Biography
Born in Nabeul, Tunisia, in 1951, Khaled Ben Slimane is an artist of remarkable versatility. He graduated from the Escola Massana of Barcelona in 1977 and later from the Technological Institute of Art in Tunisia in 1982. His multidisciplinary practice spans paintings on paper, canvas, and wood, but he is most renowned for his ceramic and bronze sculptures. Slimane’s work represents a harmonious blend of Eastern and Western traditions. The graphic repetition of the “written word” in his pieces adheres to Sufi conventions, while his use of Japanese calligraphy techniques echoes the purism of Western contemporary art. His masterful use of negative space elevates his creations to a cosmic level.
Slimane’s art is housed in prestigious private and public collections worldwide, 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, and the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe. In 1990, he was elected to the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland. His work has been exhibited alongside masterpieces by Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Gardy Artigas. He has also held solo exhibitions across the globe, including in Tunisia, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the USA, Germany, Spain, the UK, Bulgaria, and Japan.
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