ABOUT
Célia Bchir explores notions of the elsewhere, the strange and the foreign through her cinematographic and photographic practices. After a childhood and adolescence in Morocco, Célia studied cinema in France. Her work is based between Paris and Marrakech.
The motif of water, never far from her subjects, enables her to explore emergence, the birth of matter and the permeability of worlds. Behind an apparent serenity, lonely figures become enigmatic silhouettes and often deserted settings become protagonists. Recently, his work has turned to the intimacy and publication of photographic notebooks.
Art Booklet
Carnet 8 | twelve copies, 2024
One family photobook | single copy, 2024
Coming forth from the day | two copies, 2024
Awards
Special Mention – Rencontres photographiques Face à la mer, 2024 ⇀ Tanger, MA
1st Prize, competition Les vies qu’on mène – Tendance Floue | Forum vies mobiles, 2022 ⇀ Paris, FR
Most controversial Audience Award pour Off season – Queersicht Filmfestival, 2021 ⇀ Bern, CH
Jury’s Grand Prize for .virginie – Châlon tout court, 2014 ⇀ Châlon-sur-Saône, FR
Solo exhibition
Troubled waters – 4M2 Galerie, 2021 ⇀ Paris, FR
Collective exhibitions
Restitution exhibit – Atelier +, Ateliers Beaux-Arts, 2024 ⇀ Paris, FR
Broadcasts
Off season – amazon.com | vimeo | amazon.co.uk | amazon.de | Kubweb media | nqv media ⇀ broadcasting
Publications
Bref, de l’art d’éclairer le réel – n°127, 2022 | Off season in Émilie Noblet’s portfolio.
WELL BEHAVED – n°3, 2022 | publication of a photograph from the series The remanence of silence.