Fatine-Violette Sabiri
b. 1994 Casablanca, Morocco
Sabiri holds a BFA in Studio Arts with a Minor in Film Studies from Concordia University. Her work has been presented in several solo and group exhibitions, including Galerie Eli Kerr (Montreal, 2025), Pangée (Montréal, 2024), ROMANCE (Pittsburgh, 2024), Afternoon Projects (Vancouver, 2024), Parc Offsite (Montreal, 2023), Patel Brown (Montreal, 2023), Espace Maurice (Montreal, 2022) Joys (Toronto, 2022), Joe Project (Montreal, 2022), Le 18 (Marrakesh,2021), Jedna Dva Trì Gallery (Prague, 2020) and Soon.tw (Montreal, 2017).
In 2025, Sabiri was awarded an Explore and Create grant by the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2024, she won the Pierre Ayot Award and the National Gallery of Canada acquired her work. In 2023, she was nominated for the Lynne Cohen Prize and awarded a Vivacité Grant from the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec (CALQ). She is the 2022 recipient of the Burtynsky Grant awarded by the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Her second publication, Kiss Landing, was released in 2024 with Éditions VU. In April 2026, she will begin a residency at Cité des Arts in Paris.
In 2025, Sabiri was awarded an Explore and Create grant by the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2024, she won the Pierre Ayot Award and the National Gallery of Canada acquired her work. In 2023, she was nominated for the Lynne Cohen Prize and awarded a Vivacité Grant from the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec (CALQ). She is the 2022 recipient of the Burtynsky Grant awarded by the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Her second publication, Kiss Landing, was released in 2024 with Éditions VU. In April 2026, she will begin a residency at Cité des Arts in Paris.