Karima Boutaleb (born July 20, 1979) is an artist and entrepreneur born in the city of

Champigny-sur-Marne Champigny-sur-Marne (, literally ''Champigny on Marne'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Name Champigny-sur-Marne was originally called simply Champigny. The name Champigny ulti ...

in France. Her artistic career started in

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, where she lived to study the culture, folklore, and music of the

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Education

Karima Boutaleb studied language, literature and foreign civilizations at the

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universit ...

in 1998.

Career

Boutaleb served as a curator at the Centro Abreu in the

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from 2006 to 2010. Boutaleb is the creator and founder of

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, a fair specializing in contemporary art. She is also the founder of Boutaleb Publishing Group that publishes the magazines ''Gabangi'', ''Boutaleb'', ''Artforo'' and the newspaper ''Saludarte''. As an artist, Boutaleb has presented several exhibitions all of which have had a significant impact on the artistic community. For her, the most important part of being an artist is using art as a medium of original and unique expression. "When I go beyond what is seen, through my work, I manifest a peculiar vision of the world, real or imagined, with ideas, perceptions and sensations," says Boutaleb. Boutaleb’s artistic assertion was what motivated, "La esperanza es lo todo," her major exhibition in

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in 2012. The successful exhibition was attended by major personalities from the political, social and cultural life of New York City.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boutaleb, Karima 1979 births Living people 21st-century French women artists French art curators French publishers (people) Paris-Sorbonne University alumni People from Champigny-sur-Marne