Héla Lamine
Born in 1984 - Lives and works in Tunis
Biography
Hela Lamine, born in 1984, is a Tunisian multidisciplinary artist and a teacher at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts of Sousse. She lives and works in Tunis.
Since 2010, she has been developing a hybrid practice that centers around the human being and what they consume: food, social networks, politics, culture, tradition, identity, and more. She is interested in the representation of the body, its « aura, » and she questions the boundaries that separate its « unique » property from the « multiple, » the « matrix » from the « reproducible, » the « consumer » from the « consumed. » She seeks to create mechanisms that can generate confusion between what is visible and what can be concealed, playing with the delicate limits that separate these two territories, often with humor and derision.
Since 2019, in her studio-orchard in Mornag, she envisions models, ephemeral immersive installations, virtual reality worlds, all revolving around the theme of communication and connection with the non-human, specifically trees. In biomimicry, she explores alternative possibilities for human life on a planet disrupted by climate change while respecting all forms of life. To achieve this, she attempts to imagine, through drawing, the creation of hybrid objects, and experimental videos, the stages of a potential process of transformation or mutation.
Ultimately, she seeks to redefine her own place within this ecosystem. Ideally, she envisions a form of harmony that could naturally link her to this entirety.
Selected Works
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2022 : 1, 2, 3 SOLEIL… , L’Agora Djerba, Djerba.
2016 : PERFUME ME, ‘CAUSE I LOVE YOU !, La boite_Un lieu d’art contemporain – Fatales, Tunis.
2016 : SAMANTHA.C : PROCESSUS EN ETALAGE, Fondation de la Maison de Tunisie, Paris.
2015 : THE UNSECRET LIFE OF SAMANTHA.C, A.Gorgi Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis.
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2023
AU-DELA DES STRUCTURES , Le Violon Bleu Gallery, Tunis
BENEATH THE SURFACE, A.Gorgi Gallery, Tunis
2022
CONNECTIVITE , Francophonie Summit, Djerba.
KIF KIF, Maison Fumetti, Nantes.
OPEN FACTORY #6, 104 Factory, Paris.
2021
L’ESPACE DU DEDANS, A.Gorgi Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis.
IT’S ONLY A DREAM, Musk and Amber Gallery, Tunis.
2020
TUNIS CENTRE VILLE X PATRIMOINI , Central Tunis, Tunis.
INTUITION, Central Tunis, Hammamet.
LINEAMENTS, Yosr Ben Ammar, Gallery, Sousse.
2019
TUNIS ART D-ONE, Elbirou, Hotel Dar jeld, Tunis.
2018
GORGI PLURIEL, Talan – A.Gorgi Gallery, Tunis, Palais Khaireddine, Tunis.
VIV’ARTUNIS, Point éphémère Paris.
L’HEURE ROUGE, Biennale de Dakar, Dakar.
2017
HARRAGA, Parallel Vienna 2017, Vienna.
TIEMPOS DE DESAMPARO, CentroCentro, Madrid.
2016
MED’IN PEACE, Musée d’art contemporain Saint Martin, Montelimar.
BARCHA, CINQ ARTISTES OEUVRENT POUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT, Musk and Amber Gallery, Tunis.
2015
ART TUNIS EXPOSE SES ARTISTES, Hotel de Ville de Paris.
REMINISCENCE, Talan – A.Gorgi Gallery, Tunis.
2014
INDICE D’UNE SUITE, Galerie Glassbox, Paris, France
Circumambulation, Talan – A.Gorgi Gallery, Tunis.
TURBULENCES, Imagio Mundi, Tunis.
2013
FRAGILE – HACH, Galerie Municipale de Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia
HOPENING, HOPE!, Contemporary, La Marsa, Tunis.
2012 :
ROSY FUTURE, CONTEMPORARY ART FROM TUNISIA, IFA Gallery, Berlin, Stuttgart.
DEGAGEMENTS… LA TUNISIE UN AN APRES , Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
ARRIVI E PARTENZE MEDITERRANEO , Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona.
2011 :
ETRE CITOYENNE EN TUNISIE, Gallery Arcima, Paris.
OBJETS DE REVOLTE, Cultural Center Ibn Rachiq, Tunis.
2010 :
FICTIONS D’ARTISTES, Kanvas Art Gallery, Tunis.
2007 :
WHAT ALICE SAID!, Bookshop La Lucarne des Ecrivains, Paris.
Art Fairs with A.Gorgi Gallery:
2017 :