Nejla Rouissi

Nejla Rouissi (b. 1988) is a doctor-engineer, researcher, university lecturer in computer science and multidisciplinary artist whose practice develops at the intersection of scientific thought, technology, embodied movement and contemporary creation.

Her work translates the tension between logic and emotion into multilayered compositions in which colour, relief, texture and depth operate as interconnected living systems. Drawing on her scientific background, Rouissi investigates complexity and the invisible structures shaping human experience: networks, forces, balance, transformation, memory and connection.

Working across a wide range of formats and techniques—from intimate paintings to sculptural reliefs—she selects and adapts each medium according to the conceptual and emotional requirements of the artwork. Acrylic colour, intense pigments, metallic accents and pronounced textures give her compositions a powerful physical presence that evolves according to surrounding light and the viewer’s position.

Rouissi’s parallel practice of trapeze and aerial hoop extends this artistic research into physical space. Suspension, tension, movement, control and balance become embodied counterparts to the structures present within her visual work. The body is not separate from the creative process; it becomes another system through which energy, rhythm, resistance and emotion can be explored.

This relationship between intellectual precision and physical experience gives her practice its distinctive character. Scientific analysis provides structure, while movement, intuition and material experimentation introduce freedom and unpredictability.

Through this dialogue, Rouissi has developed a singular contemporary language in which art, science and the body become inseparable. Her works invite viewers to perceive the unseen relationships connecting matter, movement, consciousness and space.

Nejla Rouissi is represented internationally by Abstract Art Gallery, founded in Riga in 2010.