Majida Khattari was born in 1966 in Erfoud.
Majida Khattari studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Casablanca in 1989. She graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1995.
In her photographic work, Majida Khattari revisits and recreates the clichés that dominate Orientalist painting. By reconstituting settings inspired by famous Orientalist compositions, Majida Khattari “contemporizes” her characters, endowing them with an uncertain status that is both fantasy and photographic reality.
Since 1996, Majida Khattari has been creating fashion-performance shows inspired by the situation of women in Arab societies. She stages models wearing Clothing-Sculptures dealing with the status of women, but also referring to contemporary political current affairs, secularism and religion. Her performances are scripted, using song, music and dance. In parallel, Majida Khattari produces photographs, installations, videos and films.
Her work has been included in prestigious collections, including the Musée National d'Art Moderne et Contemporain du Centre Georges Pompidou (France), the SAM Project Foundation (France), the Fondation Louis Vuitton (France), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Canada), the Salsali Museum (United Arab Emirates) and the Thessaloniki Museum of Contemporary Art (Greece).
Majida Khattari lives and works in Paris.