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Houda Ghorbel
Houda Ghorbel
Known for	interweave painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and video
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Houda Ghorbel - is a Tunisian multidisciplinary independent artists. She is continuously looking for new inspirations and sources to express herself. Houda's works interweave painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video and installation and reflects both a strong artistic commitment and an involvement in philosophy and politics criticism. She has participated in several international and national exhibitions and she is awarded for the Artists in Residency programme for the Africa Centre.

EDUCATION

She did her Doctor of Philosophy in Science and Technology for the Higher Institute of Fine Art in Tunis.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

As described earlier Houda participated in several international and national exhibitions. She participated the following personal exhibitions:

2013 : "Believe in yourself and plant your dream...” It’s an interactive performance in nature. It’s open to anyone to enter into a world where he can cultivate his dreams.
2012-2013 : « Push with me, my voice is nothing without yours... », it’s a street art

performance of a symbolic march to DEMOCRACY which is achieved in many cities of Tunisia : Tunis, Sfax, Sousse, Gabes, Bizerte and Mahdia.

2012 : " Under My Flag...”, is a video performed by Houda Ghorbel and wadi Mhiri

with the collaboration of Sejnane Potter Women and the team that organized “Laaroussa” project.

2004: "Ceramics", Art Gallery Present, Paris, France.
2003: "Eclat" Painting and Ceramics, Gallery Caliga, Tunis
1997: "Spaces of souls" El Teatro Complex El Mechtel, Tunis.
1994: First personal in Sfax culture’s home, Tunisia.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2014 : 11th Biennale of Contemporan African Art, Dak'art 2014
2014 : SOS-Borj in peril, Artistic Intervention in Borj Rekik with Wadi Mhiri and Hichem Ben Khélifa, Sfax, Tunisia.
2014 : 6x7/100 = 11 Contemporary art exhibition for the centenary of the passing of Paul Klee in Tunisia, Sadika Art Space, Gammarth, Tunisia.
2013: Khadra, Darb 1718, Contemporary Art and Culture Center, Cairo, Egypte.
2012-2014: Act 01, Act 02 and Act 03 B’chira Art Center, Sidi Thabet, Tunis, Tunisia.
2012: "Be hear " Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Center for Living Art, Tunis. • 2012: Art Fair 2012, El Ibdelliya palace, La Marsa Tunis.
2012: Act 01, Bchira Art Center, Tunis.
2011: "The revolution in image", European Parliament, Brussels.
From 2005 to 2011: Spring Fine Arts of Marsa - Tunis.
From 2003 to 2011: Ceramics and sculpture in Sfax - Tunisia
2011: "Opening" B'Chira Art Center, Tunis
From 1994 to 2010: Union of Tunisian artists
2008: "Painting - Sculpture - Installation", Kanvas, Soukra, Tunis. • 2007: Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne, Germany
2006: Contemporary Art Gallery, Safsaf, La Marsa, Tunis.
2005: "The Show 2005" Monaco National Committee.
2002: Ecume - Second Biennial Tunis. • 2002: Chrif Gallery-Fine Art – Tunis

PRICES-COMPETITIONS

Over the last years Houda won several prices and contributed competitions. See the list below:

2014 : Prize of Soleil d’Afrique Center in 11th Biennale of Contemporain African Art, Dak'art 2014.
2013 : Video performance, Africa en América, Brazil.
2012 : Grant, AFAC EXPRESSS, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Liban.
2003 : First prize, Céramique Art, Galerie of fine art, Sfax, Tunisia.
1995 : Second prize, Automne exhibition painting, El Marsa Galerie, Tunis.

Also Houda presented a paper titled: Your body is mine… at the conference of the research team Ceramics in Tunisia for present in 2008. And in 2007 she printed a paper, which is titled Where is you head?

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