Oliver-Selim Boualam (*1992, Stühlingen, GER) lives and works as an artist and designer in Karlsruhe. His participatory sculptures and experimental objects always search for the fun and unusual in everyday routines. While working with an array of different materials - from wood and steel to plastics and ceramics - his designs try to reflect both a playful and social component.
Studio in Karlsruhe, 2022
Boualam is part of the design duo BNAG and belongs to the FAN collective.
Selected projects
ABC C-o-n-n-e-c-t & ABC C-o-n-n-e-c-t-o-r-s, 2023 – BNAG & Dinamo
ABC C-o-n-n-e-c-t-o-r-s, 2023 – BNAG & Dinamo
Solo Show at Kunststiftung BW, 2023
Solo Show at Kunststiftung BW, 2023
Beeeeeeeeeed, 2023
Solo Show at Kunststiftung BW, 2023
Wagenfeld, 2023
Please don't shit, 2021
Stools, 2023
Brett, Brett, Brett, 2023
Textzeichnung, 2022
T-E-P-P-I-C-H, handmade in Marrakech (MA), 2022
T-E-P-P-I-C-H, handmade in Marrakech (MA), 2022
Scenography for BioMedien at ZKM Karlsruhe, 2021
Scenography for BioMedien at ZKM Karlsruhe, 2021
Real Fold Furniture, 2021
Real Fold Furniture, 2021
Real Fold Furniture, 2021
Blob Chair, 2021
Blob Chair, 2021
Scenography for C&&P at Heidelberger Frühling, 2019
Scenography for C&&P at Heidelberger Frühling, 2019
Relational Pieces for Uncomfortable Discussions, 2020
Relational Pieces for Uncomfortable Discussions, 2020
Toilet Tongue for Marta L.A., 2020
Toilet Tongue for Marta L.A., 2020
Scenography for Graduates 21/22 at HfG Karlsruhe, 2022
Scenography for Graduates 21/22 at HfG Karlsruhe, 2022
Scenography for Graduates 21/22 at HfG Karlsruhe, 2022
Sockenstuhl, 2019
Sockenhocker and Sockentisch for Collection Born, 2020
Sockenverbinder, 2019
Balls in the Air Stool & Table, 2020
Tennisballverbinder, 2020
NOPE, 2022
He has been a scholarship holder of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg since 2022, from 2016-19 he was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation, in 2017 he was an artist in residence at Villa Lena, IT.
His works were part of the exhibitions "Aus Spiel wird Kunst" (Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, GER, 2022), "BioMedia" (ZKM, Karlsruhe, GER, 2021), "SuperGroup I & II" (Superhouse, New York, USA, 2021), "Open Codes" (ZKM Karlsruhe, GER, and Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, KOR, 2017-21), "Under / Over" (Marta L.A., Los Angeles, USA, 2020), "The (Functional) Art of this Century" (Design Miami with Functional Art Gallery, Miami, USA, 2019), "Blow Up" (Friedman Benda, New York, USA, 2019), "Field Trip" (BNAG Solo Show, Functional Art Gallery, Berlin, GER, 2018), "BLESS N° 56 Worker's Delight" (Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, GER, 2016) and others.
Oliver-Selim Boualam
Rudolfstrasse 5 HH EG
76131 Karlsruhe (GER)
mail@oliverboualam.com
+49 (0) 152 541 139 38
IG: @oliverboualam