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THAMEUR MEJRI, Tunisia (1982)

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Born in 1982 in Tunis, Thameur Mejri studied painting at the Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis. Currently teaching at the Higher Institute of the Arts and Crafts in Kairouan, he completed his Ph.D....

Born in 1982 in Tunis, Thameur Mejri studied painting at the Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis. Currently teaching at the Higher Institute of the Arts and Crafts in Kairouan, he completed his Ph.D. in Sciences and Technology of Arts. In his work, the artist focused on the relation between the human body and the object to tackle with a grain of provocation the present issues related to cultural norms. He questions the result of the religious canon on the body affected by sorrow, pains, which eventually dies to reach the Creator. He also wants to roughly show the complexity of the world, almost chaotic and the fragility of its people. Thus, he adopts an existentialist approach to perfect his art. With a palette of bright colors and abstract figures, he featured skulls, body limbs, dinosaurs, or technology products in a very experimental method, combining multiple references from Art History like Pablo Picasso or Jean-Michel Basquiat. Thameur Mejri lives and works in Nabeul, Tunisia.

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CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024

Thameur Mejri: Fallen Archetypes, Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia

2023

Thameur Mejri: Beneath the stains of time, Uitstalling/Kube Gallery, Genk, Belgium

2022

Thameur Mejri, Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Thameur Mejri, Eduardo Secci, Milan, Italy
Thameur Mejri: Over the Edge, Cromwell Place, London, United Kingdom

2021

Thameur Mejri: States of Exception, B7L9 Art Station, Tunis, Tunisia

2020

Thameur Mejri: Walking Targets, Selma Feriani Gallery, Carthage, Tunisia

2017

Heretic Spaces, Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 
Before you split the ground, Jack Bell Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2012

Disaster Pieces, Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2011

Narcissism vs Cannibalism, Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2010

Mâle (Dieu) épouvantail, Artyshow Gallery, La Marsa, Tunisia

Selected group exhibitions

2024

A Tapestry of Contemporary African Art, Patchogue Arts Council, MoCA LI  Patchogue, New York, USA

2022

Untitled 2, Selma Feriani Gallery, Carthage, Tunisia

2016

Yesterday is tomorrow’s memory: a group show of work from North Africa, Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 
Place de la gare, Ghaya Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Effervescence, Institute of Islamic Cultures, Paris, France

2015

You Love Me, You Love Me Not, Galeria Municipal Almeida Garrett in Porto, Portugal, Luanda
Coup de crayon, Ghaya Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia

2012

Intervalles, Elmarsa Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia 

2011

Untitled, Elmarsa Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia

2010

Collection, Kanvas Art Gallery, Soukra, Tunisia

2009

Point Rouge Gallery, Montreal, Canada 

2008

Collection, Kanvas Gallery, La Soukra, Tunisia

2007

Group Exhibition, The Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

2005

Ali Guermassi Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia

Film Festivals

2009

Silicon; The Gift, Artnow Film Festival, Damas, Syria
Silicon, New York International Independent Film and Video Festival – NYIIFVF, New York, United States of America
Prelude, Festival de l’Image et Art Video – FIAV”09, The International Cultural Center, Sicily, Italy

2007

The Plague, New York International Independent Film and Video Festival – NYIIFVF, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

2006

The Plague, International Fim Festival of Kelibia, Kelibia, Tunisia

Awards and Honors

2007

The Best Experimental Short Film Award, The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival – NYIIFVF, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Collections

Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
The Sindika Dokolo Collection, Luanda
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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Press
BBC World Service - Focus on Africa, You have to take risks Tunisian artist Thameur Mejri on politics and painting.pdf
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جريدة الوطن » ثامر الماجري .. الرسم ملحمة الجسدجريدة الوطن » Print.pdf
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‘Consume your Heritage’_ The Polarity and Interdependence of Pain and Pleasure – The Art Writer.pdf
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He who asks questions_ Thameur Mejri - Alserkal Avenue.pdf
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Social and cultural dynamics in the Arab world  GulfNews.com.pdf
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«أمسية السركال».. معارض تنبض بالحاضر - البيان.pdf
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الصّحافة_ الممارسة تخرج عن صوابها.pdf
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‘Heretic Spaces’ by Thameur Mejri at Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai  BLOUIN ARTINFO.pdf
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Social and cultural dynamics in the Arab world.pdf
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Shining a spotlight on North African art - MWT.pdf
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TUniSian Art — nataal.com.pdf
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Heretic Spaces_ Thameur Mejri — Anna Seaman.pdf
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Gloire au dessin à la GHAYA Gallery - FFDesigner.pdf
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Thameur Mejri.pdf
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Art exhibitions in the UAE_ what to see now the new season is here - The National.pdf
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Exhibitions
Yesterday is tomorrow's memory: a group show of work from North Africa

THAMEUR MEJRI Artwork

The Present is Obsolete 3

THAMEUR MEJRI, Tunisia, 2017
160 x 140 x 4 cm

The Present is Obsolete

THAMEUR MEJRI, Tunisia, 2017
200 x 180 x 4 cm

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