Fatine-Violette Sabiri
b.1994 Casablanca, Morocco. Lives and works in Montréal, Québec.
Represented by Galerie Eli Kerr in Montréal. fatine.violette[at]gmail.com
Education
2020. BFA, Concordia University, Studio Arts and Film Studies, Montreal, Quebec
2014. DEP, Dawson College, Professional Photography, Montreal, Quebec
Solo Exhibitions
2026. [upcoming] TBD, ROMANCE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2025. The Lion’s Share, Galerie Eli Kerr, Montreal, Québec
2024. Khey, Pangée, Montreal, Québec
2024. Le nécessaire, ROMANCE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2024. Picturesque Pipsqueak: Dollop’s Delight with Shahan Assadourian, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, BC
2023. One by Two with Paras Vijan, Parc Offsite - Eli Kerr, Montréal, Québec
2023. Loom with Raùl Aguilar Canela, Patel Brown, Montréal, Québec
2022. R comme dans Romance, Espace Maurice, Montréal, Québec
2022. Wink*, Joys, Toronto, Ontario
2020. Chocolaterie, Jedna Dva Tři Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2020. At last, off-site exhibition at Havlíčkovy sady, Prague, Czech Republic
2017. FIVIS, soon.tw, Montréal, Québec
2016. Gérald et Fatine SS17, White Wall Studio, Montréal, Québec
Group Exhibitions
2026. Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie, Gaspésie, Québec
2026. Jesse Darling, Nina Kintsurashvili, Fatine-Violette Sabiri, Chapter NY, New York, New York
2026. Festival Photo Tanger, Tangiers, Morocco
2025. Dress Parade, Pangée, Montreal, Québec
2024. Regarde! 2024, curated by eunice bélidor, Montréal, Québec
2023. Saint-Laurent, Galerie Eli Kerr, Montréal, Québec
2023. Loom with Raùl Aguilar Canela, Patel Brown, Montréal, Québec
2022. appairage, peering, pairing, AXENÉ O7, Gatineau, Quebec
2022. In Spite of Ourselves, Joe Project, Montréal, Québec
2021. Dabaphoto 6, Le 18, Marrakech, Morocco
2021. Moonshow, The Plumb (in collaboration with Hearth Garage), Toronto, Ontario
2020. Le Corps Référentiel, Le Livart, Montréal, Québec
2019. Unwind, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
2018. Art Pop, Théâtre Rialto, Montréal, Québec
2018. Hopping the Twig, Calaboose, Montréal, Québec
2017. Home Body, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
Fairs
2026. [upcoming] NADA Miami with ROMANCE, December 6-8, Miami, Florida
2026. [upcoming] Art Toronto with Galerie Eli Kerr, October 29-31, Toronto, Ontario
2026. Parloir Art Fair with Galerie Eli Kerr, April 23-27, Brussels, Belgium
2026. Plural Contemporary Art Fair with Galerie Eli Kerr, April 10-12, Montreal, Québec
2025. Art Toronto with Galerie Eli Kerr, October 25-28, Toronto, Ontario
2025. Vendu-Sold Auction, Éditions Esse, Montréal, Québec
2025. Plural Contemporary Art Fair with Galerie Eli Kerr, April 10-13, Montréal, Québec
2024. NADA Miami with Galerie Eli Kerr, December 6-8, Miami, Florida
2024. Art Toronto with Galerie Eli Kerr, Afternoon Projects and Pangée, October 27-30, Toronto, Ontario
2024. Printemps du MAC with Pangée, May 17, Montréal, Québec
2024. Plural Contemporary Art Fair with Galerie Eli Kerr, April 11-14, Montréal, Québec
2023. Vendu-Sold Auction, Éditions Esse, Montréal, Québec
2023. Art Toronto with Pangée, October 26-29, Toronto, Ontario
2023. Art-O-Rama with Parc Off-Site, August 31-September 3rd, Marseille, France
2023. Plural Contemporary Art Fair with Espace Maurice, April 21-23, Montréal, Québec
Grants & Awards
2025. Lynne Cohen Award, MNBAQ, Québec
2025. Explore and Create: Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2024. Pierre-Ayot Award, AGAC, Montréal, Québec
2024. Travel Grant, LOJIQ, Québec
2023. Vivacité Grant, CALQ, Montréal, Québec
2023. Lynne Cohen Award nominee, MNBAQ, Québec
2023. Editing Grant, VU Photo, Quebec, Québec
2022. Burtynsky Grant, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, Ontario
2020. Fine Arts Student Alliance Special Project Grant, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
2019. Best Presentation, Concordia Film Festival: Moving Image Seminar, Montréal, Québec
Collections
2026. Acquisition by the National Bank
2025. Acquisition by the TD Canada Collection
2025. Acquisition by the National Gallery of Canada
2025. Acquisition by the City of Montreal
2025. Acquisition by the Desjardins Collection
2024. Acquisition by the National Gallery of Canada
Residencies
2026. Artist In-Residence at Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2023. Artist In-Residence at VU, Québec, Québec
2020. Artist In-Residence at Petrohradská kolektiv, Prague, Czech Republic
Readings & Performances
2026. One Long One, Poetry reading at Carmine’s Room, Montréal, Québec
2023. Calliope, Poetry reading at Pangée, Montréal, Québec
2023. Outburst, Lead role, Short film by Nathan Donovan, Toronto, Ontario
2019. Nothing Compares, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Québec
Talks
2025. Outburst film screening and conversation with Nathan Donovan and Emily Zuberec, Galerie Eli Kerr, Montréalé Québec
2025. Studio tour with Tatum Dooley, AGAC and Plural Art Fair, Montréal, Québec
2024. Kiss Landing book launch and conversation with Kaïs Aïouch, Le 18, Marrakesh, Morocco
2024. Artist on Artist: Fiona Nguyen et Fatine-Violette Sabiri, Pangée, Montréal, Québec
2024. Enfolding Topographies, Panel talk at Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, Québec
2024. Kiss Landing book launch and conversation with Nathan Levasseur, Pumice Raft, Toronto, Ontario
2024. Kiss Landing book launch and conversation avec Danica Pinteric, Eli Kerr, Montréal, Québec
2023. Artist Presentation: Sabiri & Aguilar Canela, Patel Brown, Montréal, Québec
2021. (Taking) Care in the Climate Crisis, CHASE Climate Justice Network, online
2019. Transnationalism and the Proletariat: Daoud Aoulad Syad’s Fi intidar Pasolini, Concordia Film Festival: Moving Image Seminar, Montréal, Québec
Press & Editorials
2024. Fanny Bieth, “Kiss Landing, par Fatine-Violette Sabiri”, Ciel Variable, December 2024
2024. Amélie Revert, “Fatine-Violette Sabiri, son monde ou rien”, Le Devoir, October 2024
2024. Emily Zuberec, “Eye to Eye: in conversation with Fatine-Violette Sabiri and Paras Vijan”, Public Parking, April 2024
2023. “Interview: Fatine-Violette Sabiri”, peripherie-peripherie Issue 1, April 2023
2023. “Golden Space”, The Big Mess With Us Inside It, The Centre for Experiential Research, pages 10-17, may 2023
2023. Maya Moumne, “Éclaireuses 29 — Maya Moumne + Fatine-Violette Sabiri”, VU, mars 2023
2022. “Loup Garou”, King Kong Magazine, September 2022
2022. “Bitter Little Cup”, Sex Magazine, August 2022
2022. “Our Secret Lives Through Objects”, SSENSE Magazine SS22, May 2022
2021. “Fatine-Violette Sabiri”, LSTW vol. 5, pages 48-55, February 2021
2020. Karolina Rybačiauskaitė, “Chocolaterie (Fatine’s Chocolate Factory)”, When Carrying Becomes Caring, pages 10-21, November 2020
2020. “Tightrope”, Concordia University Fibers and Material Practices Catalog, pages 36-39, June 2020
2018. “‘Hopping the Twig', a Group Show at Calaboose”, Tzvetnik online, April 2018
2016. Claire Milbrath, “Gérald et Fatine SS17”, The Editorial Magazine, October 14, 2016
2015. Cheryl Santos, “La ingeniosa Fatine-Violette Sabiri”, i-D Mexico magazine online, December 24, 2015
2014. Claire Milbrath, “Shooting the Breeze: Fatine-Violette Sabiri”, The Editorial Magazine, September 10, 2014
Publications
2026. [upcoming] Girl Sister Friend, in collaboration with Skye Oleson-Cormack, Self-published
2025 The Lion’s Share: Deluxe, Self-published
2025 Love Bug, in collaboration with Shahan Assadourian and Connor Willumsen, Sex Mag
2024. Kiss Landing, Éditions VU
2024. The Lost Images, in collaboration with Shahan Assadourian, Self-published
2021. Archivings + Effe, in collaboration with Shahan Assadourian, Self-published
2019. Clippi, Self-Published
2018. FIVIS: Reloaded, Self-published
2017. Casablanca 2, Self-published
2017. Kassi Kassi, Self-published
2017. Dial Tone / Dans le doute, in collaboration with JG JG, Self-published
2016. Casablanca, Self-published
2016. FIVIS, Self-published
2014. The Teen Ages, Self-published