Majida Khattari
{{Short description|Moroccan French artist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Majida Khattari
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
| birth_place = Erfoud, Morocco
| alma_mater = School of Fine Arts of Casablanca,
Beaux-Arts de Paris
| website = http://majidakhattari.com/
}}
Majida Khattari (born 1966) is a Moroccan-born French multidisciplinary contemporary artist.{{Cite web |last=Renard |first=Johanna |date=2013 |others=Translated from French by Lucy Pons. |title=Majida Khattari |url=https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/majida-khattari/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321082659/https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/majida-khattari/ |archive-date=21 March 2023 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions (AWARE) |publisher=Dictionnaire universel des créatrices |language=en-US}} Her work often addresses fashion and women's bodies in contemporary Islam.{{Cite web |last=Segretain |first=Daphné |date=12 April 2010 |title=Franco-Moroccan visual artist Majida Khattari unveils her burqas |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20100412-franco-moroccan-visual-artist-majida-khattari-unveils-burqas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418014055/https://www.france24.com/en/20100412-franco-moroccan-visual-artist-majida-khattari-unveils-burqas |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=France 24 |language=en}} She is known for her staged fashion show performances, which connect Western-style fashion shows to Islamic dress and culture.{{Cite web |title=Khattari Majida |url=https://iniva.org/library/digital-archive/people/k/khattari-majida |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815093555/https://iniva.org/library/digital-archive/people/k/khattari-majida/ |archive-date=15 August 2022 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=Iniva |publisher=Stuart Hall Library |language=en}}
Biography
Majida Khattari was born in 1966 in Erfoud, Morocco.{{Cite web |last=Benoit |first=Emilie |date=2004 |title=Majida Khattari - Biography |url=http://www.newmedia-art.org/cgi-bin/show-art.asp?LG=GBR&ID=9000000000080661&na=KHATTARI&pna=MAJIDA&DOC=bio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416173417/http://www.newmedia-art.org/cgi-bin/show-art.asp?LG=GBR&ID=9000000000080661&na=KHATTARI&pna=MAJIDA&DOC=bio |archive-date=16 April 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=New Media Encyclopedia}} She attended the School of Fine Arts of Casablanca (1988 diploma), and by 1988 she moved to Paris to attend the Beaux-Arts de Paris (English: National School of Fine Arts of Paris; 1995 national higher diploma in plastic arts).{{Cite web |title=Majida Khattari - Bio |url=https://www.elle.fr/Personnalites/Majida-Khattari |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418072203/https://www.elle.fr/Personnalites/Majida-Khattari |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=Elle France |language=fr}}
Shortly after she arrived in Paris, in September 1989 the Islamic scarf controversy in France was happening, when three female students were suspended for refusing to remove their scarves in class at middle school in Creil, became international news.{{Cite web |last=Tempst |first=Rone |date=7 November 1989 |title=Muslim Schoolgirl Scarves Banned; France in a Furor |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-07-mn-880-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113125634/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-07-mn-880-story.html |archive-date=13 January 2023 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} This debate has drawn inspiration for her artwork.
Khattari's art is created in many different media, including photography, performance art, sculpture, video art, installation art, as well as others.{{Cite web |title=Majida Khattari |url=https://artandaboutafrica.com/artiststudio/morocco/majida-khattari/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-04-16 |website=Art And About Africa |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113125729/https://www.artandaboutafrica.com/artiststudio/morocco/majida-khattari/ }} Her work has been shown internationally including in Québec, Canada; Montreal, Canada (2015);{{Cite web |last=Shea |first=Christopher D. |date=20 February 2015 |title=What's On This Week Around the World |url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/whats-on-this-week-around-the-world-11/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113131949/https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/whats-on-this-week-around-the-world-11/ |archive-date=13 January 2023 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}} London, England; Paris, France; and New York City, New York, United States.
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Category:Moroccan women artists
Category:École des Beaux-Arts alumni