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RYM KAROUI

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  • Rym Karoui_THE MAN WITH UMBRELLA_2016_1_Resin_213x55x40.5cm_1-1

  • Rym Karoui_RABBIT_2015_1_Resin_100x65x35.5cm_1-2

  • Rym Karoui_ANGEL_2017_1_Resin_102x60x60cm_2-2

  • Rym Karoui_ELEPHANT_2017_1_Resin_86x30.5x30cm_1-1

  • Rym Karoui_TAPIR (detail)_2017_Resin_Variable sizes_10-10

  • Rym Karoui_CLOWN_2017_1_Resin_100x39.5x40cm_1-1

  • Rym Karoui_DOG_2015_Resin_46x56x19.5cm_1-2

  • Rym Karoui_DOG_2015_Resin_46x56x19.5cm_2-2

  • Rym Karoui_ESPAGNOL 2017_Resin_129x53.5x39.5cm_1-2

  • Rym Karoui_ESPAGNOL 2017_Resin_129x53.5x39.5cm_2-2

  • Rym Karoui_RABBIT_2015_1_Resin_100x65x35.5cm_2-2

  • Rym Karoui_SHE SMOKES AND WAITS_2017_114X60X40cm_2-2

  • Rym Karoui_ANGEL_2017_1_Resin_60x50x50cm_2-2

  • Rym Karoui_SHE SMOKES AND WAITS_2017_114X60X40cm_1-2

  • Rym Karoui_TAPIR_2017_1_Resin_Variable sizes_1 to 10

  • Rym Karoui_Angel (big) 2015 1-1 Resine 152 x 60 x 35 cmd

  • Rym Karoui_Angel (little) 2015 1-1 Resine 130 x 48 x 28 cm

  • Rym Karoui_CHOUKA, 2015, 1-1, Resine, 160 x 60 x 55 cm

  • Rym Karoui_ROOSTERS I II III_2015_1-1_Resine+metal_95 x 70 x 70 cm, 76 x 49 x 49 cm, 60 x 40 x 40 cm

  • Rym Karoui_Details-VIRUS (blue), 2015, Resine, 22 x 17 x 20 cm each --VIRUS (green), 2015, Resine, 1

  • Rym Karoui_DOG (white), 2015, 2-2, Resine, 80 x 100 cm

  • Rym Karoui_FEMME ENCEINTE, 2015, 1-2, Resine, 100 x 45 x 40 cm

  • Rym Karoui_FEMME ENCEINTE, 2015, 2-2, Resine, 100 x 45 x 40 cm

  • Rym Karoui_HEAD (black), 2015, 1-3, Resine, 70 x 36 x 22 cm

  • Rym Karoui_HEAD (blue), 2015, 2-3, Resine, 70 x 36 x 22 cm

  • Rym Karoui_HEAD (white), 2015, 3-3, Resine, 70 x 36 x 22 cm

  • Rym Karoui_MENINAS (big), 2015, 1-1, Resine, 160 x 70 x 30 cm

  • Rym Karoui_RABBIT (little), 2014, 1-1, Resine, 100 x 65 x 40 cm

RYM KAROUI

Born in 1967 in Tunisia, where she currently lives and works.

The eclectic Tunisian sculpture artist and painter Rym Karoui celebrates the spirit of Africa with a rich palette of energetic and vibrant colors.
She has created a wide array of sculptures and paintings, each with a fantastical story to tell.
At the young age of 20, Rym moved from Tunis to Marseille to pursue her Art studies. In this multicultural city, she laid the foundations of her creative journey.
Her art draws its inspiration from a personal universe, where contemplation, joy and loneliness collide. Through her unique worldview she brings life to the characters she conceives.

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2017 “Dream Factory”, artsawa, Dubai, U.A.E
  • 2015 “Eclosion”, artsawa, Dubai, U.A.E
  • 2015 “Invasion”, Galerie Agorgi, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia
  • 2013 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
  • 2007 “Universe: Life”, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
  • 2006 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 2003 Galerie Arcima, Paris
  • 2002 Galerie De Griffioen, Anvers, Belgium
  • 2001 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 1999 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 1997 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 1995 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 1993 Sidi Bou Saïd Museum, Tunisia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2017 Mai, « Révélation » Biennale et métiers d’art et création. Grand Palais Paris with GHAYA Gallery
  • 2016 Décembre 8, Ghaya Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisie
  • 2016 Novembre 30, « Tunisie 2020 », Contemporary exhibition, BARDO Museum
  • 2016 Mai 19, « the real time » Fondation TALAN, Charguia, Tunis, Tunisia
  • 2016 Avril 14, Group show sculpture, Ghaya Gallery, Sidi Bou Said, Tunis, Tunisia
  • 2016 August, « le crédif, Tunisienne créatrice » National Museum of Bardo, Tunisia
  • 2015 Décembre, « Frayjeya » Agorgi Gallery, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia
  • 2015 Septembre, « le salon des Métiers d’art et de la création » Grand Palais, Paris
  • 2015 « The Word Is Mosque » Jaou, Kamel Lazaar fondation. Carthage, Tunisia
  • 2015 group show septembre, « Le Banquet » Le Grand Palais, Paris.
  • 2015 « Reminiscences »Fondation TALAN, la charguia, Tunis
  • 2013 “Sculpture du Sud “(Southern Sculpture), Villa Datris, L’Isle sur La Sorgue, France
  • 2012 “Dégagements... la Tunisie un an après” (Freeing…Tunisia one year later), IMA / Arab World Institute, Paris, France
  • 2011 « Les insignes de la citoyenneté », Galerie Ammar Farhat, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisie
  • 2009 « Sur les traces de la peinture contemporaine » (Tunisian Contemporary Painting), Galerie El Marsa, Tunisia
  • 2009 Group exhibition, BIAT- Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie, Tunis
  • 2008 “The Emirates through the Arab Contemporary Artists’ Insights”, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the United Arab Emirates, DIFC, Dubai
  • 2008 “Art Connexions”, Galerie El Marsa, Tunisia
  • 2008 Art Paris - Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • 2008 Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
  • 2007 Creation of the trophy for the ‘Maghreb Star Academy’
  • 2007 Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 2005 ‘Mémoire de Demain’, Galerie Elmarsa, Tunisia
  • 2005 ‘ZI Expo 2005’, Furniture design within the space EMPORIO, Tunisia
  • 2004 Urban composition on giant street poster (200m²) with artist Feriel Lakhdar
  • 2003 Group exhibition Galerie Gorgi, Tunisia 2002 Group exhibition, Lithuania
  • 2002 Group exhibition, Norway 2002 Galerie Mille Feuilles, La Marsa, Tunisia
  • 2001 ‘Exposition Gorgi’, Tunisia
  • 2000 ‘Exposition Universelle’ Hannover, Germany
  • 2000 Production of friezes at ‘Hôtel Golden Tulip’, Gammarth, Tunisia
  • 2000 ‘Kennedy Center’, Washington DC, USA
  • 1999 ‘Artuel’ Art fair, Bayreuth, Lebanon
  • 1999 ‘Group Exhibition’ Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 1999 ‘Atelier-Galerie In Den Gerbgruben’ Gerbgruben, Vienna, Austria
  • 1999 ‘Atelier-Galerie In Den Gerbgruben’ Palais Wittgenstein, Vienna, Austria
  • 1999 ‘Atelier-Galerie In Den Gerbgruben’ Alpha Club, Vienna, Austria
  • 1999 ‘L’école de Tunis’ Galerie Gorgi, Tunisia
  • 1998 ‘Contemporary Paintings’ Galerie Ammar Farhat, Tunisia
  • 1998 ‘Cultural World-wide’, Montélimar, France
  • 1997 ‘Chassé Croisé’, Palais Khéreddine, Tunisia
  • 1997 ‘Ten years of Tunisian young painting’ Galerie de la Bibliothèque Charles de Gaulle, Tunisia
  • 1995 ‘Salon d’automne de la Marsa’ Galerie Driba, Tunisia
  • 1994 ‘Salon d’automne de la Marsa’ Galerie Driba, Tunisia
  • 1993 ‘Contemporary Tunisian Paintings’, Washington DC, USA
  • 1992 L’école d’Art gallery, Marseille, France

ART FAIRS

  • 2017 Mars 30 to 2 April, « Art Paris 2017 », Agorgi galery
  • 2011 Art Dubai 2011, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
  • 2010 Marrakech Art Fair, Palace Es Saadi, Marrakech, Morocco
  • 2009 Abu Dhabi Art 09, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • 2008 Art Paris-Abu Dhabi 08, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • 2008 Art Paris 08, Grand Palais, Paris
  • 2008 Art Dubai 08, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
  • 2007 Art Paris-Abu Dhabi 07, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE

ACQUISITIONS

  • Ministry of Culture, Tunisia Private collections
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Jordan.
  • Ministry of Culture UAE
  • 2014 Fondation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporaine, France.

PRIZES

  • 2010 Mérite culturel National, palais présidentiel de Carthage
  • 1998 Créations dans le cadre des expositions de l’union des plasticiens Tunisiens
  • 1995 Salon d’automne de la Marsa Galerie Driba, Tunisie
  • 1994 Salon d’automne de la Marsa Galerie Driba, Tunisie

PROGRAMS

  • 2015 Group show Septembre 2015, » Le Banquet » Le Grand Palais, Paris.

EDUCATION

  • 1993 Advanced National Diploma in Plastic Expressionism at the School of Arts, Marseille
  • 1992 Painting training at l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Barcelona
  • 1991 Sculpture training at l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
  • 1991 National Diploma in Visual Arts, Marseille