BIOGRAPHY

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.

2025
• Winner – LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards
• Finalist – Earth Photo
• Shortlisted – Sony World Photography Awards
• Nominee – Leica Oskar Barnack Award
• Nominee – Prix Pictet
• Selected – Art Photo Bcn
• Grantee – Lens Heritage Program

2024
• Winner – London Photography Awards

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

Allianz
Lenovo
Nakheel
Porsche
Xiaomi
Adobe
Pony
Sany Group
Road & Track
Noema Magazine

2018 – ISO 001, La Boîte, Tunis
2019 – Ode an Paris, Galerie Blumberg, Potsdam
2022 – Mediterraneo, City of Trier
2023 – The Return, Galerie Archivart, Tunis

2010 – Pictures of the Year, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
2017 – Festival de la Photographie Méditerranéenne, Sanary-sur-Mer & Marseille
2017 – Miami History 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, Paris
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, London

Lufthansa Magazine
Prestige Magazine
Courrier International
GQ Magazine
Porsche Magazine
Sky Arte
TAZ – Die Tageszeitung
LaGazelle Magazine
Road & Track
The Wall Street Journal
Noema Magazine
Internazionale
RFI – Radio France Internationale
Fubiz
Le Bonbon
PetaPixel
Design You Trust
Hypebeast
Our Culture Magazine

2016 – Westreet 2016
2018 – La Boîte – Un lieu d’art contemporain
2018 – HIPA 2018
Upcoming – Where Dust and Water Dream Together (personal book, forthcoming)