Tahar Mguedmini
Tahar Mguedmini was born in 1948 on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts of Tunis as well as the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
From 1976 to 1989, he lived in Zurich, where he had a studio at the Rote Fabrik. In 1985, he returned to Paris to stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts, where he created a mural at the Fleury-Mérogis penitentiary center in collaboration with young inmates.
Since 1969, his work has been featured in solo exhibitions, including at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Vincennes in 1974 and 1975. He has also exhibited in major galleries in Tunis — particularly at Cherif Fine Art from 1987, and later at Le Violon Bleu from 2005 — as well as in group exhibitions in Tunis, Berlin, Munich, Geneva, and Zurich, where he has been represented by Galerie Commercio. His work has also been shown at contemporary art fairs in Marrakech and Dubai.
In 2022, his major exhibition at Galerie Terrabella inaugurated the Djerba Cultural Center. In 2024, he exhibited at OBAFRICART Gallery in Brussels.
His works are part of numerous public and private collections, including that of the British Museum in London.
Permanently based in Djerba since 1989, he continues to pursue a prolific artistic career.
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Exhibitions & Awards
• 1970: Nahoum Gallery, Tunis
• 1973: Bourges Cultural Center
• 1974: Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris / Villepreux Cultural Center
• 1975: Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris / Kunstszene, Zurich
• 1976: Ben Zakour Gallery, Tunis / Kurt Huber Gallery, Zurich / Strauhof Gallery, Zurich
• 1977: Kunstszene, Zurich / Mural, Engelbert, Switzerland
• 1978: Swiss Drawing Quadrennial: “The New Generation,” Rath Museum, Geneva / Commercio Gallery, Zurich
• 1979: Alternativ Gallery, Munich
• 1980: Commercio Gallery, Zurich / GE Gallery, Winterthur
• 1981: Arts Viva Gallery, Berlin
• 1982: Galerie Irtissem, Tunis
• 1983: Galerie Commercio, Zurich / Kunstszene, Zurich
• 1984: Kunstszene, Zurich
• 1985/86: Stay at the Cité des Arts in Paris, creation of a mural with the participation of prisoners from the Fleury-Mérogis penitentiary
• 1987: Hufschmid Gallery, Zurich / Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd / Schedhalle (Rote Fabrik), Zurich
• 1989: Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 1992: Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd / Argile Gallery, London
• 1993: Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 1994: Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 1996: Europ’Art, Geneva / Herkingen, Olten / Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 1997: Europ’Art, Geneva
• 1998: “Ten Years of Young Painting,” French Cultural Center, Tunis
• 1999: Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 2000: Cherif Fine Art Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 2001: “Seven Arab Artists,” World Intellectual Property Organization / Major Exhibition, Museum of the City of Tunis / Europ’Art, Geneva / Art Jonction, Nice
• 2002: Residency at the PasquArt Center, Biel
• 2003: Spring of Visual Arts, La Marsa
• 2004: Exhibition at the Total depot, Port of Radès
• 2005: Art éphémère, Palais Abdellia, La Marsa / Le Violon Bleu Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 2008: Contemporary Art Fair, Dubai / Le Violon Bleu Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd / Le Violon Bleu Gallery, London
• 2010: “La part du corps” (The Body’s Share), Tunis City Museum, Kheireddine Palace / Marrakech Art Fair
• 2011: Marrakech Art Fair / Le Violon Bleu Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 2012: Le Violon Bleu Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd
• 2013: Tunis Biennale of Contemporary Arab Art
• 2014: “Circumambulation,” L’expo Talan, Tunis / Street Art Djerbahood, Erriadh
• 2015: “From the Figurative to the Abstract – Modern Art from the Arab World,” British Museum, London
• 2022/23: Terra Bella Gallery, Solo exhibition at the Jerba Arts Center
• 2024: “En Suspens,” Solo exhibition at the OBAFRICART Gallery, Brussels
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