Kamil Bouzoubaa-Grivel

Biography

Kamil Bouzoubaa-Grivel, born in 1992, is a French-Moroccan artist based in Paris. In his artistic exploration, Kamil seamlessly blends digital and manual techniques, exploring the intricate relationship between surface and depth. Inspired by graphic grids and abstract comics, particularly drawn to the works of Yuichi Yokoyama, he navigates the realm of abstraction through a monochromatic palette reminiscent of typography. His practice thrives on collaboration and experimentation, crafting custom tracing tools and ink mixtures to create unique textures and visual effects.
Through his work, he blurs the boundaries between digital and physical, immersing himself in gesture, repetition, and the exploration of new formal environments.
Kamil has showcased his work at the Pernod-Ricard Foundation, Bétonsalon – Center for Research (Paris), La Panacée – MOCO (Montpellier), Fiminco Foundation (Romainville), European Parliament, Espace Niemeyer, Wallonia-Brussels Center | Paris, Cēsis Contemporary Art Center (Latvia), as well as Komplot (Brussels). He has also enjoyed residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts and Villa Belleville. In 2025, he will be a resident at the Boghossian Foundation at Villa
Empain in Brussels.
Kamil has received several distinctions, including the Drawing Prize from the Hugot Foundation Collège de France in 2019 and the Takesada Matsutani Prize in 2020. In 2023, he was awarded the Creation Aid (AIC) from DRAC, and he received
a research grant from ADAGP.