January 10th, 2024
Farah Khelil
It was an absolute delight for oneATELIER to come together for the first time in an gallery exhibiition - Farah Khlil’s solo “'Car la figure de ce monde passe“ at lilia ben sala gallery in the 8th arrondisment, Paris.
Farah recount her transformative experience at seeing the original works in the Centre de Pompidou over 15 years ago, when she initially arrived in France. This initial encounter marked a profound awakening for her, as she began to reflect on her upbringing, education and identity as a Tunisian, and as woman. The impact of that moment has lingered in her mind ever since, shaping her artistic journey and nurturing the evolution of her work.
Farah Khelil studied at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts of Tunis and holds a doctorate in arts and art sciences from the School of Arts at the Sorbonne (France). Combining artist's books, painting, photography,video, drawing, and installation, her work draws on intimacy and philosophy. Through both the visual and the conceptual, her practice questions the relationship to image, language and history. Since 2006, Farah Khelil has taken part in numerous exhibitions in museums, galleries and international art fairs. Her work has been part of numerous exhibitions worldwide, including the Fiminco Foundation (Romainville,France), LAAC (Dunkerque, France), Cité des Arts (Paris, France), Pernod Ricard Foundation (Paris, France), National Museum of Archeology ofUmbria (Perouse, Italy), L'ahah (Paris, France), Le Cube (Rabat,Morocco), Transmitter (New York, USA), HandelStreet Projects (London,UK), Venice Biennale (Italy), Manart AlSaadiyat Cultural Center (AbuDhabi), Le Center Culturel de Cerisy (Normandy, France). She was nominated for the 2019 AWARE Prize. She has received various grants including from the ArabFund for Arts and Culture, Goethe-Institut Tunis and the CAORC-CEMAT research grant. Her works are part of the collections of the British Museum, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, FRACNormandie, Center for Artists' Books (Limousin) and the Paris Collections Contemporary Art Fund.