"Reminiscent of her Tunisian upbringing and fairy tales, her work address women condition by emphasising on the feminine aspects that she magnifies with great wit."
Feryel Lakhdar is a Tunisian artist and sculptor, born in 1965 in Tunis. Her art, which can be associated with neo-figurative painting, depicts women in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent feminism and criticism of contemporary culture and society. Feryel studied at l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture of Paris (DEFA). She held her first solo exhibition at the National Gallery in Tunisia in 1986. Reminiscent of her Tunisian upbringing and fairy tales, her work address women condition by emphasising on the feminine aspects that she magnifies with great wit.
In 2017, she was nominated by UNESCO and participated in an exhibition for the division of gender equality for International Women’s Day in Paris. Lakhdar has been cited in many publications including the most established art books on Modern and Contemporary Art in Tunisia named “L’Aventure de l’Art Moderne en Tunisie”, Simpact edition. Her work has been widely exhibited in various group and solo exhibitions worldwide, including at the Gaya Gallery in Sidi Bou Said, Chez Nathalie Garçon in Paris, Esthète in Montreal and in other countries like Morocco, Spain, Lebanon and the UAE. Her work is a part of several important public and private collections in Tunisia and abroad including the Ministry of Culture in Tunisia and the UAE. She currently lives and works in Tunisia.