Painter | Marrakech

Painting what we carry within

I create bespoke paintings from your thoughts, your memories and your silences. Each work is unique, born of a conversation between us.

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Karima Abdi, painter in Marrakech
Karima AbdiMarrakech
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The journey

A life between two shores

I was born in Tripoli to Moroccan parents, with two countries in my heart. War passed through me, Morocco welcomed me, and Marrakech gave me back the taste for life. My painting is the thread that ties it all together.

I saw a city fall silent. Since then, I paint whatever in us refuses to go dark.

Karima Abdi
  1. 2001

    Tripoli, childhood

    I was born in Tripoli, Libya, to Moroccan parents. I grew up between two cultures: the light of the Mediterranean on one side, my parents' homeland on the other, present in every family story, every recipe, every song.

  2. 2011

    The upheaval

    I was ten years old when the Gaddafi regime fell. I watched scenes of war tear through my city. From that time I keep a sharp sense of what truly matters, and the need to put colour on what words cannot say.

  3. 3

    Return to Morocco

    I returned to my parents' homeland, which I knew only through their words. Morocco became my land of peace and the place of my artistic rebirth.

  4. Today

    Marrakech

    Settled in Marrakech, I have learned to savour life. My paintings and drawings now translate my thoughts, and those of the people who entrust theirs to me.

The works

Unique canvases, available on request

Each painting is a one-of-a-kind piece. No prices are shown: I talk with you first.

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Full moon on the water

Acrylic on canvas

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What remains of the flame

Acrylic on canvas

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Bespoke

A canvas in your image

You carry an idea, a memory, a person. I listen, then I turn it into colour. Three steps, one single work.

  1. Your thought

    You tell me what you would like to see come to life: an emotion, a place, a face, a moment. In writing, by phone, or over tea in Marrakech.

  2. The sketch

    I propose a sketch and a palette. Together we refine the format, the texture and the mood of the canvas.

  3. The canvas

    I paint. You receive a unique, signed work, handed over in Marrakech or carefully shipped.

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10% of every canvas

Commitment

A share of every canvas goes back to Libya

On every work sold and every commission, I give 10% to Action contre la Faim for the emergency in Libya. Tripoli made me. I do not forget those who still live there.

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10% of this commission goes to Action contre la Faim, Libya emergency.

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