Born in Kalaa Kebira, near Sousse, Tunisia.
Mohamed Zouari
Painter
His first solo exhibition took place in Sousse in 1972.
From 1972 onward, he held solo exhibitions in cultural events across several regions of Tunisia.
Regions
Graduated from the Teacher Training School in Sousse.
He taught from 1974 until 1992, when he devoted himself entirely to visual art.
From 1977 onward, he exhibited in galleries and cultural venues in Tunis.
Galleries
Since 1983, he has organized several solo exhibitions abroad.
Countries
He opened a new space devoted to artistic creation in his hometown, Dar Zouari.
Exhibition and creation of an 8 x 4 metre ceramic mural in Kalaa Kebira, in tribute to the artist, during the 22nd International Ezzitouna Festival.
UNICEF selected a group of his works, published them as greeting cards, and distributed them around the world in support of children.
Exhibition at Galerie Anais in Stockholm.
Exhibition at Galerie Coin de l'Art Ratingen in Dusseldorf.
Exhibition at Galerie Coin de l'Art Ratingen in Dusseldorf.
Exhibition in Saint-Pol-de-Leon, Brittany.
Exhibition in Casablanca.
Exhibition in Russelsheim / Frankfurt with the artist Hedi El Abed.
Group exhibition in Heimerzheim / Cologne on the theme of International Art.
Group exhibition in Heimerzheim / Cologne on the theme of East and West.
Exhibition in Prague during the cultural week.
Group exhibition organized in Geneva by the International Association Artists for Peace.
Group exhibition with the Union of Visual Artists in Madrid.
Group exhibition with the Union of Visual Artists in Brussels.
Exhibition at the Ali Guermassi Gallery in Vienna under the title Dialogue Between Civilizations and Religions (Tunisian-Austrian Friendship Association).
Exhibition in Liege during Tourism and Culture Week.
Exhibition at UNESCO in Paris.
Exhibition in Montpellier entitled Peace and Tolerance.
Solo exhibition at Galerie El Bureaux under the title Singing Life.
Solo exhibition at the gallery of the M'hamed Maarouf Cultural Center.
Group exhibition at the Kalaa Sghira Cultural Center: Painters and the Arabic Letter.
Mohamed Zouari's work contains color, form, and words, but it also opens onto a field of light that can only be perceived through attentive reading and deep concentration. His painting brings together singular and varied energies that allow him to reach the universal. Mohamed Zouari's most remarkable quality is the power of color. A born colorist, he is able, through this innate gift, to absorb influences and visual languages with great freedom. Like every authentic painter, he has succeeded in shaping a personal style through which he conveys his message. Mohamed Zouari stands among the major visual artists of contemporary Tunisia. He has achieved the rare feat of reconciling writing and painting, the readable and the visible.
Through vivid, joyful colors inspired by Tunisian weaving, through signs drawn from traditional symbolism and Arabic calligraphy, and through his bold engagement with Miro, Mondrian, Vasarely, Kandinsky, and Hundertwasser, Mohamed Zouari rightfully aspires to the universal. He allows himself to be shaped by many cultures in order to bring forth a new style that affirms him as a creator of space. Mohamed Zouari invents a new world. He brings fresh energy to Tunisian painting and opens it to new questions.