Nicène Kossentini Tunisian, b. 1976
Born. 1976, Sfax, Tunisia
Lives and works Tunis, Tunisia and Paris, France
The work of Nicène Kossentini is an invitation to experience a symbiosis with a space of life that is both close and uncertain. Playing with black and white contrasts and zones of semi-visibility, Kossentini creates singular and minimalist environments. Her photographs and videos track the traces of sites and surfaces on the verge of disappearance, hypnotizing the spectator to look ahead to an imminent event. Her videos, photographs, sculptures, works on paper and paintings question current events in the world. In this perspective, she always shifts towards the search for aesthetics, beauty, and poetry in order to confront cold violence. Kossentini's research area draws its resources from her family history, intimate and intergenerational tradition of storytelling, as well as Arabic poetry, literature and philosophy.
Kossentini graduated with a degree in Applied Arts from the Fine Art Institute of Tunis, Tunisia and pursued Advanced Studies in Art from Marc Bloch University, Strasburg, France. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Experimental Cinema at the University of Tunis, Tunisia.
Nicène works have been shown all over the world such as MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Germany / The Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE / The Louvre Museum, Paris, France / Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea / Les Abbatoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie, France / The 7th and 12th Editions of the Bamako Encounters African Biennale of Photography, Mali / Musée d'art moderne de Collioure, France / Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, France / Pori Art Museum, Finland / National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Russia / La Boîte | Centre d'art contemporain, Tunisia / Institut du Monde Arabe, France / Circulo de Bellas Artes, Spain / Institut des Cultures
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Tumadhir's Walk
Nicène Kossentini 5 December 2022 - 21 January 2023 -
Untitled
Group Show 28 September - 15 November 2020 -
Je me souviens des recommandations de M. le Président
Nicène Kossentini 22 April - 26 May 2019 -
The Flight Of The Butterfly Or The Myth Of Icarus Revisited
Nicène Kossentini 26 September - 28 December 2014 -
Portrait redux
Group Show 9 February - 30 March 2014
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Art Basel Hong Kong
GALLERIES / Booth 1D28 28 - 30 March 2024Selma Feriani is delighted to present works by Baya, Farid Belkahia, M'barek Bouhchichi, Pascal Hachem, Nicène Kossentini, Thameur Mejri, Catalina Swinburn and Yann Lacroix.Read more -
Abu Dhabi Art Fair
FOCUS SECTION / Booth S1 22 - 26 November 2023Selma Feriani is delighted to present works by Filwa Nazer, Nicène Kossentini, and Zineb Sedira for the curated section of the fair. Love is a...Read more