Pittore, Artista Visivo
· Nato nel 1937
- Tunisia
Nja Mahdaoui
Nja Mahdaoui
Tunisia
Figura di spicco dell'arte moderna araba, Nja Mahdaoui è un artista visivo multimediale.
Riconosciuto a livello internazionale e conosciuto come il "coreografo delle lettere", ha svolto un ruolo pionieristico nello sviluppo dell'astrazione calligrafica. Profondamente radicato nella cultura arabo-islamica, Mahdaoui trascende la calligrafia araba trasformandola in una forma d'arte contemporanea visiva e astratta, creando una piattaforma universale per il dialogo interculturale e la consapevolezza condivisa. Espandendo costantemente il suo linguaggio calligrafico, il suo approccio singolare gli ha permesso di esprimere le intrinseche e infinite qualità estetiche delle lettere arabe e continua a ispirare generazioni di artisti.
Nel corso di oltre sei decenni, l'instancabile passione di Mahdaoui per la ricerca lo ha spinto a sperimentare una straordinaria varietà di media, dalle opere su pergamena e tela alle installazioni su larga scala in importanti spazi pubblici. Le sue opere sono state esposte in prestigiose istituzioni e sono presenti in numerose collezioni private e pubbliche.
Riconosciuto a livello internazionale e conosciuto come il "coreografo delle lettere", ha svolto un ruolo pionieristico nello sviluppo dell'astrazione calligrafica. Profondamente radicato nella cultura arabo-islamica, Mahdaoui trascende la calligrafia araba trasformandola in una forma d'arte contemporanea visiva e astratta, creando una piattaforma universale per il dialogo interculturale e la consapevolezza condivisa. Espandendo costantemente il suo linguaggio calligrafico, il suo approccio singolare gli ha permesso di esprimere le intrinseche e infinite qualità estetiche delle lettere arabe e continua a ispirare generazioni di artisti.
Nel corso di oltre sei decenni, l'instancabile passione di Mahdaoui per la ricerca lo ha spinto a sperimentare una straordinaria varietà di media, dalle opere su pergamena e tela alle installazioni su larga scala in importanti spazi pubblici. Le sue opere sono state esposte in prestigiose istituzioni e sono presenti in numerose collezioni private e pubbliche.
- Nazionalità
- Tunisia
- Nato/a nel
- 1937
- Tecniche
- Pittore, Artista Visivo
Global Art Awards- Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Medal of Honour, Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial - Sharjah, Emirati Arabi Uniti
National Order of Cultural Merit, awarded by the Ministry of Culture - Tunisia
UNESCO great prize for Artcrafts in the Arab world - Tunis, Tunisia
Great Prize for Arts and Letters, awarded by the Ministry of Culture - Tunisia
Jury Member, UNESCO International Arts Prize 1993-1995- Paris, Francia
Gibellina Gold Medal - Sicily, Italia
National Order of Cultural Merit, awarded by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture - Tunisia
‘Douroub’ — Installation of 20 Drums, featured in ‘Des Musiques et des Mondes’ as part of the new scenography for the permanent collection of the Musée de la Musique / Philharmonie de Paris - Paris, Francia
Nja Mahdaoui: The Choreographer of Letters / Bassam Freiha Art Foundation - Abu Dhabi, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Collaboration with Maison Guerlain for the 'Absolus d’Orient' 2023 Collection, bridging East & West by crafting a visual echo to Guerlain's fragrant tribute to the East / Guerlain - Paris, Francia
The Rhythm of Calligraphy and Oud, live performance with Naseer Shamma, produced by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre / Louvre - Abu Dhabi, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Jafr - The Alchemy of Signs / Elmarsa Gallery - Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Window mural designs for Facebook Artist in Residence Program, Facebook’s on-site art initiative. / Facebook Menlo Park Headquarters - Palo Alto, California, Stati Uniti
AWJ: a retrospective exhibition from 1966 to 2018 / Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre - Kuwait, Kuwait
Trance. / Elmarsa Gallery - Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Wasl / Rafia Gallery - Damascus, Siria
Commissioned by the KAUST International Art Program to create exclusive graphemes for the Campus Mosque / King Abdullah University of Science and Technology - Thuwal, Arabia Saudita
Wajd / Bait Muzna Gallery, - Muscat, Oman
Nja Mahdaoui / Meem Gallery - Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Winning project of the international competition for the external designs of 4 aircrafts to mark the Gulf Air 50th Anniversary / Gulf Air - Manama, Bahrein
A Choreographer of Letters, curated by Rose Issa / Leighton House Museum - London, Regno Unito
Poésie du Signe, Poésie du Geste: Michèle Drouin et Nja Mahdaoui, / Centre d'Exposition de Baie-Saint-Paul - Quebec, Canada
guest of Honour at the second Havana Biennial / Centro de Arte - Havana, Cuba
Pour une esthétique du signe / Centre d’Art Vivant - Tunis, Tunisia
L’Image de l’autre / UZH – Universität Zürich and ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich, Svizzera
Sweeter than Honey: A panorama of Written Art / Pinakothek Der Moderne - Munich, Germania
Roots and Modernity: Contemporary Mediterranean Arab Art / Sharjah Art Museum - Sharjah, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Présences arabes: Art moderne et décolonisation. Paris 1908-1988 / Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris - Paris, Francia
Lettrisme artistique en Tunisie : éclosion et évolution / MACAM - Tunis, Tunisia
The Future of Traditions - Writing Pictures: Contemporary Art From the Middle East, produced by Rose Issa Porjects / Brunei Gallery SOAS, University of London - London, Regno Unito
Alif Lam Ra: Contemporary Muslim Calligraphy / Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Arabic Music Days / Pierre Boulez Saal - Berlin, Germania
Calligraphie & Lettrisme - Calligraphie, Mémoire partagée, Patrimoine vivant et Art pluriel, XVIIIème Sommet de la Francophonie de Djerba / Musée Lalla Hadria - Djerba, Tunisia
Pushing paper: Contemporary drawing from 1970 to now / The British Museum - London, Regno Unito
Al Musiqa: Voices and Music of the Arab World / Philarmonie de Paris, Cité de la Musique - Paris, Francia
8th Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial / Sharjah - Sharjah, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Lettres Ouvertes: From Calligraphy to Street Art / Institut des Cultures de l'Islam - Paris, Francia
Jury Member and Guest of honour at the sixth Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial / Sharjah Calligraphy Museum - Sharjah, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Khatt and After, Modern and Contemporary Calligraphy, highlights from Mathaf's permanent collection / Katara Cultural Village - Doha, Qatar
Symbiosis of Two Worlds, curated by Heinz Kroehl and produced by the Written Art Foundation / Palais Namaskar - Marrakesh, Marocco
Nun wa al Qalam, Contemporary Muslim Calligraphy / Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Crossing the Line / Tashkeel Gallery - Duba, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Written Images: Contemporary Calligraphy from the Middle East / Sundaram Tagore Gallery - New York and Hong Kong, Stati Uniti
Freedom and Innovation: Contemporary Arab Calligraphy / Casa Árabe - Madrid, Cordoba, Spagna
Re-Orientations: Contemporary Arab Representations, curated by Rose Issa for the Arab Week / European Parliament - Brussels, Belgio
Perspectives: Arab & Iranian Modern Masters / Saatchi Gallery - London, Regno Unito
Artistes Arabes entre Italie et Maghreb / Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah - Rabat, Marocco
Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art / Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art - Doha, Qatar
Taswir, Islamische Bildwelten und Moderne / Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum - Berlin, Germania
International Exhibition of Calligraphy II / Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy - Moscow, Russia
Treasures of the World's Cultures - British Museum, travelling exhibition (2009-2012) / Canal de Isabel II; Royal British Columbia Museum; Kunst & Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Manarat Al Saadiyat Gallery - Madrid; Victoria, Canada; Bonn; Abu Dhabi, Spagna
Dance of Pen and Ink: Contemporary Art of the Middle East / The State Hermitage Museum - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial, Guest of honour and jury member / Sharjah Calligraphy Museum - Sharjah, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East / The British Museum - London, Regno Unito
L'art du livre arabe: du manuscrit au livre d'artiste / Bibliothèque nationale - Paris, Francia
Signs, Traces and Calligraphy: Five Contemporary Artists from North Africa / Travelling exhibition: Barbican Art Centre; Tropenmuseum; Images of Africa '96 festival - London; Amsterdam; Copenhagen, Regno Unito
Contemporary Arab Signs, curated by Nja Mahdaoui and produced by the Arab League for Expo '92 / EXPO - Seville, Spagna
Tendances de la peinture contemporaine au Maghreb / Travelling exhibition - Tunis; Casablanca; Algiers; Tripoli; and Nouakchott, Tunisia
Nunatak: Young Painters’ Symposium in Canada, Guest Artist / Baie-Saint-Paul Art Centre - Quebec, Canada
Six Contemporary Tunisian Painters / Travelling exhibition: LaM, Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of African and Oceanian Arts - Villeneuve-d’Ascq; Paris, Francia
Tracce arabe in italia, produced by the Arab League / Travelling exhibition: Palazzo Venezia, Rome and Museo Civico, Gibellina - Rome, Italia
Écritures dans la peinture / Villa Arson CNAC (Centre national d'art contemporain) - Nice, Francia
L'abstraction dans la peinture tunisienne / Centre National d'Art Vivant - Tunis, Tunisia
Le mouvement de la calligraphie Arabe / Art Basel - Basel, Svizzera
Nja Mahdaoui and Shaker Hassan Al Said: Pour une esthétique du signe calligraphique dans l'art contemporain arabe / Maison de la Culture Ibn Rachiq - Tunis, Tunisia
18 Peintres Tunisiens, second Rencontres Internationales d'Art Contemporain, / Galeries nationales du Grand Palais - Paris, Francia
"Artists of the Middle East: 1900 to Now"- Saeb Eigner, Thames & Hudson
“Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Art from the Farjam Collection"- The Farjam Collection, Yale University Press
"Alif Lam Ra: Contemporary Muslim Calligraphy" - Edited by Dr. Heba Nayel Barakat, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
"Arabicity - Contemporary Arab Art" - Edited by Rose Issa and Juliet Cestar,
"Arabic Hurufiyya. Art and Identity" - Charbel Dagher, Skira Editore
"Nja Mahdaoui: Jafr. The Alchemy of Signs" - Monograph, Skira Editore
" Nun wa al Qalam, Contemorary Muslim Calligraphy from the IAMM Collections" - Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
"The Art of Writing. Bilder werden geschrieben" - Heinz Kroehl, Kehrer
"Arabesque: Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia" - Die Gestalten Verlag
"Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East" - Venetia Porter, DIFC, Dubai
"La aventura del Cálamo: Historia, formas y artistas de la caligrafía árabe" - José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, Edilux Granada,
"Modern Arab Art. Formation of Arab Aesthetics" - Nada M. Shabout, University Press of Florida
"Le Maître d'amour" - Rodrigo de Zayas, Éditions Albin Michel
"Les ouvriers du signe, calligraphie en culture musulmane" - Valère-Marie Marchand, ACR Éditions
"L’art du livre arabe: du manuscrit au livre d’artiste" - Marie-Geneviève Guesdon et Annie Vernay-Nouri, Bibliothèque nationale de France
"La Volupté d'en mourir"- Jamel Eddine Ben Cheikh, Éditions Alternatives
"Marateb Al ‘Ishq" - Raja Alem and Nja Mahdaoui, Simpact
"Who’s Who in Graphic Design" - Benteli-Werd Verlags AG
"Nja Mahdaoui"- Monograph, Cérès Productions
Bibliothèque nationale de France - Réserve des Livres Rares, Francia
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Cuba
Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Russia
Dalloul Art Foundation, Libano
Meta Open Arts, Menlo Park HQ, California, Stati Uniti
Fondazione Orestiadi, Italia
IMA - Institut du Monde Arabe, Francia
IAMM - Islamic Art Museum of Malaysia , Malaysia
Japan Foundation, Giappone
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Giordania
KAUST University, Arabia Saudita
Klingspor Museum, Germania
LaM - Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Francia
Macam: National Museum of Modern Art, Tunisia
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar
Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
National Art Gallery - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
National Museum of African Arts – Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Stati Uniti
National Museums of Scotland, Regno Unito
O Art Museum, Giappone
RAK Art Foundation, Bahrein
SAMoCA , Arabia Saudita
Saudi Aramco, Arabia Saudita
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Germania
The Al-Mansouria Foundation, Arabia Saudita
The Arab Fund, Kuwait
The Barjeel Foundation, Emirati Arabi Uniti
The British Museum, Regno Unito
The Dubai Collection, Emirati Arabi Uniti
The Farjam Foundation, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Sharjah Art Foundation, Emirati Arabi Uniti
Vakıfbank Collection, Turchia
Written Art Collection, Germania
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