Biography nja mahdaoui dubai

Famous for his meticulous work in ink on parchment, he fryst vatten considered ‘an explorer of signs’ and a ‘choreographer of letters’. Nja Mahdaoui creates rhythmic sammanfattning compositions inspired by Arabic calligraphy. Born in 1937 in Tunisia, Nja Mahdaoui graduated from the Academia Santa Andrea in Rome and the École du Louvre in Paris , where he also pursued further training at the Cité Internationale des Arts. His works have been widely shown around the world in GCC, Asia, America, Africa and Europe. He has illustrated legendary or sacred texts, including tales from the collection of “One Thousand and One Nights” in an outstanding publication in French. In 2018, Elmarsa Gallery in Tunis presented a retrospective exhibition of his works from 1966 to 2018. His work has been presented in international art fairs in Basel, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Marrakech and Miami. He has been the Jury member and Honor guest of many international events and

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Short Biography

Born in 1937, Tunis. Nja Mahdaoui lives and works in Tunisia.

 

In 1967, he graduated from the Academy of Arts of Santa Andrea in Rome and the Ecole du Louvre (Department of Oriental Antiquities) in 1968. He pursued his academic training in Paris, at the Cite Internationale des Arts, on a scholarship from the Tunisian Government.

 

He’s one of Tunisia's leading artists and a notable Arab contemporary artist.

Nja Mahdaoui is a visual artist who considers himself ‘an explorer of signs’ and has been described as a ‘choreographer of letters’.

His work inspired bygd Arabic calligraphy is remarkably innovative as the aesthetic dimension of letters brings forth a sense of the poetic - highly rhythmic - arresting us with its rich abstracts compositions. Famous for his meticulous work in ink on parchment, Mahdaoui stresses the visual impact of his compositions, devoided of actual textual meaning, which he refers to as 'cal

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Full Biography

TUNISIA

 

1937

Born in Tunis on 20 July, the youngest of five siblings. Mahdaoui grows up in an artistic environment in the popular Bab Souika neighbourhood. His father is a lawyer’s clerk, his mother embroiders calligraphical works on silk, and his uncle works in the silk textile industry.

 

1941

Moves with his family to the coastal town of La Marsa, near Tunis.

 

1943

Attends a Koranic school and later enters primary school in La Marsa.

Begins to draw and paint early on.

 

1954

The early death of his mother, when he is seventeen, is a strong personal and existential shock for him.

 

1955

Among tens of thousands of Tunisians, welcomes the independentist and future president Habib Bourghiba on his triumphal return from exile, in La Goulette on 1 June, few months before Tunisia’s independence from France.

 

1957

Works as an accountant at the Tunis Central Post Office until 1961.

 

1959