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Instagram: @daniel.mebarek
Daniel Mebarek (b. 1993, Bolivian/Algerian) is an artist working with photography, video and installation. His projects emerge from long-term fieldwork and close engagement with specific communities and sites. His work looks at identity, urbanization, labor, and memory, while critically reflecting on the power dynamics that shape documentary practice and the act of making images.
He was selected as a Foam Talent for 2026–2027 and was a finalist for the Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles in 2025. He has received support from the Centre national des arts plastiques (France), PhMuseum (Italy), and Photolucida (United States). His work has been published in The British Journal of Photography (UK), Aperture (US), and Camera Austria (Austria), among others, and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).
Instagram: @daniel.mebarek
Daniel Mebarek (b. 1993, Bolivian/Algerian) is an artist working with photography, video and installation. His projects emerge from long-term fieldwork and close engagement with specific communities and sites. His work looks at identity, urbanization, labor, and memory, while critically reflecting on the power dynamics that shape documentary practice and the act of making images.
He was selected as a Foam Talent for 2026–2027 and was a finalist for the Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles in 2025. He has received support from the Centre national des arts plastiques (France), PhMuseum (Italy), and Photolucida (United States). His work has been published in The British Journal of Photography (UK), Aperture (US), and Camera Austria (Austria), among others, and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).
Group Exhibitions
2026 Foam Talent, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2026 Prix Sciences Po pour l’art contemporain, Sciences Po, Paris, France
2025 Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2025 Photaumnales, Giratoire des maréchaux, Hauts-de-France, France
2025 La Casa, Las Ligas Menores, Paris, France
2024 Récit(s) des jeux, Parc Georges-Valbon, Paris, France
2023 Inside/Outside, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Paris, France
2022 Festival Croisements, Villa Radet, Paris, France
2022 Drawing a Blank, Parasol Unit Foundation, London, United Kingdom
2022 Il y a du feu sous la cendre, Mains d’Œuvres, Saint-Ouen, France
2022 Palm* Photo Prize, 1014 Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021 Rencontres photographiques du 10e, Jardin Villemin, Paris, France
2021 Photo Slam!, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Théâtre Antique, Arles, France
2020 Aperture Summer Open, Fotografiska Museum, New York, United States
Awards & Grants
2026 Foam Talent 2026-2027
2026 Aide individuelle à la création (AIC), DRAC Île-de-France
2026 Premi Mediterrani Albert Camus (Finalist)
2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award (Nominated)
2026 Prix Sciences Po pour l’art contemporain (Finalist)
2025 Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award (Finalist)
2025 Plat(t)form Fotomuseum Winterthur
2024 C/O Berlin Talent Award (Nominated)
2023 Lewis Baltz Research Fund (Nominated)
2022 CNAP Documentary Photography Grant
2022 Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation Photography Grant (Finalist)
2021 PhMuseum Photography Grant
2021 Drawing a Blank Artist Grant
2021 Photolucida’s Michael Reichmann Grant
Residencies
2026 Artagon, Paris, France
2022 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2022 Passage Photo and Film Residency, Dübener Heide, Germany
Writing
2022 Objektiv (NO), One image on my mind, online
2021 Magnum Photos (US), Photographs as Protest Signs, online
2021 American Suburb X (US), An Interview with Luis Carlos Tovar, online
Features & Interviews
2026 Foam Magazine (NL), Talent Issue, text by Matthias Pfaller, print
2026 Foam Magazine (NL), MPB Studio Visit, interview by Isabel Walter, online
2025 Projet Media (FR), video interview by Anaël Pigeat, online
2024 British Journal of Photography (UK), text by Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo, print
2024 Camera Austria International (AUT), no. 166, text by Taous Dahmani, print
2021 Union des photographes professionnels (FRA), podcast, online
2021 Paper Journal (AUS), 15 Questions with Daniel Mebarek, online
2021 Fotofilmic (CAN), JRNL 7, print
2020 Balam Magazine (ARG), MESTIZX No. 6, print
Education
2021 MA. Photography, Université de Paris 8
2016 MSc. Media Studies, London School of Economics
2015 BA. Political Science, Sciences Po Paris
Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
2026 Foam Talent, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2026 Prix Sciences Po pour l’art contemporain, Sciences Po, Paris, France
2025 Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2025 Photaumnales, Giratoire des maréchaux, Hauts-de-France, France
2025 La Casa, Las Ligas Menores, Paris, France
2024 Récit(s) des jeux, Parc Georges-Valbon, Paris, France
2023 Inside/Outside, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Paris, France
2022 Festival Croisements, Villa Radet, Paris, France
2022 Drawing a Blank, Parasol Unit Foundation, London, United Kingdom
2022 Il y a du feu sous la cendre, Mains d’Œuvres, Saint-Ouen, France
2022 Palm* Photo Prize, 1014 Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021 Rencontres photographiques du 10e, Jardin Villemin, Paris, France
2021 Photo Slam!, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Théâtre Antique, Arles, France
2020 Aperture Summer Open, Fotografiska Museum, New York, United States
Awards & Grants
2026 Foam Talent 2026-2027
2026 Aide individuelle à la création (AIC), DRAC Île-de-France
2026 Premi Mediterrani Albert Camus (Finalist)
2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award (Nominated)
2026 Prix Sciences Po pour l’art contemporain (Finalist)
2025 Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award (Finalist)
2025 Plat(t)form Fotomuseum Winterthur
2024 C/O Berlin Talent Award (Nominated)
2023 Lewis Baltz Research Fund (Nominated)
2022 CNAP Documentary Photography Grant
2022 Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation Photography Grant (Finalist)
2021 PhMuseum Photography Grant
2021 Drawing a Blank Artist Grant
2021 Photolucida’s Michael Reichmann Grant
Residencies
2026 Artagon, Paris, France
2022 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2022 Passage Photo and Film Residency, Dübener Heide, Germany
Writing
2022 Objektiv (NO), One image on my mind, online
2021 Magnum Photos (US), Photographs as Protest Signs, online
2021 American Suburb X (US), An Interview with Luis Carlos Tovar, online
Features & Interviews
2026 Foam Magazine (NL), Talent Issue, text by Matthias Pfaller, print
2026 Foam Magazine (NL), MPB Studio Visit, interview by Isabel Walter, online
2025 Projet Media (FR), video interview by Anaël Pigeat, online
2024 British Journal of Photography (UK), text by Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo, print
2024 Camera Austria International (AUT), no. 166, text by Taous Dahmani, print
2021 Union des photographes professionnels (FRA), podcast, online
2021 Paper Journal (AUS), 15 Questions with Daniel Mebarek, online
2021 Fotofilmic (CAN), JRNL 7, print
2020 Balam Magazine (ARG), MESTIZX No. 6, print
Education
2021 MA. Photography, Université de Paris 8
2016 MSc. Media Studies, London School of Economics
2015 BA. Political Science, Sciences Po Paris
Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)