SADIKA KESKES
Glass artist
This is how Sadika Keskes likes to define herself. A warrior artist: that's what she might just as well be called, as she campaigns for the cause of women in her country, is committed to renovating the arts and crafts in Tunisia, and is working to ensure that they no longer come under the heading of applied arts, but are Art in their own right.
JEAN LANCRI - 2015
Art in her DNA
I was born into an environment where everyone was involved in some way with the arts and crafts. In my family, you were either an artist or a craftsman. My cousins are the sculptors Ridha Ben Arab in France and Mohamed Marwen in Spain. Many family members followed the same path. I remember a time when I was teaching at the art school and had six nephews and nieces attending at the same time. In other words, art has always flowed through our veins from father to son.
STUDIES AND DIPLOMAS
"I went to the Tunis School of Fine Arts and then to the Murano School of Glass" - SADIKA KESKES
- 2000: Master's assistant at the École des Beaux-arts, Sfax.
- 1995: Diplôme de Recherches approfondies en Sciences et Techniques des Arts (School of Fine Arts, Tunis).
- 1983 - 1984: Internship with SEGUSO in Murano (Italy).
- 1983: Master's degree in art sciences and techniques (École des Beaux-arts, Tunis).
First workshop
On her return to Tunisia, she built her own kiln, reintroducing glassblowing, which had been abandoned since the 14th century. In parallel with her own production, she carried out theoretical and practical research that led her to question the origins of glass and, not without challenging a few preconceived ideas, to reproduce Punic glassmaking techniques in her workshop.
GAMMARTH WORKSHOP
Now based on the seafront in Gammarth, near Carthage, she runs a glass creation and production workshop, with several teams of glassblowers, coupled with a vast showroom-sales area, a Centre de Réhabilitation des Métiers d'art (R.M.A.) and a Cultural Space.
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
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2019 : Vice-President of the IFPC Administrative Council at UNESCO.
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2018: creation of the artistic airstream "l'Émouvance des Émouvants".
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2017: creation of the event Po-Po: Contemporary art in Tunisia, a possible potential or between potential and possible with the support of the Ministry of Culture.
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Sadika KESKES's professional activities date back to 1984.
EXHIBITIONS AND WORKS
2019 : Participation in the Segou'Art biennial.
2018 : Act of Light, solo exhibition, Pozzo Etrusco Museum, Perugia, Italy.
2018 : Paul Klee et le tapis tunisien, aux portes de l'abstraction, Giuditta Brozzetti Studio Museum, Perugia, Italy.
2018: étrange dignité, installation on the beach of the island of Korea, in tandem with Madame Mouna Jmel Siala.
2017: Untitled, installation on the beach of Lampedusa.
2017 : Les tombeaux de la dignité, installation on Gammarth beach.
EXHIBITIONS AND WORKS BY SADIKA KESKES date back to 1992.
