Ismaïl Bahri - Biography
b. 1978 in Tunis, Tunisia / Lives and works between Paris and Tunis
Ismaïl Bahri uses video, drawing, sculpture and sound, with no one specialization. He positions himself as an observer to set up a device for capturing gestures and empirical experiments, paying attention to “what happens”. His work is interested in the meaning that emerges at the periphery of the gaze, in the presence of the surrounding world that emerges and reveals its presence.
Bahri’s work has been shown in diverse venues, including Jeu de Paume, Paris, France, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, La Criée – Centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, France, La Verrière, Brussels, Belgium, the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruh, Germany, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany. His films have been selected for festivals such as TIFF, Toronto, Canada, NYFF, New York, USA, IFFR, Rotterdam, Netherlands, FID, Marseille, France, and the Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium.
Ismaïl Bahri was a fellow at the Villa Medici, Académie de France in Rome in 2023 – 2024.