Mouna Karray

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Mouna Karray (* 1970 in Sfax ) is a Tunisian photographer . From 1989 to 1993 she studied film studies and photography in Tunis and from 1997 to 2002 in Tokyo (1997–2002). During her stay in Japan, she dealt primarily with autobiographical content in her artistic work. Her photo series Tokyo my Love , which she created in 2001, and Identity at Stake from 2002, which is still being continued, became famous. In addition to her own work, Mouna Karray has taught photography in Tunisia and has curated exhibitions. Mouna Karray graduated with a Masters in Image Media from Tokyo Polytechnic University (2001). She currently lives in Sfax and Paris .

Exhibitions

Own exhibitions

  • 1983 Ton Peek Gallery, Utrecht
  • 2016 Nobody will talk about us , Tyburn Gallery, London
  • 2011 Murmurer , Galerie El Marsa, Tunis
  • 2004 The cut-out , Diwan Dar el Jeld de la Medina, Tunis

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016 Dak'Art, Dakar
  • 2013 The Sea is my Land , MAXXI, Rome
  • 2013 Ici, ailleurs , Friche la Belle de Mai, Tour-Panorama, Marseille
  • 2013 The Bamako Encounters , Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
  • 2013 Bright Future Contemporary Art from Tunisia , Ifa Gallery Stuttgart
  • 2012 #COMETOGETHER: LONDON, Edge of Arabia . Old Truman Brewery, London
  • 2012 Bright Futur Contemporary Art from Tunisia , Ifa Gallery Berlin
  • 2012 Dream City , 3rd edition, Sfax, Tunis
  • 2012 The Bamako Encounters , BOZAR, Brussels
  • 2012 Chkoun Ahna , Musée National de Carthage, Tunisia
  • 2012 Dégagement… La Tunisie un an après, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
  • 2011 Les 9e Rencontres de la photographie, Bamako
  • 2010 A Useful Dream , BOZAR, Brussels
  • 2010 PICHA, Image encounters , Lubumbashi
  • 2010 L'autre bord # 1 , Galerie des grands bains douches, Marseille
  • 2009 Photoquai , Musée du Quai Branly, Paris
  • 2009 Spot on Bamako 2007, IFA gallery, Stuttgart
  • 2009 Women of images, snatches of intimacy , Center Culturelle Française Beirut

literature

  • Michèle Cohen Hadria: Trois Artistes Tunisiennes: Nicène Kossentini, Mouna Karray, Moufida Fedhila . KT Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9536541-9-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mouna Karray. Edge of Arabia, accessed May 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Mouna Karray's exploration of Tunisia's Neglected People . British Journal of Photography. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Dak'Art 2016: you chaos surgit une très belle exposition international . lemonde.fr. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Karray, Mouna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tunisian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Sfax