Artist Talk: Maryam Jafri

Join us for an artist talk with Maryam Jafri, presented by Matteo Cantarella, Copenhagen, at Booth 30, in conversation with Chus Martínez and Hyunjin Kim. The conversation opens up Maryam Jafri’s practice, exploring the themes that shape her work and artistic approach.

Maryam Jafri lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark and New York, USA. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows at Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (US), Blaffer Museum of Art, Houston (US), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL), Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (CH), Betonsalon, Paris (FR), Gasworks, London (UK), Kunsthal Aarhus (DK), Museet for Samtidskunst Roskilde (DK), Malmö Konstmuseum (SE), Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AUS), Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver (CA) and elsewhere.

Recent biennials include Front International (Cleveland Triennial), Sao Paolo Biennial, Venice Biennial (Belgian Pavilion), Manifesta 9, Shanghai, Taipei, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Quebec City Biennial, among others.

Hyunjin Kim is a Seoul-based independent curator and writer. She has co-curated the 7th Gwangju Biennale (2008), served as artistic director at Incheon Art Platform and ARKO Art Center, curated the Korean Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale, and led a three-year regional program for KADIST as Regional Lead Curator for Asia.

Chus Martínez is the director of the Institute of Art Gender Nature at Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, associate curator at the TBA21 Foundation and artistic director of the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. She is a board member of CIMAM and an advisor to several international art institutions. Martínez has organised numerous exhibitions and publications with contemporary artists. Her writings regularly appear in journals, catalogues and compilations of essays.