Kaïs Dhifi
kaisdhifi@gmail.com
At the threshold of myth and fiction, Kaïs develops a sculptural practice revealing remnants of a territory imagined, forgotten, or yet to come. Influenced by archaeology, vernacular techniques, and a touch of fantastical realism, he creates metallic structures and engraved, assembled, or constructed artifacts that emerge from a speculative memory within his universe, Metalia, a poetic cartography where narrative and memory intertwine. Using material as an evocative language, Kaïs transforms his sculptures into narrative vessels at the crossroads of Mediterranean traditions and a techno-global imagination, proposing a counter-mythology of the contemporary world in motion.
Solo Exhibitions
• 2026 · Portable Shrine, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2022 · Flesh+Carbon, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2020 · City of Poets, Carthage, Tunisia
Group Exhibitions
• 2026 · An owl in daylight, 7bis, Paris, France
• 2025 · BISO Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• 2025 · Horse Power, Anglesio Moto Studio, Paris, France
• 2025 · Résonances Archaïques, Galerie La La Lande, Paris, France
• 2025 · Parcours / مسارات, Institut français de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia
• 2025 · La Mythologie des Bordures, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
• 2024 · UNIVERSALISM, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2024 · Backbone, Carbon 12, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• 2024 · Posterita, Villa Bambi, Marseille, France
• 2023 · L’extase d’être vivant, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2023 · Marcations, Magma Maria, Offenbach am Main, Germany
• 2023 · Paroli, Definition of Done, Cologne, Germany
• 2022 · Cyclical, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis, Tunisia
• 2021 · Daily Cat Essen, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France
Public Art / Site-specific Installations
• 2025 · Metalia Shelter (Dune), Tunisian desert
• 2025 · Metalia Sound System, PAC – Provence Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
• 2024 · Metalia Sound System, Fête des Lumières, Lyon, France
• 2024 · Metalia Sound System, Lumières Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, France
• 2024 · Metalia Sound System, Festival Pléiades, Saint-Étienne, France
• 2020 · City of Poets, Carthage, Tunisia
Art Fairs
• 2026 · 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Galerie La La Lande, Marrakech, Morocco
• 2025 · Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Galerie La La Lande, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• 2025 · Art-o-rama, Galerie La La Lande, Marseille, France
• 2024 · Art Week Riyadh, Galerie La La Lande, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Residencies
• 2025 · BISO Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• 2025 · Tilal Utique, Tunisia
• 2024 · Permanent Artist, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
• 2023 · Guest Artist, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
Awards
• 2025 · Laureate, Fonds Elyssa, Institut Français de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia
Publications
• 2021 · The Same Moon Above Us, London, United Kingdom
• 2020 · City of Poets, Local Groupe, Tunis, Tunisia
Press
• 2026 · The Markaz Review, "Artist Kaïs Dhifi on the Mediterranean as an Island" by Naima Morelli
• 2026 · Contemporary Lynx, "10 Voices from 1-54 African Art Fair in Marrakesh. Where Tradition Meets Contemporary Language" by Daga Ochendowska
• 2026 · The Art Newspaper, "1-54 Marrakech, une programmation Off élargie"
• 2026 · La Presse Tunisie, “Galerie Yosr Ben Ammar, le monde de Kaîs Dhifi” by Alya Hamza
• 2025 · Naso Art Journal, “Kaïs Dhifi, On Forging Myths in Metal”
• 2025 · Afrique Magazine, “BISO 2025: La culture en première ligne” by Shiran Ben Abderrazak
• 2025 · Lefaso.net, “4th Ouagadougou International Sculpture Biennale: A Diplomatic Immersion into African Creation”
• 2025 · Diptyk, “BISO: Art as the Last Frontier” by Shiran Ben Abderrazak
• 2025 · AD Middle East, “Collective Vision” by Aidan Imanova
• 2022 · La Presse Tunisie, “B7L9 Art Station: Meeting Kaïs Dhifi” by Alya Hamza
• 2020 · Nawaat, “Photography: City Of Poets by Kaïs Dhifi, Third-Landscapes” by Adnen Jdey
kaisdhifi@gmail.com
At the threshold of myth and fiction, Kaïs develops a sculptural practice revealing remnants of a territory imagined, forgotten, or yet to come. Influenced by archaeology, vernacular techniques, and a touch of fantastical realism, he creates metallic structures and engraved, assembled, or constructed artifacts that emerge from a speculative memory within his universe, Metalia, a poetic cartography where narrative and memory intertwine. Using material as an evocative language, Kaïs transforms his sculptures into narrative vessels at the crossroads of Mediterranean traditions and a techno-global imagination, proposing a counter-mythology of the contemporary world in motion.
Solo Exhibitions
• 2026 · Portable Shrine, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2022 · Flesh+Carbon, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2020 · City of Poets, Carthage, Tunisia
Group Exhibitions
• 2026 · An owl in daylight, 7bis, Paris, France
• 2025 · BISO Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• 2025 · Horse Power, Anglesio Moto Studio, Paris, France
• 2025 · Résonances Archaïques, Galerie La La Lande, Paris, France
• 2025 · Parcours / مسارات, Institut français de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia
• 2025 · La Mythologie des Bordures, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
• 2024 · UNIVERSALISM, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2024 · Backbone, Carbon 12, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• 2024 · Posterita, Villa Bambi, Marseille, France
• 2023 · L’extase d’être vivant, Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, Bhar Lazreg, Tunisia
• 2023 · Marcations, Magma Maria, Offenbach am Main, Germany
• 2023 · Paroli, Definition of Done, Cologne, Germany
• 2022 · Cyclical, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis, Tunisia
• 2021 · Daily Cat Essen, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France
Public Art / Site-specific Installations
• 2025 · Metalia Shelter (Dune), Tunisian desert
• 2025 · Metalia Sound System, PAC – Provence Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
• 2024 · Metalia Sound System, Fête des Lumières, Lyon, France
• 2024 · Metalia Sound System, Lumières Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, France
• 2024 · Metalia Sound System, Festival Pléiades, Saint-Étienne, France
• 2020 · City of Poets, Carthage, Tunisia
Art Fairs
• 2026 · 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Galerie La La Lande, Marrakech, Morocco
• 2025 · Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Galerie La La Lande, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• 2025 · Art-o-rama, Galerie La La Lande, Marseille, France
• 2024 · Art Week Riyadh, Galerie La La Lande, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Residencies
• 2025 · BISO Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• 2025 · Tilal Utique, Tunisia
• 2024 · Permanent Artist, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
• 2023 · Guest Artist, Ateliers Jeanne Barret, Marseille, France
Awards
• 2025 · Laureate, Fonds Elyssa, Institut Français de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia
Publications
• 2021 · The Same Moon Above Us, London, United Kingdom
• 2020 · City of Poets, Local Groupe, Tunis, Tunisia
Press
• 2026 · The Markaz Review, "Artist Kaïs Dhifi on the Mediterranean as an Island" by Naima Morelli
• 2026 · Contemporary Lynx, "10 Voices from 1-54 African Art Fair in Marrakesh. Where Tradition Meets Contemporary Language" by Daga Ochendowska
• 2026 · The Art Newspaper, "1-54 Marrakech, une programmation Off élargie"
• 2026 · La Presse Tunisie, “Galerie Yosr Ben Ammar, le monde de Kaîs Dhifi” by Alya Hamza
• 2025 · Naso Art Journal, “Kaïs Dhifi, On Forging Myths in Metal”
• 2025 · Afrique Magazine, “BISO 2025: La culture en première ligne” by Shiran Ben Abderrazak
• 2025 · Lefaso.net, “4th Ouagadougou International Sculpture Biennale: A Diplomatic Immersion into African Creation”
• 2025 · Diptyk, “BISO: Art as the Last Frontier” by Shiran Ben Abderrazak
• 2025 · AD Middle East, “Collective Vision” by Aidan Imanova
• 2022 · La Presse Tunisie, “B7L9 Art Station: Meeting Kaïs Dhifi” by Alya Hamza
• 2020 · Nawaat, “Photography: City Of Poets by Kaïs Dhifi, Third-Landscapes” by Adnen Jdey