Nicène Kossentini

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

NICENE KOSSENTINI

Art Here 2024 at Louvre Abu Dhabi

20 September to 15 December 2024

Dates: 20 September to 15 December 2024 Space: Louvre Abu Dhabi Nicène Kossentini’s work is on view at Art Here 2024 in Louvre Abu Dhabi...