b.1985, Dahmani, Tunisia / Lives and works between Paris, France and Tunis, Tunisia.
Nidhal Chamekh’s practice reflects on the times that we inhabit. His artwork is situated at the intersection of the biographic and the political, the lived and the historical, the event and the archive. Using drawing, installations, photography and video, his oeuvres dissect the constitution of our contemporary identity. Chamekh has developed a language that challenges history and politics in their broader sense. He performs his fragmentary research to convey an ambiguous atmosphere, shifting between the experience and the violence of the individual representation. He represents an imperceptible space between a silent violence mirroring an intimate experience of trauma.
He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Tunis and the University of Sorbonne in Paris. He has recently exhibited at internationally renowned institutions and biennials, including the 12th edition of Bamako Encounters Photography Biennial, Mali / Venice Biennial, Italy / Aïchi Triennale, Japan / Yinchuan Biennial, China / The Drawing Room, London, UK / Modern Art Oxford, UK / Skissernass Museum, Lund, Sweden / Dream City Biennial, Tunis, Tunisia.
Chamekh’s work forms part of many prestigious collections of art, including British Museum, London, U.K. / Blachère Foundation, France / Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, U.S.A. / Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah, UAE / Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France / The Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia and Centre National Des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), Paris, France.
PhD researcher in Fine Arts and Art Sciences. Paris I. Panthéon La Sorbonne. Paris. France
Master in Fine Arts and Art Sciences Paris I. Panthéon La Sorbonne.
Paris. France Degree in Fine Arts Ecole Nationale Supérieure des
Beaux-Arts. Tunis. Tunisia
Lives & Works Paris. France
Solo Exhibitions
2019 nos visages. Selma Feriani Gallery. Sidi Bou Said. Tunisia
2016 Mnēmē. Selma Feriani Gallery. Sidi Bou Said. Tunisia
Burn. Primo Marella Gallery. Milan. Italy
2014 Dispars. Aicha Gorgi Gallery. Tunis. Tunisia
Entre les choses. Mariska Hammoudi Gallery. Paris. France
Group Exhibitions
2020 Untitled. Selma Feriani Gallery. Tunis. Tunisia
Comme un parfum d'aventure. curated by Matthieu Lelièvre and Marilou Laneuville. macLYON. Lyon. France
2019 The 12th edition of Bamako Encounters Photography Biennial. Mali. Bamako
HybrID. Kunsthaus Hamburg. Hamburg. Germany
Diaspora at Gome. CCA Lagos. Lagos. Nigeria
The Land’s Unknown. 2nd Architecture Biennial. Orléans. France
Dream City Biennial. Tunis. Tunisia
21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil. Associação Cultural Videobrasil and Sesc São Paulo
São Paulo. Brazil
The Armory Show. New York. USA
Drawing Biennial. Drawing Room. London. U.K.
Art Club 27. Thursdays at Villa Medici. Villa Medici. Rome. Italy
2018 Memory Matters. Skissernas Museum. Lund. Sweden
A Slice Through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings. Modern Art Oxford.
Oxford. U.K. The Sea is the Limit. York Art Gallery. York. U.K.
Refusing To Be Still. Saudi Art Council. Jeddah. K.S.A.
2017 Newwwar. It’s Just a Game?. Curated by Marion Zilio. Bandjoun Station. Bandjoun.
Cameroon Walking Through Someone Else's Dream. Architecture Biennial. Frac
Centre. Orléans. France Dream City Biennial. Tunis. Tunisia
Fuir. Fondation Blachère. Les Bourguignons. France
The White Hunter. Curated by Marco Scotini. FM Centre for Contemporary Art. Milan. Italy
Graphic witness. Drawing Room. LondonLondon. U.K.
Drawing Biennial. Drawing Room. London. U.K.
Dans Mes Mains. Dans Mes Rêves Même. Patio Opéra. Paris. France
2016 The Sea is The Limit. Patrick Heide Gallery. London. U.K.
Yinchuan Biennale. For an Image. Faster Than Light. Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan. Yinchuan. China
Aïchi Triennale. Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan. Museum of Contemporary Art of Nagoya. Nagoya. Japan
Effervescence. Curated by Michket Krifa. Institut des Cultures d'Islam. Paris. France
Inventory. New Works and Conversations around African art. Hood Museum of Art. Dartmouth College.
New Hampshire. U.S.A.
2015 All the World's Futures. Curated by Okwui Enwezor. 56th International Art Exhibition. La Biennale di Venezia.
Venice. Italy
2014 La Forme Animale. GVCC gallery. Curated by Zoulikha Bouabdellah. Casablanca. Morocco
Orient Art Express. Curated by Abdelkader Dahmani. Oujda. Morocco
Survivances. Elmarsa gallery. Tunis.
Tunisia Dégénération. Aïcha Gorgi gallery.Tunis. Tunisia
Replicants. Yam gallery. Mexico
Dak’Art 2014. 11th edition of Biennale de Dakar. Dakar. Senegal
2013 Les jours d’avant. 12th edition of Biennale de Lyon - Résonances. Lyon. France
La Nuit Blanche. French Institute. Oran. Algeria
Art O’clock. CNIT. La Défense. France
Les soirées Dessinées. Talmart Gallery. Paris. France
Slash. Aïcha Gorgi gallery. Tunis. Tunisia
Politics #2. Centre National d'Art Vivant. Tunis. Tunisia
Politics. Talmart gallery. Paris. France
Dispars. Talmart gallery. Paris. France
2012 Politics. Centre National d'Art Vivant. Tunis. Tunisia
Dégagements. Arab World Institute. Paris. France
2011 Truismes. Gallery 34. Paris. France
Collections
The British Museum. London. U.K.
Hood Museum of Art. Dartmouth. U.S.A.
Barjeel Foundation. Sharjah. UAE
Kamel Lazaar Foundation. Tunis. Tunisia
Shanti Art Collection. Maine
Blachère Foundation. France
Kadist Art Foundation. Paris. France.
Centre National Des Arts Plastiques. Paris. France
Prizes
2012 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Quebec.
2013 Al Mawred Al Thaqafi Foundation. Brussels.
2015 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Quebec.
Ivry en Seine. Art and Fusion. Ivry sur Seine. France
2009 Spring 2009. Salon d’Art Contemporain. Carrousel du Louvre. Paris. France
Printemps des Arts. 7th edition. El Abdellia Palace. Tunis. Tunisia