021Among you,Urbi&Orbi Festival, Sedan, France 2021 Among you, Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, New Zealand 2021 Among you, ‘Barzakh بَرْزَخ. Entre mondes’, PhotoESPAÑA Festival, Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain 2021 Among you, Award-Winning African Photography - Photo Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland 2021 Fiction of reality, World Press Photo Exhibition 2020, Oldenburg, Germany 2021 Destiny, The Everyday Projects: New Stories and Horizons, Cairo Photo Week, Cairo, Egypt 2021 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Christie's, Paris, France 2020 Among you, Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy 2020 Among you, Photo London, London, UK 2020 Destiny, Revela'T Festival, Barcelona, Spain 2020 Among you, BredaPhoto Festival, Breda, The Netherlands 2020 Among you, Helsinki Photo Festival, Helsinki, Finland 2020 Destiny, Addis Foto Fest: Nine Years Survey, The Africa Institute, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2020 United Artists, 1:54 OFF, Marrakech, Morocco 2020 Among you, Sourtna, National Museum of Photography, Rabat, Morocco 2019 Arab Street, Vol II, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2019 Among you, Beirut Image Festival, Beirut, Lebanon 2019 Among you, Nouvelles écritures, La Fondation pour la Photographie, Tangier, Morocco 2019 Sidi Harazem, une oasis moderne, Espace Expression CDG, Rabat, Morocco 2019 Among you, Vantage Point, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2019 Face à la Mer, Mediterranean Photo Encounters, Tangier, Morocco 2019 Destiny, International Photography Biennial of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain 2019 Cinema Camera, La Quinzaine de la photographie de Yaoundé, YaPhoto Festival, Yaoundé, Cameroon 2018 Destiny, Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2018 Territoires silencieux, Les Rencontres Internationales de la photo de Fes, Fes, Morocco 2018 En un instante, Marruecos, La Fundación de Tres Culturas del Mediterraneo, Sevilla, Spain 2018 Stories from the water edge, International Biennial of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco 2018 In a flash mood, Morocco, Mouassine Museum, Marrakech, Morocco 2018 In a flash mood, Morocco, PhotoESPAÑA Festival, Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain 2018 Photos de mémoires, mémoires de photos, Les Rencontres de la photographie de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco 2018 Points de vue, Galerie Abla Ababou, Rabat, Morocco 2017 Intimes- Errances, ArtCompany / Episodes 2, Casablanca, Morocco 2017 Imitation, Youmein Festival, Technopark, Tangier, Morocco 2017 Images passagères, Rétine argentique, Marseille, France 2017 Open Studio, Printemps de l'Art Contemporain, La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France 2017 Chronique d'un changement annoncé, Festival Rabat Résonances, Dar El-Mrini, Rabat, Morocco 2017 Génération Flash, Fondation Alliances, Casablanca, Morocco 2017 Les journées photographiques de Taza, Complexe culturel, Taza, Morocco 2017 PULP#4, Fotofilmic Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2016 Les nuits photographiques, 5th edition, National Library, Rabat, Morocco 2016 Terrain de jeu, Dabaphoto 2, Le 18, Marrakech, Morocco 2016 Les nuits photographiques d’Essaouira, Essaouira, Morocco 2016 OffPrint London, Tate Modern Museum, London, UK
PRIZES, NOMINATIONS AND GRANTS 2020 CAP Prize - The Contemporary African Photography Prize, Basel, Switzerland 2020 Magnum Foundation grant for Global Covid Projects, New York, USA 2020 National Geographic Society's Emergency Fund for Journalists, New York, USA 2020. British Journal of Photography’s Ones To Watch, London, UK 2020 Art Jameel Research and Practice Platform Grant, Dubaï, United Arab Emirates 2020 World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2020 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass Nominee, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2020 National Geographic Society Explorer Grant, New York, USA 2020 The Photography Prize of Fondation des Treilles, Tourtour, France 2019 National Geographic Award - Eddie Adams Workshop, New York, USA 2019 Eddie Adams Workshop, New York, USA 2019 Mobility grant, Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2019 Special mention, In Frame x Photo Doc, Paris, France 2019 Special mention, Face à la Mer, Tangier, Morocco 2018 Arab Documentary Photography Program I Magnum Foundation/Prince Claus Fund/AFAC Grant, Beirut, Lebanon 2016 Visual Art Project Grant, Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco, Rabat, Morocco
RESIDENCIES 2021 Air, Fondation des Treilles, Tourtour, France 2020 Air, Caravane Tighmert, Tighmert, Morocco 2019 Air, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, Morocco 2018 Air, La Ruche Documentaire, Agadir International Documentary Festival, Agadir, Morocco 2018 Air, SMArt program, Sierre, Switzerland 2017 Air, Youmein Festival, Tangier, Morocco 2017 Air, La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France 2017 Air, Takafes, Fez, Morocco 2016 Air, Caravane Tighmert, Tighmert, Morocco
WORKSHOPS, TALKS, AND PRESENTATIONS 2021 Middle Eastern Photography: A Window into Art and Documentation of Time and Place. Intersect 21 virtual fair, online 2021 Talk Talk Talk, African Photography Conversations, Cap Prize, online 2019 Artists in residency, talk with Mouna Saboni and M'hammed Kilito, MACAAL, Marrakech, Morocco 2019 We are together, École Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ESAV), Marrakech, Morocco 2018 Photography workshop, Équations nomades, Bamako, Mali 2018 Africa of the Africans, International Artists Gathering, Fez, Morocco 2017 Visual Sociology in Morocco, School of Social Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco 2017 Presentation of the book Un si long chemin, Cinéma Renaissance, Rabat, Morocco 2017 Immigration in Morocco: the challenges of integration, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Rabat, Morocco 2017 À l'épreuve de nos désirs, French Institute, Rabat, Morocco 2017 La ville autrement, Photomed, La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille,France 2017 Art in time of crisis, International Artists Gathering, Fez, Morocco 2017 Photography workshop, French Institute, Rabat, Morocco
FEATURES AND CLIENTS British Journal of Photography The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal Vogue Italia Le Monde VICE Arabia Grazia Monopol Magazin The Atlantic El Pais World Press Photo Witness - Four to Follow Tribe Magazine Something We Africans Got GQ Italia Jeune Afrique Zeke Magazine Contemporary And L'oeil de la photographie Off The Wall Art Africa One World Magazine De l'air Afrique Magazine L'Express Diptyk Telquel Vu Magazine Arab News L'Économiste Africultures La Vie The Gulf Today
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS Fondation des Treilles, Tourtour, France Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco, Rabat, Morocco Fotofilmic Collections, Vancouver, Canada Fondation pour le développement durable des régions de montagne, Sion, Switzerland Musée Mohammed VI pour la civilisation de l'eau au Maroc, Marrakech, Morocco Palais Saadi Collection, Marrakech, Morocco Museum of Contemporary African Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, Morocco La Fondation pour la Photographie, Tangier, Morocco The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office, Rabat, Morocco Fondation Touria et Abdelaziz Tazi, Casablanca, Morocco Private collections
EDUCATION 2010 - 2012 Master in Political Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 2007 - 2010 Bachelor in Political Science, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada 2001 - 2007 Bachelor in Software Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
LANGUAGES Arabic, English, Spanish, and French
M'hammed Kilito Photography
M'hammed Kilito is a Moroccan documentary photographer based in Rabat, Morocco.