BIO
Skander Khlif (b. 1983, Tunis) is a visual artist and storyteller based between Munich and Tunis. His work explores the relationship between people, place, and memory through a poetic visual language grounded in lived experience.
Originally trained as a human-machine engineer in Germany, he now focuses on long-term photographic narratives that examine environmental change, cultural identity, and resilience particularly in Mediterranean and North African contexts.
He has held solo exhibitions in Tunisia and Europe, including Mediterraneo (Trier), Galerie Blumberg (Potsdam), and Archivart (Tunis). His work has received the Photomed Award, ISPF, the LensCulture Award, and Art Photo BCN. He has been nominated for both the Prix Pictet and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 – ISO 001, La Boîte, Tunis
2019 – Ode an Paris, Galerie Blumberg, Potsdam
2022 – Mediterraneo, City of Trier
2023 – The Return, Galerie Archivart, Tunis
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 – Pictures of the Year, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
2017 – Festival de la Photographie Méditerranéenne, Sanary-sur-Mer & Marseille
2017 – HistoryMiami Museum (during Art Basel), Miami
2018 – Italian Street Photography, Milan
2018 – Alghero Photography Festival, Alghero
2018 – Street sans Frontière, Paris
2018 – Photomuc, Munich
2019 – Kolkata International Photography Festival, Kolkata
2020 – Behind Peter Lindbergh – 70 Years of Porsche, Porsche auf Sylt
2021 – L’étreinte, Maison de Tunisie, Tunis
2022 – Italian Street Photography Festival, Rome
2022 – Downfalls: From Dystopia to Disruption, Kunsthalle Trier
2022 – Beirut Photography Festival, Beirut
2023 – Berliniet, Central Tunis
2023 – Paris Photo, Paris
2023 – Galerie Yosr Ben Ammar, Tunis
2025 – Photo London, Somerset House, London
2025 – Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, London
2025 – Royal Geographical Society Exhibition (Earth Photo), London
2025 – Leica Gallery, New York City
2025 – Festival della Fotografia Etica, Lodi
2025 – AFRICA FOTO FAIR, Abidjan
2025 – Climate Realities
2025 – FREELENS Galerie, Hamburg
2025 – Lisbon Street Photo Festival, Lisbon
Awards & Recognitions
2025
• Winner: LensCulture Humanity Award
• Winner: Lisbon Street Photo Festival
• Finalist: World Report Award, Festival of Ethical Photography
• Finalist: Terre Solidaire Photography Award
• Shortlisted: Sony World Photography Awards
• Shortlisted and Exhibitor: Earth Photo 2025
• Shortlisted: Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA)
• Nominee: Leica Oskar Barnack Award
• Nominee: Prix Pictet
• Selected: Art Photo BCN
• Selected: Hamburg Portfolio Review
• Recipient: Heritage Lens
•Recipient: Vital Impacts Environmental Photography
2024
• Winner: London Photography Awards
• Finalist: Belgium Street Photography Festival
• Finalist: CAP Prize (Contemporary African Photography Prize)
2022
• Winner – Italian Street Photography Festival
2020
• Finalist – CAP Prize
• Finalist – Alghero Photography Festival
2018
• Recipient – Porsche Talent Grant
• Finalist – CAP Prize
• Finalist – Alghero Photography Festival
2017
• Winner – Photomed Awards
• Finalist – HIPA Awards
• Finalist – Miami Street Photography Festival
• Finalist – Italian Street Photography Festival
Editorial Features and Publications
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• Vogue
• GEO Magazine
• GQ Magazine
• Courrier International
• Internazionale
• RFI – Radio France Internationale
• Noema Magazine
• taz, die tageszeitung
• Sky Arte
• Lufthansa Magazine
• Road & Track
• Porsche Magazine
• Hypebeast
• PetaPixel
• Fubiz
• Design You Trust
• Our Culture Magazine
• Prestige Magazine
• LaGazelle Magazine
Book Contributions
2016 – Westreet 2016
2018 – La Boîte – Un lieu d’art contemporain
2018 – HIPA 2018
Upcoming – Where Dust and Water Dream Together (personal book, forthcoming)
Selected Clients
Allianz
Lenovo
Nakheel
Porsche
Xiaomi
Adobe
Pony
Sany Group
Road & Track
Noema