Meriem Bouderbala
Meriem Bouderbala lives and works in Tunis
Biography
Photographer, painter, ceramist, curator…Meriem Bouderbala was trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence and at the Chelsea Art School in London. She lives and works in Tunis. It is in her double origin and double culture – French and Tunisian – that she draws her creative inspiration. Her sensitivity is marked by this weaving of cultural and affective links with the Mediterranean. She chose to work in-between and to set a lucid and critical look on these two shores that history has, in turn, brought closer and kept apart.
Laureate of the Fondation Ricard Price in 1998 and of the Centenaire de Michelin in 1999, she has been decorated in 2010 as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.
Selected Works
Exhibitions
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
AGorgi gallery, London, UK – 2019
Modest Fashion
Stedelijk Muséum Shiedman, Netherland – 2019
Prête moi ton rêve
Exposition Panafricaine itinérante. Casablanca, Dakar, Cap-Town, Africa – 2019
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
AGorgi gallery, London, UK – 2018
Hommage à Klimt
Personnal exhibition, Bank Austria Kunstforum Museum, Vienna, Austria – 2018
Orient-Fantasmé
Fondation Slaoui, Casablanca, Marocco – 2018
Céramiques
La boîte, un lieu d’Art Contemporain, Tunis, Tunisia – 2017
Pollen
Jardins de l Ambassade de France, Tunis, Tunisia – 2016
Ambivalensces Suspectes
Ghaya Gallery, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia – 2015
Biennale de Dakar
Senegal – 2014
L’échappée Belle
Grand Palais, Paris, France – 2013
Sans Titre
La boite, un lieu d’art contemporain, Tunis, Tunisia – 2013
25 ans de créativité arabe
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France – 2012
Dream City
Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Sfax, Tunisia – 2012
Le corps découvert
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France – 2012
DEGAGEMENT
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France – 2012
Psykédélik
GVCC Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco – 2012
Etoffes cutanées
CMOOA Gallery, Rabat, Morocco – 2012
Sur le fil
Galerie Ammar Farhat, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia – 2012
Dos orillas, El Arte Contemporaneo en el Magreb
Musée d’Art contemporain de Madrid, Spain – 2011
Images affranchies
Banque du Maroc Museum, Marrakech, Morocco – 2011
Mastermind, L ‘amour et la violence
GVCC Gallery, Casablanca, Marocco – 2011
Biennale d’Art contemporain du Caire
Egypt – 2011
Art Basel
Patrice Trigano Gallery, Miami, USA – 2010
La part du corps
Kheireddine Museum, Tunis, Tunisia – 2009
Universe
Salma Feriani Gallery, Londres, UK – 2008
L’etoffes des cauchemars
Olivier Houg Gallery, Lyon, France – 2007
Zaouias
Galerie Ammar Farhat, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia – May 2007
Femmes d’images en Tunisie, Espace privé
Musée Landwski, Boulogne-Billancourt, France – 2006
L’image révélée, orientalisme art contemporain
Palais Kheireddine, Tunis, Tunisia – 2006
Hammam
Galerie Ammar Farhat, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia – 2001
Visions d’une grande peste
Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France – 1998
Oeil noir
Médina Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia – 1996
Eclipse
Lola Gassin Gallery, Nice, France – 1993
Epreuve
Keller Gallery, Paris, France – 1991
Poussières
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris , France – 1987