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Salim Bayri (b. 1992, Casablanca) is a visual artist based in Amsterdam.

Salim often thinks about his mother tongue and its characteristics. It lives in constant negotiation with its colonial flatmates as well as its contemporary ancestors. Moroccan Darija easily appropriates, rapidly code switches and adapts to the context of its speaker. Salim's practice, based on this bibliography, is about learning from this language and extending it to physical and digital expressions that appropriate, contradict, switch and reveal pervasive power dynamics.

In past works, Salim has sonified his blocked access to colonial archives using a cork mallet and a USB stick; collaborated with his brother to build a throat-based hadron collider of speech and presence; and invited a stranger he met on a chat app to join him in Athens for a weekend as fellow tourists.

Bayri holds a BA in Arts and Design from the Escola Massana (CAT) and a MA in Media, Art, Design and Technology from the Frank Mohr Institute (NL). 2019-21 he was a resident at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunst (NL); and in 2022 was awarded the Volkskrant Visual Arts Prize and the Charlotte Köhler Prize. His work has been shown in art spaces such as W139 (Amsterdam), CODA Museum (Apeldoorn), Alyssa Davis Gallery (New York), ADN Gallery (Barcelona), Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao), GVCC (Casablanca), Hot Wheels (Athens), and La Capella (Barcelona) among others. Bayri is half of the music duo BAZOGA and he is represented by Galerie van Gelder (Amsterdam).

Salim offers art direction and production help for multimedia projects (CGI, 3D and 2D) contact salimcmyk@gmail.com.
For purchases or artworks, contact Galerie van Gelder at office@galerievangelder.com.

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