Presentation
Tarek is well-known for his graffiti work as well as his illustrations and comics, which he infuses with his modern and endearing characters. The artist, whose full name is Tarek Ben Yakhlef, was born in Paris in 1971. He grew up surrounded by the urban artistic scene, and made his way into the graffiti world at a young age - an artistic community he's now an active protagonist of.
Trained in history and history of art at the Sorbonne, and keen on street art, he published at only 20 years old "Paris Tonkar", the first book dedicated to graffiti to ever come out in Europe. This publication was the very first to give a voice to taggers and graffiti-artists, mentioning their motivations, their artistic approaches as well as the public reception following this new cultural phenomenon.
The camera quickly replaced Tarek's aerosols, as he slowly became a privileged witness of French urban art. Simultaneously, the artist developed his art on other media, such as comics, a field in which he found himself to be very successful. But spray cans were never away for too long: they still allowed him to leave a trace of his passage in this world on city walls.
Listed on Artprice since 2014, his paintings are now part of several art lovers' collections all around the world: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Rennes, Brussels, Montreal, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Geneva, Zürich, Lausanne, Tokyo, Hamburg, Venice, Lodz, Prague, Athens, Zagreb, Budapest, Kribi, São Paulo, Dakar... His works are also exhibited in museums, cities and private companies: Viltaïs (Moulins), City of Guéret, French Red Cross (Paris), Ad Tatum (Paris), Havas Worldwide (Paris), MoLA Museum (Paris), Graff'art (Saint-Ouen), Street art city (Lurcy-Lévis), Hospital La Porte Verte (Versailles), Shoes or no Shoes Museum and King Albert II Institute (Belgium) as well as Havas Worldwide (Tunis)...
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Masque totemic #5
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$107
Masque totemic #6
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$107
Masque totemic #4
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$107
Masque totemic #3
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$107
Campbell's Noodles and Lamb
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$202
Mask geometric - Geometric art
Tarek
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,584
Batman Dark Knight - Gotham City
Tarek
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Batman Dark Knight - Gotham City
Tarek
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,247
Exhibitions dedicated to Tarek
Day2Day Gallery
Paris Tonkar, les origines !
From April 4, 2023 to June 29, 2023
Galerie JPHT
Art Urbain X Arts Actuel
From January 29, 2019 to February 10, 2019
Galerie JPHT
Street Art Week Exhibition
From March 11, 2017 to March 18, 2017
Galerie d'art urbain par Superposition
Des masques et plus encore !
From August 12, 2021 to September 12, 2021
Leviton Fine Art LLC
Original Street Art
From August 2, 2021 to August 2, 2022
Day2Day Gallery
The Showroom - Day2Day Gallery
From August 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021
Day2Day Gallery
Le Showroom - Day2Day Gallery
From May 19, 2021 to July 31, 2021
Galerie JPHT
Les Blancs Manteaux – Expo 4ART
From December 20, 2019 to December 22, 2019
Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
Metaphor of the Big Bang
From April 18, 2018 to April 29, 2018
Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
From September 16, 2017 to October 14, 2017
Galerie JPHT
Man and Machine
From July 1, 2017 to July 27, 2017
Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
From March 12, 2016 to April 15, 2016
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