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Atef Maatallah was born in 1981 in Al Fahs, Tunisia, a city that is at the center of his work. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis. Revisiting the codes of narrative figuration through a rigorous illustration of everyday images and haunted by characters with uncertain gaze, Atef Maatallah's work brings a realistic, sometimes acerbic vision, on the socio-political context of contemporary Tunisia and on the human condition. in the actual world. Since 2010, he has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions; at the National Living Art Center in Tunis, during the residencies of Siwa Plateforme (Redayef), at the Talmart Gallery (Paris), at Art Dubaï or at the Abu Dhabi Art Fair to name a few. In 2012, he was an active member of the Politics collective which exhibited in Tunis and abroad. Several of his works are part of large public collections such as the Center Pompidou in Paris and other private institutions in Tunisia, France and the Middle East. In 2014 he joined the Zamaken atist collective led by Ben Abizid Achraf. For his first participation, the second Prize for drawing at DDessin 2015 and the first Prize L'Art est vivant 2016 were awarded to him.
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Atef Maatallah was born in 1981 in Al Fahs, Tunisia, a city that is at the center of his work. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis. Revisiting the codes of narrative figuration through a rigorous illustration of everyday images and haunted by characters with uncertain gaze, Atef Maatallah's work brings a realistic, sometimes acerbic vision, on the socio-political context of contemporary Tunisia and on the human condition. in the actual world. Since 2010, he has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions; at the National Living Art Center in Tunis, during the residencies of Siwa Plateforme (Redayef), at the Talmart Gallery (Paris), at Art Dubaï or at the Abu Dhabi Art Fair to name a few. In 2012, he was an active member of the Politics collective which exhibited in Tunis and abroad. Several of his works are part of large public collections such as the Center Pompidou in Paris and other private institutions in Tunisia, France and the Middle East. In 2014 he joined the Zamaken atist collective led by Ben Abizid Achraf. For his first participation, the second Prize for drawing at DDessin 2015 and the first Prize L'Art est vivant 2016 were awarded to him.

When was Atef Maatallah born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1981