Khaled Ben Slimane

• Biography

  Born in 1951, Nabeul, Tunisia
  
  Lives and works in Tunis, Tunisia
  
  Khaled Ben Slimane’s multi-disciplinary practice includes paintings on paper, canvas and wood as well as ceramic and bronze sculptures. A synthesis of East and West, his work invokes Sufism through graphic repetition of words and phrases in a distinctive style, which is partly inspired by the masters he once met or worked with such as Miro and Tapies.
  
  Ben Slimane graduated from the Uscuela Massana of Barcelona in 1977 and Technological Institute of Art in Tunis in 1982. His works have been exhibited alongside works by maestros like Miro, Picasso and Artigas. His works are part of various private and public collections including the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo, the Benaki Museum in Athens, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, the Badisches landesmuseum in Karlsruhe and the Museu de Ceramica de Barcelona.
  
  Biography (Arabic)

  Exhibitions

  DIPLOMAS AND QUALIFICATIONS
  
  1990       Elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
  1982       Eight months at Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, Japan
  1979       Graduated from Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain
  1977       Graduated from l’Institut Technologique d’Art, d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme, Tunis, Tunisia
  
  SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
  
  2017      "Ya Latif“, Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, UAE
  2014       Jeddah Art Week, represented by Elmarsa Gallery. Jeddah, KSA
  2011       « Azimuth - Ascension », with Nja Mahdaoui, New Sahara Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  2010       Elmarsa Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia
  2005       Keramikmuseum, Staufen, Germany
  2005       Universitätsmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Marburg, Germany
  2005       Ceramics, Seto City Art Museum, Japan
  2004-05   Keramik und Malerei”, Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
  2004       Badisches Landsmuseum, Museum beim Markt, Karlsruhe, Germany
  2004       Galerie Ammar Farhat, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia
  2001       Museu de Ceramica de Barcelona, Spain 2001 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
  1995       Leighton House Museum, London, UK
  1995       The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Henry Moore Foundation, England, UK
  1990       National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
  1989       National Museum of Literature of Prague and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
  1988       Estoll gallery- Conciéjo de Ciento, Barcelona, Spain
  1988       Galerie Le passage, Berlin, Germany
  1987       Caixa de Gran de Gracia, Barcelona, Spain
  1982       Galerie Attaswir, Tunis, Tunisia
  
  GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
  
  2017    1:54 Contemporary Art Fair, London, UK
  2016    “Yesterday is tomorrow's memory: a group show of work from North Africa”, Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, UAE
  2010    “World Culture Treasures”, Centro Exposiciones Arte Canal, Madrid, Spain - A collection from the British Museum, London, UK
  2010    “Kingdom of Vandals” Badisches landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
  2009    “Caravansérail”, Attijari Bank, Fès, Morocco
  2008    “Word into Art: Artists of the Middle East”, The British Museum, DIFC, Dubai, UAE
  2007    "Islamic ceramics from the 10th century to the present day." Badisches landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
  2007    Stadtgalerie, Markdorf, Lac de Constance, Germany
  2006    “Word into Art: Artists of the Middle East”, The British Museum, London, UK
  2005    The Crafts Council Gallery, London, UK
  2005    Elmarsa gallery, Tunis, Tunisia
  2003    Elmarsa gallery, Tunis, Tunisia
  2002    The Princess Foundation, London, UK
  2002    The British Museum, London, UK
  2002    Ian Potter Museum of Arts, Melbourne, Australia
  2001    Ditchling Museum, Sussex, UK
  2000    Universal Exhibition of Hanover 2000, Germany
  2000    International Academy of Ceramics, Keramion Foundation, Frechen, Germany
  1998    The British Museum, London, UK
  1998    Sargadelos Gallery, Milan, Italy
  1994    “Autumn Show”, Elmarsa Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia
  1988    First Congress of Ceramics at Talavera de la Reina, Spain
  1988    Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London, UK
  1984    Galeria Milani, New York, USA
  1984    Almuñécar, Spain - alongside Picasso, Mirò, Artigas, Anrico, Mestre, etc.
  
  PRIZES & AWARDS (selection)
  
  2004    National Award from the Ministry of Culture of Tunisia
  2002    International Grand Prix, Vietri sul Mare, Italy
  2002    National Award from the Ministry of Culture of Tunisia
  1993    Honorary Award of the 4th World Triennial, Exhibition of small ceramics Ceramics in Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  1991    Honorary Award of the 3rd World Triennial, Exhibition of small ceramics Ceramics in Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  
  PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selection)
  
  Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
  Develt Güsel Sanatlar Galerisi, Antalya, Turkey
  Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
  Museu de la Ceramica, Barcelona, Spain
  Ariana Museum-International Museum of Ceramic, Geneva, Switzerland
  British Museum and Museum of Mankind, London, UK
  Museum voor Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, Japan
  City Museum of Modern Art, Tunis, Tunisia
  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA
  Zagreb City Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
  Seto City Art Museum, Japan
  Museo delle Trame Mediterrane, Gibellina Vecchia TP, Italy
  Musée des Beaux-arts, Mons, Belgium
  Museum of Ceramics, Grottaglie, Italy

  Catalogue

  
  
  Khaled Ben Slimane catalogue