Francisca Khamis ()

Francisca Khamis Giacoman is a Chilean artist from the Palestinian diaspora, currently based in Amsterdam. Through performances, installations, and audiovisual works, Francisca Khamis Giacoman is trying to recall stories of migration and unfold them at the boundaries of fiction and materiality. Her research touches upon language, knowledge production, and accessibility through narrative circulation, focusing on different ways of (re)membering ourselves and others.

Actively involved in self-organized projects, Francisca is the founder and CEO of the “Museo del Perro * Honden Museum” in Amsterdam (2023-ongoing), co-founder of “Ediciones Rocas Shop” Cooperative Publishing House in Santiago (2017-23), and Espacio Estamos Bien, an art cooperative in Amsterdam. Her work has been shown at de Apple, Amsterdam; Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam; Extracity, Antwerp; Kunstverein, Amsterdam; PuntWG, Amsterdam; Stroom, The Hague; Rozenstraat, Amsterdam; BPA Raum, Berlin; Stadium, Berlin; Bibliotek, London; Gold+ Beton, Cologne, among others.