Malek Gnaoui is a contemporary artist from Tunisia.
“The work of Malek Gnaoui engages issues around social conditions and the notion of human sacrifice. Working across video, ceramics, printmaking, installation, sound and performance, his approach towards materiality enables him to develop an alternative practice that combines everyday materials with traditional techniques. He grinds bricks into powder which becomes lithography pigment, and introduces powdered brick to clay to produce sculptures with a specific quality that references everyday materials. The physical involvement of production allows a performative aspect to emerge.”
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 | Sidi Bou Said.tn | Selma Feriani Gallery | Essaïda-Carthage: Between the past and the Future | Curated by Matthieu Lelièvre
2015 | Sidi Bou Said.tn | Selma Feriani Gallery | Fabrica 0464
2014 | London.uk | Selma Feriani Gallery | Abattoir
2014 | Paris.fr | Talmart Gallery | Abattoir
2008 | Tunis.tn | Yahia Gallery | Gnaoui 2008
SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019 | Marrakesh.Morocco | MACAAL | Material insanity
2019 | Sidi Bou Said.tn | Selma Feriani Gallery | Sculptures
2017 | London.uk | Shubbak Festival
2016 | Casablanca. Morocco | Masnaa
2015 | Paris.fr | Talmart Gallery | Politics II
FORMATION
Tunis.tn | L’Ecole d’Art et de Décoration | Diploma
Tunis.tn | National Ceramic Centre of Sidi Kacem Jélizi | Diploma
BIO
Lives and works in Tunis.tn
1983 | Born in Gabes.tn
LINKS
Biography
CV
Essaïda-Carthage: Between the Past and the Future